No 120GB PS3 for UK, says Sony

By Ellie Gibson Published 29 January, 2008

Rumours of US version abound.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has told our sister site GamesIndustry.biz there are no plans to introduce a 120GB PlayStation 3 round these parts.

Rumours such a model will appear in the US began circulating earlier in the week. According to Ars Technica, it'll come with a DualShock 3 controller and will retail for the same price as the 80GB Spider-Man 3 bundle.

SCEA has yet to comment on the rumours, but SCEE is less shy. "We do not currently have any plans to release a 120GB PlayStation 3 in the UK," a spokesperson said.

Sony has hinted in the past it could release PS3 units with bigger hard drives if there is enough demand.

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  • miiiguel #1 4 years ago

    oh look another sku!
    none for Europe, because Sony will send US left overs to us... we buy any shit whit their logo (and we willpay for Americans goodies!) yay!
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 11:28

  • MrChigurh #2 4 years ago

    Unless you download massive amounts of porn I see no reason to own a 120gb hard drive, and that's on PC...on a console?, not needed at all, unless you can download porn on it one day. Maybe Nintendo's next console will allow you to download stuff like whore of the rings onto a 300gb hard drive. That would be cool.
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 11:30

  • Goodfella #3 4 years ago

    Oh look, another troll!

    Who cares, the HDD is easily upgradeable.

  • Squire #4 4 years ago

    Meaningless.

    They always say they have no plans until the day they announce it. Pretty sure the exact same thing has happened with the PS3 before.

  • SeesThroughAll #5 4 years ago

    I don't give a flying fuck about how big the included HDD is. When you bring BC back however, then I'm interested!
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 11:30

  • myiagros #6 4 years ago

    I actually have arround 60gb of game data on my hard drive in just over a year, so am glad i upgraded my HDD to 250gb early on.

    I can't see how the current 40gb drive is practicle, as most games save some amount of data to the HDD (whether optional or required). The average for each game seems to be about 2gb, so unless sony want people to go round deleting their install data every few months a much larger disk should be installed as standard.

    Also if people are downloading demo's and use the Play TV peripgheral, that current 40gb disk will be full within a matter of days of owning the machine.

  • toythatkills #7 4 years ago

    No BC=No sale.

  • Rash' #8 4 years ago

    BC won't be coming back, you can put that idea to bed... Should really have picked the original when you had the chance, rather than bitching and moaning about the price.

  • Razz #9 4 years ago

    Unless you download massive amounts of porn I see no reason to own a 120gb hard drive, and that's on PC...on a console?, not needed at all, unless you can download porn on it one day. Maybe Nintendo's next console will allow you to download stuff like whore of the rings onto a 300gb hard drive. That would be cool.

    Bollox. I've got a 120Gb Hard drive in my Elite and i've only got about 20-30Gb left. There's plenty to download.

  • Razz #10 4 years ago

    BC won't be coming back, you can put that idea to bed... Should really have picked the original when you had the chance, rather than bitching and moaning about the price.

    Twisted fanboy logic!

  • JHuxley #11 4 years ago

    A bigger HDD would be nice for Play TV. Wouldn't be surprised to see a new model with Play TV intergrated and a larger HDD, though.

    That said, the PS3 HDD is easily (and relatively cheaply) upgradeable since Sony used standard PC parts. Shame Microsoft didn't do the same :(

  • SeesThroughAll #12 4 years ago

    BC won't be coming back, you can put that idea to bed... Should really have picked the original when you had the chance, rather than bitching and moaning about the price.

    I did buy the 60GB right after launch. My concern is that some friends of mine wanted it both with BC and cheaper. I also was planning on offering one to a family member, but to whom BC matters.

  • Rodney #13 4 years ago

    Rash'

    dropping backwards compatability is about increasing software attachment rates not reducing manufactoring costs.

  • miiiguel #14 4 years ago

    That said, the PS3 HDD is easily (and relatively cheaply) upgradeable since Sony used standard PC parts. Shame Microsoft didn't do the same "
    An honest question: does such 'upgrades' void the warranty ?

  • xAx #15 4 years ago

    @MrChigurh

    depends on how you use your pc, if like you you just use it for eurogamer and porn sure thats fine. But I've got 1.2tb thats nearly full. Photochopping and 3D takes up alot more space.

  • ccfb #16 4 years ago

    Something that characterises this generation for me is that most if not all rumours you hear end up being true.
    PLANT

  • rumrum4444 #17 4 years ago

    Us, europeans, always get fuc... in the bottom by Sony, don´t we?

    I must buy me an xbox 360 real soon !

    My mind is made up after this.

  • JHuxley #18 4 years ago

    "An honest question: does such 'upgrades' void the warranty ?"

    No.

  • bad09 #19 4 years ago

    120gb for a console? Seems a bit pointless to me, that's why I haven't bothered upgrading my 360 one. I'm sure they will integrate the Dualshock into the package at some point, they would be stupid not to!

    Doesn't matter either way for me. Until it has some good games, and like SeesThroughAll says, has B/C again I'm not buying.

  • Peew971 #20 4 years ago

    What's the point of all these skus when anyone can upgrade their HDD at will? It would have made (some) sense coming from Microsoft but from Sony, this is just ridiculous.

  • QPRHOOPS81 #21 4 years ago

    good good this is what im waiting for. The proper game pad, decent games and decent hard drive. Wont have the money till about april/may (hopefully it will be out by then) as just upgraded my PC. Had thought about getting a 360 but as most the good games are out for PC anyway ill get the PS3 for the living room.

    It is annoying about B/C but guess i have my PS2 anyway and have to admit that after getting a ps2 i never bothered playing PS1 games again.

