The same way that they did it in Europe, with software emulation. Unfortunately, many games don't work with it (including many famous games).

 Probably because the euro ps3 didnt have it either, so everyone already sort of knew it wouldnt have it.

I would agree that they'll eventually replace the 60gb model with an 80gb model. It's not so much mass production as it is that HDDs are so expensive to produce (the unit), but the extra space is relatively cheap (in the US, I paid $60 for a 80gb not too long ago, for $20 more, I could get more than twice the space). Therefore, Sony is trying to get the most cash out of each system by offering a 80gb model - which is the same thing as MS is doing with the elite (as we all know for $180, you can get ALOT better HDD than a 120gb model most anywhere).

 Maybe they're using the harddrives from the discontinued 20 GB PS3 ;)

 60 + 20 = 80

I guess they can replace the hard drives in the 1++ million systems sitting in Sony warehouses. This won't be a new SKU, just an update to the $599 model. OR it's a typo. Any more sources for this news?

That would be incredibly expensive, not only would they have to throw out 1 million 60GB hard drives, but they'd have to send people over to open up the PS3, replace the hard drive, and close it up.

etter off selling them all then replacing with 80GB model 

It's probably as expensive to make a 60gb drive as it is a 80gb so they might as well, as hard drives are one of the few things you can upgrade, without making previous versions redundant (you cannot replace graphics cards for instance), so as long as devs know that they may only have a 20gb system, they can still make use of it, plus if that extra 20gb is really needed, the PS3 can be upgraded with external hard-drives anyway, so an upgrade to 8ogb doesn't really hurt anyone, unlike with the xBox 360 Elite, where the addition of so many extra features may have seriously annoyed earlier adopters. It looks to me like a natural progression just like with PCs. For instance our PC (soon to be replaced) came with a 40gb HD. We then got a 80gb HD making total space 120gb, then we recently got a 250gb one making space 330gb, which is considerably bigger than 40gb!

wow !!!!

xtrolls never give up!!!

573 (tax inclusive) is 120$ cheaper than 600+15% of 600 =690$.

the 80 gig version contains the same thing as the 60gig version except the additional 20 gig space.

so the koreans are saving 120$.

they are getting a 500$ next gen drive unlike the 2$ dvd drive in the X360.

they are getting the world's best processor all for $ 573 unlike the watered down PPC core in x360.

geez  this has become a troll board.

$573 is $117 cheaper than  $690(which americans pay for a 60gig version).

does the x360 support 1.3 HDMI?

no

a 250gig  HDD costs just 60$ in NCIX.

a 120gig HDD in x360 elite would cost almost the same as the 20gig HDD. 

does the x360 come with a next gen drive?

no.  HD DVD addon is 200$ +tax and is also an inferior format.

the elite contains the same watered down xenon.

50$ fee for yearly online subscription with text achievements.

lol

the 80gig ps3 contains teh same thing as the 60gig but it is $120 cheaper. ( 690$(tax incl)   vs 573$(tax incl)).