Rumor: 80GB PS3 Out, Larger Capacity HDD PS3 with Dual Shock 3 Coming Soon

SCEE confirmed they'll stick to their single-SKU policy over here (yay... not)

This is cool.
...and yet MS still sticks with it's fully sized 20gig HDD. Whhhy? Those must cost more now than a 120gig.

What I want to know is when the 65nm (or even 45nm!) RSX will be showing up in the PS3. They've already shrunk the Cell down to 65nm but a GPU shrink will be a welcome addition that will not doubt bring down the power draw even further.

Alternatively, buy the 40gb model and snag yourself one of these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145179

$150 for 200gb upgrade. - Hmm $50 more than the "499" price point. Maybe not as good as I thought.

Given that price differential, I think its doubtful we'll see the 160 (Sony's got to make money somewhere :))

If it has backwards compatibility, I'm in!

Brand loyalty crap all aside, as a consumer i find looming hardware redesigns a mixed bag. I want to know i'm getting the best value for my money, so I end up stalling.

There was about a year there where i really wanted a Nintendo DS but the rumor mill of a new form-factor had been going for a while. I ended up getting a Lite, finally. In the case of the 360, I'm kind of tempted by there always seems to be some suggestion of a greener-field in the distance. I almost bought my friend's underused Wii off of him, but there's even a suggestion of something new coming in the next year there too.

The rate at which Sony is juggling SKUs seems bad for them. I won't argue that they need to do something to increase their market share, but this has got to be discouraging to the people who are looking at buying a PS3 in the near future, or to those who recently bought one! A similar case for 360 owners and hardware failures. Supposedly thats fixed now, right?

When i drop a few hundred on anything, i want confidence I wont regret it in 6 months time. I realize thats kind of an old-fashioned sentiment in the tech industry, but hell, i work IN it and i grew up with it, and I still don't consider it an unreasonable expectation.

Is it safe to post about PS3 stuff in this thread? because Pixeljunk Monsters is quite worth it. I've never really played tower defense before so I can't really compare it, but on it's own it's really nice. 1up liked it too. Eurogamer gave it an 8/10. It's $8, can be played remotely on PSP, and it's got local co-op.

did i call it or what, at least though the price didn't rise.

i've yet to have a use for the 60gb i have, but the hardware BC has been used extensively.