1 - its not needed
2 - it saves some money, lets say $10 a console is 10 milllion per 1 mill PS3s.
Why pay 400/500 to play old games ? why buy new hardware if you want to play old games.
40gb is for those that want to play PS3 games but the price was out of their reach. For the more hardcore theres the 80gb if they must have bc.







