| HappySqurriel said: Sony cut backwards compatibility because it was the only valueable feature that they could remove in order to upsale someone on the hardware. Eliminating Blu-Ray movie playback wouldn't work because more people have bought a PS2 than all HD-Movie players combined this year; removing wifi wouldn't work because most gamers still don't play games online, and those that do would (probably) be willing to hook it up using a cable or buying an adapter; and taking the card-readers out would be ineffective because almost no one uses them anyways. Basically, it is very likely that the difference in price to manufacture the 80GB PS3 and 40GB PS3 is very small (maybe $20) but the price difference they're selling them for is much larger; this means that, in order to lose less money, Sony wants everyone to buy the 80GB model. Personally, I think it was a foolish choice but we will see how foolish it was after holiday sales are done ...
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If they wanted people to buy the 80 G exclusively, then they would never have released the 40 G. I think Sony just wants to get their product to as many people as possible at this point, and worry about making money later.
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