The 80Gb PS3, due to launch in Korea this June, may well be heading to the US according to worldwide news aggregator The Associated Press. All over Google News the headline, “Sony may sell 80-gig Playstation 3 in US” is cropping up from local news sites serviced by the AP.
The basis of this assertion is a comment from Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment, who said, "Increasing capacity for models is one of the options. We make such decisions depending on the needs of the market, and every country is different."
We can safely say it's “an option,” then. Another option, of course, would be for Sony to withdraw the PS3 from the market altogether and retreat to the Cayman Islands to play Steel Harbinger on the PSOne. Doesn't mean it's likely to happen.
By the AP's logic the 80Gb PS3 “may” be coming to the UK, so SPOnG called Sony to find out if it will. “We haven't made plans to bring it over here,” SPOnG was told. “At the moment it's just Korea.”
The AP might have done well to have a look at Sony's comments yesterday, when a spokesman said “...currently there are no plans to change current hardware offerings [in North America]."
It looks like non-Koreans will have to satisfy themselves with DIY Hard Drive upgrades to increase their PS3's storage capacity for the time being.
The basis of this assertion is a comment from Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment, who said, "Increasing capacity for models is one of the options. We make such decisions depending on the needs of the market, and every country is different."
We can safely say it's “an option,” then. Another option, of course, would be for Sony to withdraw the PS3 from the market altogether and retreat to the Cayman Islands to play Steel Harbinger on the PSOne. Doesn't mean it's likely to happen.
By the AP's logic the 80Gb PS3 “may” be coming to the UK, so SPOnG called Sony to find out if it will. “We haven't made plans to bring it over here,” SPOnG was told. “At the moment it's just Korea.”
The AP might have done well to have a look at Sony's comments yesterday, when a spokesman said “...currently there are no plans to change current hardware offerings [in North America]."
It looks like non-Koreans will have to satisfy themselves with DIY Hard Drive upgrades to increase their PS3's storage capacity for the time being.
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oldest gamer 23 May 2007 12:21
1/4
This is expected. Every 6 months or so the PS3 will probably see Hard Drive size increases with a slight price reduction. The PS3 is such a powerful, reliable system, at the current price it is good deal when considering the technology inside and future lifespan.
YenRug 23 May 2007 13:01
2/4
^^^^^
Someone trying to reassure themself that they did the right thing, spending so much money on the currently worst selling system? ;)
Someone trying to reassure themself that they did the right thing, spending so much money on the currently worst selling system? ;)
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Customer88 23 May 2007 17:58
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So the point of the article is don't listen to rumours because Sony's official position doesn't confirm it?!!
Well obviously Sony still wants US to buy the 60G version so they are not confirming it. Just like they said the 20G will be around until it finally wasn't. Listening to rumours from industry insiders is a safer bet than just relying on the offical company line, its usually more accurate.
Well obviously Sony still wants US to buy the 60G version so they are not confirming it. Just like they said the 20G will be around until it finally wasn't. Listening to rumours from industry insiders is a safer bet than just relying on the offical company line, its usually more accurate.
DoctorDee 24 May 2007 06:21
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True, but the Associated Press is not now, and never had been an industry insider.
I doubt a 60 to 80GB hard drive increase is wirt upsetting the supply chain for in US and Europe. We will see HD size increases, it's inevitable, as are price drops. But I'm betting we see 60 to 120GB as the first increase.
I doubt a 60 to 80GB hard drive increase is wirt upsetting the supply chain for in US and Europe. We will see HD size increases, it's inevitable, as are price drops. But I'm betting we see 60 to 120GB as the first increase.
