| tk1989 said: I dont see the point in the 40GB model. I find the fact that there are sooo many different models being released all the time quite confusing and stupid, and im sure im not the only one who believes this. Sony shouldnt have released the 40gb model at all, it should have just stuck with the 60gb, dropped the price and left it be. They didnt however, and they saw a sales spike that quickly went down, and now many people dont want the 40gb one because it (a) is inferior to the previous PS3 and (b) doesnt have BC. Im also pretty sure that many people are w8ing for an 80gb PS3 model to be released. |
They released it because the PS2 was too strong and was canibalizing their sales. People were using their PS3 to play upscaled PS2 games insteead of PS3 games. Combine that with a low userbase and you get sales that don't return on the investments of the games and angry software developers. So it makes sense in their minds to sell 40 gigs with no BC only so the people who buy them HAVE to buy PS3 games and not PS2 games at 1/3rd the price or less.
Then once they start getting some meaningful total software sold early on and gain back a lot of the confidence lost in them they can re-release versions with backwords compatability. (Hopefully, or i'll just buy a 20 gig used and replace the harddrive.)
As for less memoery. I'd assume thats so it's also cheaper for the person who just wants it for 70% Blu-Ray. (Since it's as cheap as you'll get for Blu-ray.) and people who won't go online much with it or download too many demos. 40 Gigs should be plenty if you manage it right. The tech savy can always drop in a higher HD.
