"New" PS3 Pricing Explanation

[poroporo]

Player2 said:

poroporo said:

selnor said:

poroporo said:

selnor said:
Can you explain why there is a 12gb? And who the hell at Sony okayed this?

You cant play all the games, you need a HDD for mandatory installs.

You guys don't seem to be familiar with the 4GB xbox 360. 

You can play every 360 game without installs.

So with the 4gb 360 you can save all your games and play every game.

With the PS3 you have titles with mandatory installs. Quite alot. Which means you cant play all games on Ps3 12 gb flash memory.

Insane.

 

Try playing co-op Halo Reach on a 4gb. Try playing a MMO such as FFXI on a 4gb. 

Try downloading any DLC. Want to pop in a 250gb hard drive afterwards? That'll be $112.99 for the proprietary hard drive instead of $59.99 if you would have bought a 12gb ps3.

You need to buy the official mounting bracket or a propietary hard drive for the new PS3 if you want to add an HDD afterwards, so you have to pay more than $60:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4786913

That's so dumb... a stupid bracket. I, knowing myself, would find a way around it (make your own, slide the drive in anyway, etc.), but this is ridiculous.

What a bunch of dumbass engineers. A bracket-less design isn't hard to imagine (spring-loaded, a simple strap, etc.)...