So I'm sure we've all read the news, no more 20gig PS3. I'm personally surprised Sony decided to pull the cheaper model. With the recent announcment of the Xbox 360 Elite package coming in at $480 I figured Sony would keep the 20gig and tout it as being on $20 more for a Blu-Ray player.
My only thought here is that Sony is hemorraging money on the small hard drive model. They must be losing much more cash on that model because of the Blu-Ray player making it not worth it for them to keep selling that package. The problem with pulling it though is that they have increased their barrier to entry by another $100 which makes the PS3 completely out of reach for alot of folks.
In addition to that it seems to give alot of folks the impression that Sony is slipping under. While I don't necessarily think this is the case I can say that pulling a model within the first 6 months of launch is definitely not a comforting move. It will be interesting to see how this plays for Sony in the long run and if the lost 20gig will mean a price drop on the 60gig package.
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