HappySqurriel said:
Depending on how many they actually made, but I would expect the 60GB to be on store shelves until next E3 ... As of March 31st Sony had shipped 5.5 Million consoles worldwide and was producing (at least) 1 Million consoles per month; as a guestimate I would say they have produced 7.0 to 8 Million 60GB consoles. What this means is they have to sell as many 60GB PS3 systems as they have already sold whilst a new 80GB model steals some of the sales they have currently been making. |
I dunno...I think its very likely that they stopped making the 60 GB version awhile back. They've been all about cutting costs everywhere. Why keep making a 60 GB version that costs more to produce when they can just switch all fo the factories over to the 80 GB version.
Obviously it isn't something we can know with any certainty at all, but my personal feeling would be that they switched all the factories over to the newer 80 GB no EE version awhile back and stockpiled them until they were ready to release it worldwide.
Anyway, if I were planning on buying a ps3, I'd totally jump on the 60 GB version just in case they mysteriously get discontinued sometime later this year. Plus, as many people have pointed out, you can buy a 60 GB ps3 and a much larger hard drive and just do the switch yourself, that way you get all the hardware bits as well as a much larger hard drive.
