"Not trying to flame, but when Sony axed the 20gb, as you stated, they dropped the 60gb to $499."
No they didn't. They officially discontinued the 20GB in the U.S. quite some time before they dropped the price of the 60GB, and they stopped providing them to stores months before they even officially declared it.
"How can that be just one price cut?"
Is $20 off the Core, $50 off the Pro, and $30 off the Elite one pricecut? They are different SKUs, just like the 60GB and 80GB, and the only difference was timing and the shuffling of the SKUs.
The truth is, 80GB REPLACED the 60GB. The 60GB went on clearance price so it'd disappear. The 40GB replaced the 20GB. Not the 60GB. The PS3 has had one high end SKU and one low end SKU in the U.S. for the majority of its existance. The 40GB simply replaced the ($500) low end SKU.
You do not have the right to never be offended.
