jarrod on 10 December 2009
| binary solo said: The $199 buy and install your own HDD PS3? Really, who wants a paltry 120Gig HDD when you can shove your own 500Gig HDD into the unit? And still only pay a total of $299 in the end (or less if it's a used 500Gig HDD). I've got a wothless 80Gig HDD sitting around at home. Seriously, who, other than someone who still has their original 20 or 40 Gig HDD in earlier PS3 models, is going to be interested in having an 80Gig laptop HDD? I'd probably have a hard time giving it away, and if the peron didn't live locally I'd probably have to pay for the postage. You could say that a buy and install your own HDD PS3 is actually more environmentally friendly, because it will help reduce the amount of e-waste in the world. |
HDD costs are a pittance for Sony, they'll make too much more on a higher-price-point+HDD to do away with it like Microsoft with the Arcade. It's also one of their competitive advantages in the developer arena to espouse every PS3 being HDD-backed.
