superchunk on 08 April 2013
That's because it wasn't always going to be 8GB. How is that news to anyone? Sony planned on 4GB and then later decided the cost to bump to 8GB was justified due to being comparable to what was rumored to be coming in neXtBox.
Sony's 8GB was as much a reactionary change as adding motion to the original PS3 controller. However, in this case it will actually benefit devs and gamers.
