Rumour Xtreme: $400 PS3 by Xmas
Tags: PS2, PS3
Opposable Thumbs is reporting a rumour from their infamous mole, one that is a little hard to swallow – so I’ve included a picture of the world’s largest grain of salt with this post to keep things in perspective. I don’t normally like writing about rumours like this because they are often untrue, but OT’s guy seems to have a reliable track record.
The report:
Here’s how Sony’s platform pricing will shape up by the holiday shopping season:
- 80GB PlayStation 3: $499.99
- 40GB PlayStation 3: $399.99
- Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray movie pack in with one, or both
- PlayStation 2: $99.99
The $99 PS2 is eminently believable, but if Sony somehow manages to get the PS3 down to $399 in time for the holiday season, that’s going to be like a nuclear bomb going off in the gaming industry. It will never outsell the Wii, but it would certainly deliver a critical hit to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sales.
Again, it’s just a rumour.
2 responses to “Rumour Xtreme: $400 PS3 by Xmas”
Can you confirm that the ability to swap out the internal drive is pretty easy? Or perhaps slap on a usb2 secondary drive? If so I may be able to justify this.. However after all the sub $200 HD-dvd players supposedly coming this xmas, and the idiotic studios not putting them out in both formats… I may be forced to wait till sanity pokes its head out.
alx
Sure… you can see how the HDD swap works yourself here:
http://www.gamersreports.com/article/43/
One of the manuals that comes with the PS3 actually details this as well so its not like its an “unsupported feature”… there’s a big “HDD” sticker right on the side door.
I have plugged in an external USB2 HDD myself; as long as its FAT32 (yeah I know), it’ll work fine.
No comment on HD DVD.