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.

It is known that both Microsoft and Sony launched a cheaper version of their console to be able to promote it with a lower price tag. They expect the consumer to buy the standard, more expensive, unit.

But indeed you still have to lay down 500$ to own a PS3, yet before that you went into a store where they told you they didn't had the low-cost version and you had to face a 600$ price tag. I consider it 'a price drop', but indeed it's not certain the average consumer will notice this.

But Sony did rather well, they did not come out with virtual numbers proving that they are N°1 in this generation, or start talking about the '10 year cycle' but just talked normal. And KillZone may need some more tweaking, at least the graphics aren't embarassing.

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.

 How many of those $499 20gb PS3's could you have bought at a store a month ago? 2 months ago? etc.  Linking someone's "blog" about what someone who is a competitor to a company isn't exactly a unbiased source that makes it true.  

 So if we are to take it your way, for a few months there sony increased the price of the PS3 because you could not buy a $499 version from a retail store, only from those selling used or ebayed 20 gb systems.   Now, they went and cut the price on the 60gb making that the lowest price PS3 that has been out for a few months now.

Honestly, I wouldn't want to take the word of a man knocking a rival and trying to deflect the 1.5 Billion dollar write off they are doing because of a console failure rate of 30%+.  Chances are his arguement is a failure as well.

Spin it Peter Spin it!!!!!

Well you know guys.... things break....

Adding value to the price while on the other hand MS releases a more expensive SKU to catch up with Sony on some of the stuff they left out on their machine even though they said a lot of times that they don't need HDMI or 1080p.... 

Someone should tell him to mind his own business. "When I read normal failure rates I expected 2-3%, not 20-25%".

Isn't it obvious, this is exactly what Sony and Microsoft did to the Wii. They waited a day after the announcement, read the popular concern in the forums, and then put the professional edge onto it. Tada you have everything you need to shit on your competition.

Ok ok wait......


The main difference is only 40 g.b.? Then where did the wifi go? Something Microsoft feels the need to charge over $80 for. There was a price cut.

Weterer you agree with the term "price cut" or not you do get something that was 600 for 500 and if you were mad that you couldn't find the 20Gb now you get the 60GB with Memory card reader and wifi . seems consumers are noticing though according to Amazon but more importantly it puts a PS3 back under 500 for Christmas.

I would dis agree that KillZone's Graphics are VERY embarassing (to the 360 and Wii ) That looks like the best looking Game to date. I actually think it Improved from the version we seen 2+years ago that absolutely everyone including myself tought there was no way that was Gameplay. Well now there is no Doubt those graphics are Gameplay. I think X-box will be able to push those graphics with the Xbox720 

What about the massive overcharging for the Elite? Why not adress that? How the hell does he justify a system with out Wifi or a built in High Capacity DVD player built in and with a 5 in 1 card reader costing only $20 less than a system with all those things built in ? Microsoft would have loved to cut price but the failure rate of the 360 is killin them