Comments on: Henning’s PS3 Soapbox: Sony Needs Two PS3 Models

By: Henning

Henning — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:45:35 +0000

As long is it still has BC and 4 USB ports! They come in handy when playing Rock Band!

By: Specter

Specter — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:39:28 +0000

The latest spin on this rumor is that Sony is planning to release 120GB and a 160GB versions with the duel shock 3 controller to replace the current 80GB. This makes sense. If this is true there will be no need to miss the 80GB when it’s gone

By: Darrin

Darrin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:18:02 +0000

A rumor that a new SKU will replace the 80GB SKU link I hope the new SKU has PS2 BC in case I ever want to buy a second PS3.

By: west coast ps3

west coast ps3 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:43:55 +0000

The 60 GB form factor is a bit small. It took me a year to fill it up, and now I am considering a 250 GB upgrade. The plan so far is to get a 250 GB external laptop drive at Costco (for say 120$) and swap the two drives. Or I can just go on a deletion rampage and free up more space.

Extra RAM would be nice. Consoles always seem to not have enough RAM, and RAM is cheap…I’d rather the machine shipped with twice as much RAM and a small hard drive (that I can replace).

By: Another Mike

Another Mike — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:17:24 +0000

They need to stay price competitive above all else. If ditching B/C was the key to that, than so be it. I can see offering a higher end system but that really shouldn’t be the focus of their efforts. Since the PS3 hard drives can be replaced manually it’s not as big of a deal as the Xbox 360 elite where the only alternative to getting a better hard drive is the ridiculous prices Microsoft charges at retail.

They should also let people know that it is a future proof Blu-Ray player unlike some other models on the market. The future profile updates won’t render it obsolete like some of the stand alone models. If they can get it to $299 this year it would be an undeniable value for the games that are coming out and its quality as a Blu-Ray player.

By: François

François — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:37:47 +0000

They need to get as cheap as they can get because the US economy is not going well these days…

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:36:01 +0000

Do you know there in US that in Scandinavia PS3 costs about 465 euros (about 683 $).

So actually the price in US is very cheap comparing to Scandinavia.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:53:56 +0000

I think they are clearing the stock out to release the 80gig with DS3. For some reason I think BC is huge in the US. Sony not releasing a replacement might get people to jump at the 80gb which 1) is BC. 2) includes a $60 game for free.

If you take out what I feel is a very marketable feature it can only hurt you. I personally don’t think BC is very important any more when you can just buy a new PS2 for the same price difference. If Sony advertises right they can sell more of both systems clearing out the PS2 stock.

The main reason might be to remove BC so they can kill off the PS2 and get more people to convert to the PS3. Now is the time to get people to switch, the year of the major exclusives.