MikeB on 20 June 2007
The real question is should Sony have made 2 versions of the PS3: one with Bluray and one without (priced at 360 level).
I wouldn't have liked this as developers would then develop their games with the lower spec model in mind, this is already happening with regard to XBox 360/PS3 multi-platform games currently under development (such as GTA IV).
A larger or smaller harddrive wouldn't really affect games development that much, but to have PS3s with just a DVD drive I think would seriously hamper PS3 games development for the long run, not only to take advantage of more space but also of sustained (predictable) reading speeds for streaming content.
The Amiga CD32 games console had a similar problem as it roughly offered similar specs as the Amiga 1200. But the CD32 came with a CD drive and the Amiga 1200 with a (slow) 3.5 inch diskdrive by default. As developers wanted to support both systems the CD32 mostly only offered some additional content like better introductions, endings and CD music, but the developers deliberately limited their games to still fit on diskettes.
