Borkachev on 15 July 2008
| Rainbird said: This model has nothing to do with the current 80 GB model. I can't understand all the people who say that the reason for why the 80 GB sold better than the 40 GB is because of the BC. I agree, that is true. But when they upgrade the PS3 to have double the harddrive space for no extra cost, how will it not be a good thing? I can understand that people want BC, I do too, but they are not going to bring back hardware BC. It's not the current 80 GB model that has been downgraded, it's the 40 GB model that has been upgraded. |
It's because Tretton's phrasing gave the strong impression that this is going to be their only model on shelves after it launches. He tried to word it as though it's the 40gb that's being discontinued and the 80gb that's replacing it, when in fact it's just the opposite. I don't have the clip recorded, but once it shows up online we can start analyzing his words to death.
It's also just the logical conclusion: obviously they're not going to have two 80gb models on shelves at the same time, and they didn't announce any new "high end" model to replace the current bundle.
