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your mother on 27 September 2007
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shams said:
your mother said:

Why doesn't Sony just sell a PS3 without a hard drive?

That would lower the PS3's cost substantially, and sans-hdd owners can just put a hard drive of their choice in the PS3, saving them money (and is probably something that many PS3 owners have already done).

They can't drop the hard disk. Its a required component. Various games require it to be present - and Sony (like MS) want to push consumers online.


Correct - but this would be different from the 360 Core system, which requires you to buy a proprietary hard drive. The PS3 accepts (if I'm not mistaken) any 2.5' Serial ATA hard drive, hence isn't proprietary.

What I was thinking was Sony could market this as the "DIY" PS3 - all you do is add your own hard drive and presto! You would still have to buy your own hard drive, but at least the perceived price point will be lower.

Anyhow, fat chance Sony would do such a thing anyhow. It is interesting though to try to figure out what else Sony can trim off the PS3 to lower its price...