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GameStop to stop selling 80 GB PS3 model? |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: GameStop, Peter Dille, PS1, PS2, SCEA, Sony
Perhaps you guys are still wondering about the current rumor circulating about Sony's 80 GB PS3 model. Well, the latest rumor related to this is that GameStop will soon stop selling the said console, signaling the end for the 80 GB PS3 model.
An email was sent out by the company's corporate offices telling their stores "shouldn't expect any further shipments on the higher end, PS3 compatible SKU." The current stock of the consoles found in their stores would be the only ones left to be sold.
If ever this does become a reality, the only PS3 soon left in the market would be the 40 GB system, which has two USB ports, no memory card readers and lacks the backward compatibility needed to run PS2 and PS1 games from the PSN.
If people want to have the backward compatibility feature, then they'd have to pay an extra US$100 as said by Peter Dille, SCEA's senior vice preside of marketing, in a recent interview with EGM.
So far, this is the latest rumor being spread about Sony's 80 GB PS3 model. We'll keep you posted on any developments regarding the matter.
Via IGN
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the 40 GB SKU lacks backward compatibility with PS2 games only. PS1 games remains playable on both DISC and DONWLOADED CONTENT via PSN.
It's a common mistakes. You can read the official statement about backward compatibility here : http://playstation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/playstation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=232&p_created=1163798715&p_sid=r2-KNhYi&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTY1JnBfcHJvZHM9NCZwX2NhdHM9ICZwX3B2PTEuNCZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1
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When you got a million or two of the older unit on shelves, you are going to lose a lot of money by dropping that units price just to get them to move. But if you wait until that unit is almost out of stock, say a couple hundred thousand, you lose a lot less.
Not to mention you run less of a risk of those old units not selling, and being sent back to be refurbed to meat the new units specs (even worse if the new unit has new hardware).
I dont think they will wait past GDC to announce it so just be patient like I am. In the past, they had either released the new unit the day of or a couple days after the anouncment.
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