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40GB PlayStation 3 Model Announced For U.S.
by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 18, 2007 2:36am PDTSony today confirmed that a 40GB model of the PlayStation 3, recently introduced in other territories, will be coming to North America as well. The 40GB PlayStation 3, which lacks backward compatibility with the PlayStation 2 and comes with two instead of four USB ports, will retail November 2 for $399. Sony also announced the 80GB model introduced in July, will receive a price cut. It will go from $599 to $499.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Sony chief Jack Tretton admitted that the $599 price point was probably too much for most consumers "based on traditional videogame pricing." He also acknowledged that the removal of backward compatibility is mostly to encourage people to purchase PlayStation 3 titles, and does not save Sony a significant amount of money.
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so they finally admit this...
so i wonder what will happen to the 60GB version..
(anyone know what happened with the 20GB after the 80GB was brought out? did they get sent back to Sony? or did the stores just have to figure out how to sell them off themselves at whatever price?)
i'm tempted get it because it's the only one with hardware PS2 emulation left.
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For the others i have no clue why the bitching, the only other reason i could see is people do not want to have several gaming rigs up . That's pretty much is BS also because every picture that is taken of peoples game area looks like shit most of the time and also they have every console hooked up anyways.
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Good to hear about the price drop on the 80GB model though. $499 is probably still too much for me, but it's still much better than $599.
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wow, just wow
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however, I was unaware it was gonna be lacking the backwards compatiblity. that kinda destroys any interest I had. not that I'd be buying a PS3 for PS2 titles, but it's not like theres an assload of PS3 games to keep me entertained at the momeny.
I guess if I ever want a PS3 ill either have to wait for another price drop or splurge the extraa 100-200 bucks.
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In fact, I think I will do this. Selling my Wii + games for over-inflated Australian prices should almost cover it.
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