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MrPennybags said:

Could a smaller HD save space even if it can't save cost? Maybe a component in a PS3 slim?


The most likely case is that they'd continue using standard laptop drives (I believe they're using laptop drives).  The way these drives are constructed, they can contain one or several platters of data.  Adding a platter of data internally doesn't increase the size because they can decrease manufacturing costs by making a single sized drive.

If the future they may be able to release a 20GB or 40GB microdrive or even flash-based version.  The advantage to the flash based version is that flash failures predicably occur well after mechanical disk failures are certain to occur. 



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Final-Fan said:
From Arcturus' news link:

"It has been suggested that a few, more minor features, such as the console's USB ports or backwards compatibility might be lost in order to let Sony offer the model more cheaply."

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Hardware backwards compatibility is already gone, and software BC is SOFTWARE i.e. not built into the hardware.

USB ports are needed to charge the PS3 controller.

Meanwhile, things that could ACTUALLY be removed, like wireless internet and the card readers, are not mentioned.

The PS2 hardware is not totally gone in the PAL and USA 80GB models as far as I know. Only the EE is gone, not the GS (PS2's GPU).

Regarding USB ports, the block diagram shows 2 instead of 4 in the new model.

 



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A 40 gb ps3 w/o blueray and mem card readers @ 300-350$ would spike ps3 sales by upto 60%. Sony need to time it just in time for uncharted, ratchet etc ..



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Fonzerelli said:
A 40 gb ps3 w/o blueray and mem card readers @ 300-350$ would spike ps3 sales by upto 60%. Sony need to time it just in time for uncharted, ratchet etc ..

 The PS3 without Blu-Ray is more or less impossible considering PS3 games and the hardware are specifically designed to run on and read Blu-Ray discs.  I think a price drop is actually a pretty viable strategy considering Sony's need to crush HD-DVD swiftly and mercilessly this holiday season.  A $399 price point won't piss off other Blu-Ray manufacturers as much either because even they know they need to drop their player prices this holiday.



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I just hope that they keep a game packed in with an 80GB version. If the 40GB comes out as basically an 80GB with less features, people will probably ignore it like the Core 360 and the 20GB ps3. However, if they keep a game packed in with the 80GB version, then people will look at the 40GB SKU as the "normal" ps3, and the 80GB SKU as a fancy bundle, no different then the bundles at Sam's Club and the like. That way, the 40GB will become extremely popular.



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NJ5 said:
The new model's block diagram has two less USB ports:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=193246&page=4

(scroll down down down)

 You know what is funny about that diagram. The PS3's are connected to 'Toshiba' TV's. What Sony TV's not available for design spec?



superchunk said:
NJ5 said:
The new model's block diagram has two less USB ports:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=193246&page=4

(scroll down down down)

You know what is funny about that diagram. The PS3's are connected to 'Toshiba' TV's. What Sony TV's not available for design spec?


  Much more funny: Look at the "Receipt date of sample". June 18? So there was a 40 gig prototype shiped to america on June 18? Well, then Sony is planing that a long long long time, i would say.



Would it do well though, didn't the 20GB model do poorly when the PS3 launched, or am I mistaken?



Girl Gamer Elite said:
Would it do well though, didn't the 20GB model do poorly when the PS3 launched, or am I mistaken?
Yes it did, and people are arguing here and elsewhere over and over why.  Some think Sony did never ship more and wanted it to "die" because they lost much more money with it, other say that people don't want a "crippled" SKU and pointing to the 360 core.

 



yep it does poorly,
it was release in NA and japan, and never on Europe.
it is still avaible on japan but not anymore in NA.

in fact, it depends of what they put away to reduce the costs to 400$
(if true) ...



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