What is the point of replacing 60gb with 80gb?

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ssj12 said:

Globox82 said:

leo-j said:
To make money. The 80gig costs less than the 60gb and motorstorm costs them nothing since its first party. The 80gb is just a tad below from making money.

i see

he is partically right actually. Motorstorm still costs Sony money to mass produce but since development costs should have been made back the game should be making a profit now off of it.

80GB will go down to 499 when the 60GB model runs out.

off-topic: the PS2 will have a price of $99 by December.

I guarantee you that the only time you will see the 80GB PS3 at $499 is when the new 100GB (or whatever bigger size or bundle, it doesn't matter) announced at $599.  For the moment Sony seems pretty set on their $499/599 strategy and that isn't going to change anytime soon.

Besides, hasn't Sony already come out and said that the 60GB's are gone?