New PlayStation 3 SKUs boost sales 178 per cent

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johnsobas said:

Game_boy said:

DonWii said:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6181094.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;2

"The PS3 60GB is proving very popular, even with the introduction last week of the 40GB model. 89 percent of purchasers opted for some form of 60GB model,

The 40GB model only accounted for 10% of the sales. It seems people are just grabbing the 60GB-with some form of BC, before the 40GB model becomes the standard.

But of course, consumers don't care about BC anymore - they just want the core Playstation experience.

...allowing SCEE to set their own models and pricing was not a good idea, in retrospect.

it's not a terrible thing as long as they still offer the 60 gig. It still looks better to the customer that you see a $400 PS3 even if most people buy the $500 one.

Yeah but remember that Sony already announced the 60GB sku as discontinued in Europe. So it's anyone's guess how sales will look like after that sku supply runs out. Mine is a grim guess for Sony.