October 18, 2007 4:22 AM PDT
Sony to sell new 40GB PlayStation 3 in U.S.
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To make most of holiday shopping season, version featuring 40GB hard drive will be priced at $400, while price of 80GB model will drop to $500.
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Lets remove backward compatibility of our most affordable PS3 unit and abandon our PS2 base of software. First I still think the PS3 Catalogue is not that strong to support an Only PS3 software library for this unit. A lot of kids tend to sell their PS2s in order to buy a PS3, and the $500 model is STILL way too expensive for most households on a budget.
Microsoft has done the right thing and made their console backwards compatible. I do own a 360 and a PS2 and will not buy a PS3 because of the cost and their changing to a non-backwards comptable model.
Shame shame shame on you Sony.
I hate to break it to them, but forcing BlueRay on everyone was a bad move from the get go.
Playstation is almost out of the picture and with Halo3 being so popular, I think it's the knockout punch.
In addition, the console sector is crowded since Wii entered the picture on a grand scale. If you want graphics and slew of games, you get the Xbox, if you want something basic, but different you get the Wii.
Sony missed it.
Having just purchased a 60 GB model, I have to say it is an impressive piece of hardware. The major impetus was getting a LCD TV. I will say that backwards compatibility was a bit of a selling point for me, as a I have a few PS2 games I haven't finished yet.
The PS3 gives you a lot for the money: games, hi-def DVD, streaming media. I think unfortunately it may be overkill for a lot of people.
I'm not quite sure I've translated his bile-filled PR-language correctly, but I think he's trying to say this:
"Customers everywhere are beginning to realise that we're the only people they could ever want, and they're just about ready to say sorry, bend over and give us a cookie"