And Then Sony Says That They Follow A Proper Marketing Strategy

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FJ-Warez said:
Still, 5 PS3 versions in 11 months???

They are just adjusting their strategy, but at the current speed they sound desperate, so I really don't know if is a smart move or not.

 As opposed to the 360 -- Core, Premium, Elite, Arcade or whatever the hell the new one is, and does the Halo version count?  

The difference is that in the PS3 the core functionality is unchanged -- wireless or no wireless, card reader or no card reader, every PS3 has exactly the same functionality from a game developer's perspective.  (Not that I am one, but I'm pretty confident here -- if anyone with professional knowledge can correct me, please do.)  Conversely, the 360 has two significantly different faces to offer developers -- hard drive versus no hard drive.  It certainly hasn't crippled games -- which have done fine with no HDD on all former consoles other than, ironically, the first Xbox -- but it's hard to deny that some games might have benefited from being able to make some of that "extra" content put onto Premium owners' systems mandatory.  And of course XBLA and all downloadables are pretty well out of reach to any fool who didn't get the "Core = crippled" memo.  

Still, I do think that the entire concept of multiple-SKU consoles has been a grade-A clusterf*@&.  Nintendo offers one single model, maybe in different colors but THE SAME EXACT HARDWARE.  That's the way it should be done.  

On the other hand, it's stupid to jump all over Sony because the new standard bulk-rate HDD is bigger than the one from six months ago.  (20 -> 40, 60 -> 80 --> 160)  We should be glad they're not raping us for storage like MS was/is, and besides it's swappable anyway.