Tuesday, July 15th 2008
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Sony Announces $399, 80GB PLAYSTATION 3 Bundle
During the E3 Media & Business Summit today, Sony announced that it is returning back the 80GB PS3 to the market in September, but this time with a new price of US $399.99. This move is probably dictated by the Xbox 360 price cut which became official two days ago. The 80GB "Core Pack" PLAYSTATION 3 as it will be called will offer all of the features and functionality of the currently selling 40GB model, but with double the storage.
Source:
Daily Tech
29 Comments on Sony Announces $399, 80GB PLAYSTATION 3 Bundle
Not a good idea, IMO. It will lead to confusion.
i mean if you can upgrade the dive yourself why have such differnt models???
everytime i get told about how shit the xbox is they hit out with you can change the hard drive with any sata drive so why not?
The best part about your statment is that there are actually more Xbox360 version on the market than PS3 versions.:laugh:
And if you are talking about the different version that have come before this, there was more than just a hard drive difference.
Yes, you can change the hard drive in the PS3, but a lot of people don't want to or are too affraid to do it themselves.
they mustve been discontinued
either way there is elite soon to be replaced premium with 60gb and a arcade which im glad to say is a pathetic excuse to compete with the wii
not sure if the 20gb will be on the arcade but its beign replaced on the premium with a 60gb
im not sure what came in the ps3 bundles but i no that they brought a bundle with 2 pads
havnt they replaced the pads with dualshock 3?
oh and the ps3s with the old ps2 chips in them got discontinued now its emulation of ps2 games
i didnt rate xbox for having various types of console all it needed was a elite and premium adn one should have built in wireless or at least a wireless adapter
i dont mind having a proprietary hard drive or not being able to use a blue tooth headset because my headset came free with the 360 and i have a chatpad that also has a headset
i dont mind go bash the 360 but i dont see anything wrong with them now seeing as they brought out the better falcon versions and we have hdmi
of course id like built in wireless tho but a lot of gamers prefere using Ethernet cables for max speed
1.ps3 pads never had rumble feature then they brought out pads that did to replace the old ones
2.xbox are trying to compete with wii by having a low cost 360, like why have a wii when you an have a hd graphics console they say, there are lots of kids games out for 360 like movie tie in and crash Bandicoot. sure people choose the wii for kids but in essence it TRYs to compete with the wii
yeah it not like anyone came over to the xbox 360 update news and slagged the update
im just saying whyt have another version of the ps3???
most of them got discontinued anyway
EDIT: maybe you should try and see other people's point of view before calling them names and attacking them.
Lets not make this thread that thread.
Oh by the way are we going to see price drops on the 40gb or is it not being sold anymore? I'm so behind. :mad:
The point with the PS3 is to always get the cheapest model. You can just buy a seperate HDD and slap it on.. which is much better.
Core had no hard drive, and had a wired controller.
The Premium system was the Core System with a wireless controller, 20GB Hard Drive, Wireless Adaptor.
The Platinum System was just the Premium System without the Wireless Adaptor bundled in.
Then came the Platinum System(v2.0) which added HDMI to the Platinum System.
Then there is the Elite System which is a Black Platinum System(v2.0) with a 120GB hard drive.
There has been at least 2 different system version, that both offer slightly different functionality, and several different bundles that added or removed different functionality.
There are only 4 different PS3 systems, it isn't hard to figure out which does what after about 5 minutes of research. Hell, I can tell you what they are off to the top of my head.
My friend bought the 80GB version, and according to him, he hasn't found a game yet that hasn't worked. But really, once you get a PS3, your PS2 games start to collect dust anyway.:laugh:
I really thought I wanted the backwards compatibility, but I don't think I have spent 2 hours playing my PS2 since I got my PS3.
There is also still a rumor going around that Sony will be adding backwards compatiblity to the 40GB model(and this 80GB model) via full software emulation. How well this will work, and if it is even true, has yet to be seen.