Looks like that rumour of the 80GB PS3 has turned out to be partly true as it’s been confirmed on the Sony Computer Entertainment Korea website, according to Gamasutra:
The official website now lists only the new 80GB version, to be released on June 16th for 518,000 South Korean won ($557), before tax..
It’s not going to be seen in the West though, as it’s claimed that a high percentage of people in South Korea have access to high speed broadband, leading to Sony giving them a slightly larger HDD.
Personally, it doesn’t cost a great deal of money to buy a 250 GB USB HDD that you can use to connect to your PS3 and Mac/PC so this isn’t a big deal, especially as no other specs have changed in the South Korean PS3.
I would be annoyed if it was released over here at a similar price to the 60GB PS3 though.
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Written by: Gary
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#1 by yodaddy on May 21st, 2007
sony must burn for this one…. burn sony burn !
#2 by Trieloth on May 21st, 2007 [ 3286 Points ]
ahh what ever, I have had mine for a long time and wont buy another sony just for the bigger hard drive.
#3 by Tosh on May 21st, 2007 [ 87421 Points ]
I already have a 160GB hard drive in my PS3. And I have a external 500 GB hard drive that I connect the PS3 to sometimes.
#4 by Clinton514 on May 21st, 2007
I’m probably picking up a 120gb HDD sometime during the week.
#5 by Jonathan Abbey on May 21st, 2007
Yeah, I’ve got a 160 GB Fujitsu drive in my PS3 as well, now.
Hopefully Sony will start putting out enough content in some form to make any significant fraction of that space useful.
For now, I have room for a Linux partition and as many trailers and PSN games as I coul dever want.
#6 by yodaddy on May 21st, 2007
yea tosh … that was you that put up on youtube same day ps3 was released the 136gb… or something like that right ?
#7 by Tosh on May 21st, 2007 [ 87421 Points ]
Ya, I did post something on YouTube the day I got my PS3. It was just showing what happens when you first power on your PS3 after installing a new hard drive. I’ve since removed it from youtube.
#8 by Sporty on May 21st, 2007 [ 95 Points ]
The explanation makes since. South Korea along with Japan lead the world in broadband deployment and speeds. Sony’s been gearing up the PSN for major upgrades later this year and the HDD is the cheapest thing to upgrade since the prices on those always drop fast.