When will Japan follow? Afterall, stores there were discounting the 20GB model within the first two months. Maybe this was too soon.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/sony-the-ps3-20gb-is-dead-251567.php
Chikahiro pointed out iSuppli's esitmate of the component costs, and the 20GB was the bigger vaccum of currency. But, was there really no demand for the 20GB model in NA or was it because SCEA didn't ship that many to begin with? Yours truly got a 20GB model simply because I thought the extra money could be better spent on a 120GB HDD instead, and so I did. In fact, that cost me $85. I still have no use for Wi Fi or the card readers, and I use USB memory sticks to transfer movies and save data. Also, seems that I got a better bargain since you're paying an extra $100 with the 60GB model for $35 worth of extra components.
Alas, one could argue that the existence of two SKU's was pure rubbish given the minimal differences between the units AND SCEI's mocking of MS's somewhat similar strategy. Kotaku jokingly pointed out that the PS3 is down to one SKU, while the 360 got bloated to three.
So about that price drop.... down to $500 this fall? That would still make it a far more robust system compared to the Elite 360, but will gamers care?
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Good move for Sony. Here's hoping we see the 60g turn into a $499 80g before the end of the year
I really do wish MS would drop the core 360 and send all the core owners rebate coupons towards the 20g or 120g harddrives... something. That, to me, is the biggest thing holding the 360 back (unlike the PS3, where I feel RAM is the issue).
The tables have turned this time, and the PS3 isn't great for multiplatform games. I think most of the 360 ports out there prove that.
It hasn't been long since launch and we're seeing a lot of 1080p supporting games, even something like NGS which has far more detailed textures than Resistance. But the FPS genre by itself is more taxing, which is why we haven't seen any 1080p supporting ones on either platform.
Developers will always more RAM anyway. In AM2's case, Lindbergh does have more RAM than any of the consoles out right now.
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And personally, I'd consider the harddrive space to be more attactive than wi-fi or the flash reader, but that will vary from player to player. Now, a VGA adapter for the PS3 would be nice.