It's a simple production cost/profitability equation.
Obviously SCE is going to keep simplifying the PS3 design in the interest of both. Maybe the only question is when or if those changes evolve enough into something that can easily be engineered to fit into a smaller and cheaper package.
That and if/when they want to do a new marketing campaign for the "new" PSThree.
For $199, I'd buy another one anyway.







