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SCEA confirms 40GB PS3; 80GB drop by $100
SCEA confirms 40GB PS3; 80GB drop by $100
PSU - October 18, 2007
Submitted by yamaro (94) at 2:18AM PST on October 18, 2007
Jack Tretton, President of Sony Computer Entertainment America has now confirmed that the new 40GB PlayStation 3 will make it's way to the U.S. on November 2 for a retail price of USD 400. Tretton also confirmed that the 80GB version will be getting a $100 price cut, dropping it from USD 600 to 500. No word on Spiderman 3 being bundled or if the 40GB will have white ceramic version yet.
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1Just_Ben posted on PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) at 4:32AM PST on October 18, 2007. RE: SCEA confirms 40GB PS3; 80GB drop by $100@Just_Ben,
The Price cut is effective immediately. The news got updated![ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) at 2:44AM PST on October 18, 2007. RE: SCEA confirms 40GB PS3; 80GB drop by $100@yamaro,
They didn't announce when the PS3 80 GB get its price drop (I can't imagine they announce it now and drop it on Nov 2. That two weeks people will wait for the new price point! The new model has 2 day in NPD October period with that date.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
32yamaro posted on PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) at 2:18AM PST on October 18, 2007. Article: SCEA confirms 40GB PS3; 80GB drop by $100Jack Tretton, President of Sony Computer Entertainment America has now confirmed that the new 40GB PlayStation 3 will make it's way to the U.S. on November 2 for a retail price of USD 400. Tretton also confirmed that the 80GB version will be getting a $100 price cut, dropping it from USD 600 to 500. No word on Spiderman 3 being bundled or if the 40GB will have white ceramic version yet.[ Guru ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 94 ]
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Thanks Just_Ben...
What I like is Jack saying:
"Backward compatibility is a nice secondary consideration, but it's far from the number-one priority."
To me this means that it isn't a forgotten consideration and that SONY will introduce a software emulation solution (which was the ORIGINAL intent of the PS3 platform) in the non-to-distant future (ie when hardware BC units are sold out).