Borkachev on 24 January 2008
Oh, and:
Just out of curiousity why does everyone think this is Sony's decision?
Best Buy made the decision not to sell the 80 GB. You will still be able to get it elsewhere.
I think this just speaks to sales of the 80 Gb at Best Buy. I go there often and only see a 80 Gb move once every few weeks. The 40 Gb pile at least goes does on a bi-daily basis.
Best Buy made the decision not to sell the 80 GB. You will still be able to get it elsewhere.
I think this just speaks to sales of the 80 Gb at Best Buy. I go there often and only see a 80 Gb move once every few weeks. The 40 Gb pile at least goes does on a bi-daily basis.
The letter implies that this decision came from Sony, e.g. "it's going closeout," "Sony hasn't made any announcements about new products." It's also consistent with what they've been doing in other regions.
In any case, even if it's not an official Sony decision, the fact that a major retailer like Best Buy is discontinuing it would suggest there's a good reason to do so -- something that would apply to other retailers too. For instance, maybe it's not selling (I haven't heard anything suggesting that though, which is why I'm hoping my earlier theory about a new SKU is right).
By the way, Dell.ca, who had all those great deals on the PS3 last month, hasn't been selling the 80gb since Christmas. I thought that was a little suspicious, and it looks likely now that it was part of this same retailer movement.
