Starhawk Drives the Offensive
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A leaked Wal-Mart Spreadsheet has recently found its way into the hands of Joystiq. This spreadsheet in short states that the 40GB PS3 is going to be 'replaced' in August with a new model. A return for the 20GB, 60GB, or even the 80GB SKU? Or perhaps just a new bundle? We'll just have to wait and see
A Wal-Mart spreadsheet allegedly listing products that the company is having difficulty stocking states that the 40GB PS3 "will be replaced with [a] new model in early August." We received this sheet from an employee that's sent us solid information in the past though s/he can't confirm the origin of the note that the model will be replaced. Of course, in the eternal battle over semantics, "replaced" could simply mean some minor tweaks to the model and the addition of the DualShock 3.
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I'm sick of all these "new models" coming out, and the people who bought the older ones being left behind. >_>
The only difference between the 3 is pack in's (HDD size, wired or wireless controller, etc.)
edit: In fact, I'm not 100% sure if the Arcade version comes with an HDMI port.
I've got a 60GB PS3 so I'm content.
Unless some ground breaking new features are added to a new model, I don't understand the beef, especially from people on these forums. You people are the last ones I would expect to be caught off guard by these announcements. We hear, read, and discuss these things everyday on the net, so if you have even the slightest reluctance about buying a potentially obsolete model, then don't buy it.
People like you are the reasons why the 2.40 FW was shitty, you was nagging them for the trophies and in game music only to be half ass implemented.
Most complaints about the 60GB pricing were in regard to the extreme / excessive / absolute lack of 20GB models in the market and the silent murder of the SKU with no real notice about it or attempt to even let it live out a longer span in the product cycle and only leaving people with 1 system that had a large tag on it. Many would have probably been silent if they actually had the original SKU's on the market that they should have had.
Sony was already on the path to axing the hardware compatibility when they released in PAL territory using software support, it had nothing to do with "bitching" it was that they wanted to protect their own skin and stop eating so much on every system. You give far too much credit to people who complained but purchased systems anyway.
Sony had said it themselves that if people actually request the 60GB or 20GB models back they would do so. But so far I don't see many requesting for it. But who knows, maybe this one is that one.
I love how people fall back on the Sony claim of producing those models again, it's really adorable and so innocent sounding, sadly there's no realization that those people that request have to do it to their supplier (Best Buy, Target, FYE, Circuit City, etc) and actually get their supplier to make a high enough purchase contract to warrant bringing that back for a steady period.
No company is going to go out of their way to do it because the logistics of doing it would require them to expel a lot more money and honestly it's easier for them to tell you what you want to buy because in the end, you do it anyway. If they made MGS4 $129 in some lame limited only packaging people would cry but they'd still bend over and take it because not enough of them would ever emerge to have them sell something else.
Waking up to the reality of modern business can be a healthy thing.
If you're buying a Mercedes you don't NOT get air conditioning. :/
BC is always lovely to have around. Saves space and time (and given my past consoles I've rather come to depend and count on it being there) so it would be nice if this possible new SKU had that.
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