New 80GB PS3 Gives Us The Cold Shoulder

[Steve 3.2]

NJ5 said:

Steve 3.2 said:

NJ5 said:

Do you think it's reasonable to release a model which has 20 GB more, an "old" game which is available for beans 2nd hand, and worse BC than the cheaper model?

If I wanted a PS3 now, I'd buy the 60 GB model just for the BC alone... Maybe that's Sony's strategy to make the cheaper version sell?

All of the PS3s are going in this direction. By the time the new 80GB version hits stores, the 60 GB models will have had their EE chips removed too. If BC is really important to you, but your PS3 now before it's too late!

I don't understand what you mean... Do you think they'll sell all their existing 60 GB stock until August?

 If Sony hasn't started to already, I'm sure that they will soon make all PS3s without the EE chip.  So those with the EE will be limited to those on hand.  They may sell out by August or may not.  All depends on supply and demand.  But at some point, even the 60 GB PS3s in the US and Japan will not contain the EE chip.