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Sony discontinues 20gig PS3
RainbowDespair
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Just read this article on teamxbox.com
"Sony announced today it has discontinued the 20 GB PlayStation 3 model due to its poor demand. PS3 was available in two configurations; one featured a 20GB hard disk drive (HDD) and had a suggested retail price of $499, while the second features a 60GB HDD and built in Wi-Fi adapter and multiple memory card slots for $599.
The 60GB model was outselling the 20GB configuration at a 10-to-1 ratio.
Over the last few days, several stores dropped the 20GB model from its listings, including the official Sony store, Sony Style. "
It seems rather odd to me that the 60gig model was selling so much better. I thought it was the other way around (I haven't seen any 20gig PS3s in stock, but pretty much everyone is stocking the 60gig model).
"Sony announced today it has discontinued the 20 GB PlayStation 3 model due to its poor demand. PS3 was available in two configurations; one featured a 20GB hard disk drive (HDD) and had a suggested retail price of $499, while the second features a 60GB HDD and built in Wi-Fi adapter and multiple memory card slots for $599.
The 60GB model was outselling the 20GB configuration at a 10-to-1 ratio.
Over the last few days, several stores dropped the 20GB model from its listings, including the official Sony store, Sony Style. "
It seems rather odd to me that the 60gig model was selling so much better. I thought it was the other way around (I haven't seen any 20gig PS3s in stock, but pretty much everyone is stocking the 60gig model).
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Yes. Everything else was just speculation.
I wonder if they'll discountinue the 60 gig model for the same reasons.
Syke!
Despite my vitriol against them I will eventually get a PS3. Maybe Christmas. Hopefully the 60 gig will see a price drop by then.
edit: and HDMI
Tempting, but that's too evil even for me.
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So will this affect PS3 sales? Or were the number of 20GB models out there even large enough to make much of an impact on sales figures?
hi5
<cue angry Sony apologists>
Cue a bunch of stupid edits of your post that look like this:
yes lol
Or maybe now that I've pointed out how retarded that would be, nobody will do it.
I didn't see this happening. I completely forgot about the 20GB model existing too. I guess people figured that if they were going to pay so much for a console, they may as well pay for the bigger and better model.
On the bright side, they'll be able to use the blu-ray drives from whatever they recall to make more 60GB models. :P
All the folks I know around here have 60GB models. I haven't seen a single 20GB one off store shelves.
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I mean, you make two product, one inferior to the other. Of course the inferior one isn't going to sell as much.
I don't understand why the cheaper versions of both the xbox 360 and PS3 weren't just smaller hard drive space. Why did they actually prevent other standard features from being implemented as well.
Does anyone have the Core vs. Premium purchased ratio?
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Hard drive space isn't that expensive.
Okay, so give me identical features, and give me a bigger size difference in the HDD.
Pokemon Safari - Sneasel, Pawniard, ????
I'm pretty sure the 20 GB had HDMI too
Does that even make sense? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!
I wonder if the news will make developers even more edgy, or if they'll think sales of the 20GB were too low to care about.
Edit: Yep, this move does put the overpriced Elite in a better position.
See post above.
Thats my point.
Why didn't they release two feature identical products, with the only variation being storage space.
Instead, you make two products with different features. Make the cheaper one the inferior one, then act surprised when no one wants the inferior product.
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No, this is Sony realizing that something they made wasn't selling.
And because you don't need it, no one else on the planet needs it.
Losing a 20GB option does suck, since (as opposed to the 360) the baseline model is actually reasonably functional. The thing is, if Sony wouldn't have said anything about it, no one would ever know. I haven't seen a Core 360 in stores since a few months after launch, but Microsoft hasn't said anything about reducing or ceasing production of them.
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Stateside preferred?
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Well, either way they still accomplished the same thing. Elite 360, over $100 cheaper than the PS3 with double the HD space!
In case anyone was doubting it due to the source or lack thereof (I know I was), this is true.
Wait what?
Yeah, it had HDMI too. The only differences I think were the hard drive, built-in wireless, and memory stick slots.
In Euroland, it was never even there to begin with.
But hey, Sony were kind enough to put the price up anyway, bless 'em.
I'm pretty sure Sony execs have said that it would be removed in the U.S. and Japan in the near future, but I can't find the link ATM.
Edit: Henroid, the chip was removed in Europe to save about $30 in manufacturing costs, and emulation was switched to software-based (which isn't nearly as good).
The European PS3 doesn't have the emotion engine, and they said they had planned to eventually take it out of the PS3s in other regions.
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It's the illusion of choice. They make the lesser system inferior and undesirable intentionally, because they want people to buy the premium version. But this way they can still say "Starting at $299" or "Starting at $499".
You know, that chip that lets you time travel