archangelmorph
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What makes you think the GS could ever possibly be $10??
I'm pretty darn certain the manufacturing cost of the chip is (even today) going to be alot higher than that..
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What makes you think the GS could ever possibly be $10??
I'm pretty darn certain the manufacturing cost of the chip is (even today) going to be alot higher than that..
LOL, thank you - I am so blind I must say. And I read that thing over (quickly!) like twice now.
Well that's that on B/C I guess. It's not a move I agree with at all from a Playstation philosophy level, but here we are it seems.
Not a lot of transistors. In any case, if costs >$10 it illustrates further that they will make a substantial saving
Just to put it on record, 20Gb is not sufficient for this PS3 owner. I had to clear out my HDD every Thursday before I download stuff from PSN (I really wanted to keep some). What works for 360 may not work for PS3.
I have recently switched to a 60Gb one.
40Gb should be ok... for now.
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2007/10/ps3-lie-watch-gold-phil-harrison-on-why.html
Beyond the fun factor, it does raise an interesting question. Why are they making all these SKU changes all the time?
Beyond the fun factor, it does raise an interesting question. Why are they making all these SKU changes all the time?
Gradthrawn
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It doesn't work for the 360 either. I hate that little hard drive. Further hampered by a poor file management system (comparatively speaking to the XMB for deleting stuff, that is).
Darwin answered this one. Natural selection requires adaptation.
They are in a pretty bad spot in the marketplace, the machine was over engineered from the beginning and they have to get the price down as fast as possible.
EDIT: Pictures at SCEE show the new version has less vents, confirmation of 65nm?
Why not just buy a larger HDD that fits your needs? Prices are coming down on 2.5" drives.
I'm not sure this was a serious question or not, but here in NA we had a 20GB and 60GB. They are replaced in a staggered fashion with an 80GB and soon 40GB, both for cost cutting reasons. I assume the other regions are the same.
It's no more confusing than a Core, Premium (with and without HDMI), Elite, Halo 3 SE, Arcade bundle, Premium bundle, Elite bundle, white, black and Halo 3 controllers, etc.
Since I bought BestBuy's extended store warranty, I traded my 20Gb for a brand new 60Gb for free about 3 weeks ago
(Didn't want to swap to a 40Gb one, so I quickly exchanged it before the 40Gb rumor comes true).Since I bought BestBuy's extended store warranty, I traded my 20Gb for a brand new 60Gb for free about 3 weeks ago
Nice deal.
The bandwidth is really not an issue, RSX outperforms GS any day of the week from this standpoint.
GS had huge bandwidth..and the dumbest rasterizer ever (memory pages crossing for the win..)
I would say that this gen nor MS nor Sony have made the things right from scratch.
Nice deal.
Yes, they also gave me the 5 free Blu-ray movie deal, which had me scratching my head.
But then I blew the savings by buying a new but small HT system to put in my office
. They still got me, didn't they ?...and they neglected marketing (or have no time for it).
So the "old" PS3 will retain BC but will be phased out as time goes by or Sony will play smart and have a "cheap" PS3 and a expensive PS3 with all features?
EDIT: I´m very curious on the US dollar price
How much for extra warranty in the US ?
Remember that, in the EU space, any electronics equipment (and lots of others, like cars and such) are required by law to carry a minimum 2-year warranty period.
What i meant was compared to the $1000 dollars i paid in Europe for the PS3 when it was $599 in the US what will the price reduction be in the US. $299 would be a dream $349 is something that could be hope for.
Nor the vents all along the bottom. That has to be 65 nm.
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