Sony dropping th 80GB in favor of 120-160GB with Dual Shock 3

[TheBigFatJ]

Entroper said:

TheBigFatJ said:

Entroper said:

TheBigFatJ said:

Arstechnica has been accurate every single time they've posted something like this about the PS3 with their source.

Keeping their pricing the same is a mistake. If they're doing a move like this, they're doing it to increase sales of the more expensive unit in an effort to improve their bottom line. Look at Microsoft: the "Elite" is $100 extra for some black paint, a 120 GB hard drive, and an HDMI cable, and people are still buying it.

Fixed that for you.

You realize an HDMI cable is worth about $4, shipped, right?

First it's just black paint, now it's just a $4 HDMI cable, but you still seem to be forgetting (read: purposefully ignoring) the 120 GB notebook-sized hard drive. Nobody is denying that MS makes more money on an Elite than a Pro, but the difference is substantially more than the color of the paint.

You get the same gaming experience out of the machine, regardless of the color of the paint job. The drive exists, yes, but most people don't need and won't use the extra space. They might not even understand it.  I could see its purpose if you're downloading HD content, but for HD content I have 750GB on my HD-DVR and that's not nearly enough.

The primary difference for *most* people is that it comes with black paint, but the marketing term 'elite' sells it very well, and there are still people out there who don't realize that 6' pieces of 26 or 28 guage copper aren't worth $30.  My point is that it is extremely overpriced, and yet people will go out and buy it.  Microsoft likely makes $90 extra profit per Elite sold compared to the Premium.  So who is that a good deal for?