It will go something like this:
10th October:
40Gb PS3 with Spiderman 3 released - £299
60Gb Starter Pack discontinued
60Gb Value Pack (2 games free) - £349
January 2008:
60Gb Value Packs all but sold out
80Gb PS3 announced - £349 (with Spiderman 3 only)
Prediction (June 12th 2017)
Permanent pricedrop for both PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro in October.
PS4 Slim $249 (October 2017)
PS4 Pro $349 (October 2017)
| shams said: Reading this is like a gigantic slap in the face to me. According to Sony the 40Gig model will be the ONLY model available in the future - this applies to Australia as well. I guess they are serious about dropping PS2 support... forever? "Europe will only have access to 40GB model once stock has sold out Sony has announced that once the current stock of 60GB PlayStation 3's has sold out, European regions will only have access to the newly introduced 40GB model. The shock decision comes after Sony Europe announced a price cut for the 60GB model to GBP 349 / EUR 499, which the company said was in response to consumer feedback. The company also unveiled a 40GB PlayStation 3 due to go on sale this Wednesday, but gave no indication at the time that the 60GB model would be discontinued. "Our offering in the UK market place for Christmas are the two SKU's announced on Friday, but as the 60GB stock is depleted the GBP 299 40GB SKU will be the only version available going forward," said a spokesperson for SCEE
Sony has already phased out the 60GB model in North America, where an 80GB unit sells for USD 599 with a copy of MotorStorm." ... I only hope this is a temporary measure, and that they do change their minds and release the 80Gig (or other) model in Europe/Australia. Sony - please listen up: I will never buy a PS3 that does not support PS2 compatibility. I only hope that consumers vote with their heads, and force Sony to fix this atrocity. Shams NOT happy :( |
Sony is doing this so that people will suddenly start buying the 80Gb models since the 40Gb won't have BC.
Once they get their sales increase, they may roll out a new model that does full everything.
Ok... and can we discuss what it means if the article is actually correct - and there will only be a 40Gig model available for Xmas in Europe/Australia?
I wouldn't put this beyond Sony - then again, I wouldn't put changing their 'mind' beyond them either...
It may just be some consumer "panic" ploy to boost short term sales.
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| shams said: Ok... and can we discuss what it means if the article is actually correct - and there will only be a 40Gig model available for Xmas in Europe/Australia? I wouldn't put this beyond Sony - then again, I wouldn't put changing their 'mind' beyond them either... It may just be some consumer "panic" ploy to boost short term sales. |
Well, that would be extremely stupid no? I mean, have you ever seen a console getting downgraded to a lower-specced model?
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A new sku has already been registered by Sony.
* Code: CECHG06 (SPECIFICATION)
* Sony PlayStation 3
* 160gb 2.5 SATA 5400rpm HDD
* CELL Broadband Engine (65nm process) @ 3.2ghz
* PPU x1, SPE x8
* RSX GPU (65nm process) @ 550mhz
* Blu-Ray Optical Disc Drive @ 2x
* Memory Card Reader- Memory Stick Duo, Compact Flash, Secure
* Digital
* 6x USB 2.0 ports
* HDMI 1.3 port
* 2x Gigabit ethernet ports
* DUALSHOCK 3 controller
This sku will be released along with a 60 gb version of the PS3 that will be like the current version, but without the extra controller and games and will retail at 449,- Euro.
All of this will be kept "secret" of course till the current 60 gb dries out, then they will do the Sony-Style-backtrackâ„¢.
@NJ5, ever heard of the core version of the 360?
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Sony is doing this so that people will suddenly start buying the 80Gb models since the 40Gb won't have BC. Once they get their sales increase, they may roll out a new model that does full everything. |
But shouldn't they have done that from the beginning, W.O.W.?
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| Gazz said: @NJ5, ever heard of the core version of the 360? |
As far as I know, there's no territory where you can only buy the core version.
I thought that my post was quite explicit since we're talking about the possibility of a single model being available.
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johnlucas said:
But shouldn't they have done that from the beginning, W.O.W.? John Lucas |
It's hard to say. Maybe that's an approach they were trying to take with the 20Gb. Did it work there? It's becoming harder and harder to rationalize some of the decisions being made on Sony's part. This one looks straight forward, but looks can be deceiving.
I honestly don't see what the bog deal is, since the PS2 only gets sport games and movie lisence games. 3rd parties have shifted resources towards the PS3 and away from the Ps2, so what's the point in paying an extra 100$ for backwards capitibilty? Furthermore, I think having the lowest price point possible is more important than backwards compatility.
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