  • Rash' #22 4 years ago

    Well think reasonably then. how can you expect BC when it was costing Sony reportedly $800 to make the originals, which as everybody knows, were being sold at a loss? it's only after the cuts that they're able to break even and offer the system at a more competitive price. the loss of BC is disappointing i agree but seems understandable given the info available. an opinion other than that is imo unreasonable.

  • bad09 #23 4 years ago

    @ QPRHOOPS81

    You should play PS1 there are some real gems! They may look a bit ropey by todays standards but it's all about gameplay! At the moment I'm playing G-Police again, Great game!!!

    Check out Ebay you can pick them up for really cheap!


    @ Blookult
    Of course, I forgot BR laser reads slower than DVD! So EVERY game installs to HDD? Doesn't that eat into HDD space, how much space do the normally take?
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 11:57

  • QPRHOOPS81 #24 4 years ago

    "What's the point of all these skus when anyone can upgrade their HDD at will? It would have made (some) sense coming from Microsoft but from Sony, this is just ridiculous. "

    Thing is though, as time moves on the bigger hard drives are getting allot cheaper and due to supply sometimes cheaper than smaller ones. Makes sence to put in a bigger drive as it becomes more cost effective. Also gives another plus to the product your trying to sell.

    Its not really a different SKU

  • Rash' #25 4 years ago

    rodney, that's an interesting conspiracy theory... :)

  • Schiraman #26 4 years ago

    Don't care about hard drive size since it's upgradable anyway, but a PS3 with BC that comes bundled with a DualShock 3 might finally tempt me to buy one.

  • xAx #27 4 years ago

    @Rash'

    Source? I was under the impression that the cell and blu ray laser were the most expensive parts. And i doubt dropping emulated BC really saves them that much money.

  • Rash' #28 4 years ago

    one more time: BC IS GONE!!! if didn't like paying the original price then market pressures (i.e. consumer reluctance to invest coupled with competition) has deprived you.

  • bad09 #29 4 years ago

    @ Rash'

    One more time BC IS GONE ONE LESS REASON TO BUY PS3!!!.........

  • oreillymj #30 4 years ago


    That said, the PS3 HDD is easily (and relatively cheaply) upgradeable since Sony used standard PC parts. Shame Microsoft didn't do the same :(

    @JHuxley

    MS did do the same. They just take those standard HDD's, put them in a fancy plastic box and charge you €100 more for them.
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 12:08

  • penhalion #31 4 years ago

    Another SKU! This is getting stupid. Each previous buyer of the PS3 is starting to feel short changed. It's like Sony are saying

    "Buy the 40s we need to clear shelf for the 120s"

    What next?

    "Buy the 120s we need to clear house for the uber 250s"

    Just pick a fraking SKU and stick with it. If the hard drive is so easy to upgrade then what the frak is the larger drive for? Why not just add in a dual shock 3 and leave well enough alone. Do they not realise that part of the reason they can't shift the machine is because no-one knows what the frak they are buying! Worse yet is the fear that if they buy today, it'll change tomorrow.

  • Rash' #32 4 years ago

    bloodkult, wasn't aware of this thanks. still don't think it's as black and white as rodney suggested. your links still concede savings were made with the removal.

  • skillian #33 4 years ago

    If Sony can make a PS3 with a bigger hard drive for the same price or cheaper than the previous one, why wouldn't anyone want them to do it?

    Some people will find reasons to complain about anything.

  • Rash' #34 4 years ago

    xAx, well the laser hasn't been changed and the cell was only recently reduced so that alone couldn't constitute the $400 savings they're making in production cost.

  • Rash' #35 4 years ago

    "isn't drastically" doesn't mean it isn't, does it...
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 12:21

  • oreillymj #36 4 years ago

    I went looking for 60Gb PS3 after xmas, but couldn't find one.
    I was told by 3 different sales assistants (1 Dixons, 1 Currys & 1 Xtravision) that a 120Gb machine would be coming in March.

    Now I normally wouldn't believe anything anyone in Dixons or Curry's told me as they're pretty clueless, but 3 people telling me the same thing makes me think that a new box is on the way.

  • skillian #37 4 years ago

    The price between a 40gb and 120gb drive is so small it would seem to make sense to use the bigger one - in fact, 40gb drives are so infrequently used now the 120GBs might even be cheaper.

    edit: A Bloodkult - yes you are right, although I've never really understood that way of thinking. I guess as a PC gamer and a bit of a gadget fan, I've always understood that things gett better and cheaper as time goes on - that's just the way it goes.
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 12:26

  • zuljin #38 4 years ago

    @MrChigurh
    "Unless you download massive amounts of porn I see no reason to own a 120gb hard drive, and that's on PC...on a console?, not needed at all, unless you can download porn on it one day. Maybe Nintendo's next console will allow you to download stuff like whore of the rings onto a 300gb hard drive. That would be cool."

    Ditto to what Razz said. Not to mention that when PlayTV kicks off, I'll be looking to upgrade my HD to the largest possible.

  • bad09 #39 4 years ago

    @ Rash'

    The BR drive in the 40Gb HAS been replaced with a cheaper one.

  • Diomedes117 #40 4 years ago

    IF I bought (I'm not gonna...) a PS3, I would want it backward compatible with PS2 and PS1 games. The size of the drive dosen't matter to my mind, since you can swap it with pc drives.

  • xAx #41 4 years ago

    So how much does a PS3 cost to build now then?

  • skillian #42 4 years ago

    While dropping back cat probably doesn't save much in hardware costs, it probably saves Sony a decent amount of time and money in QAing and editing PS2 games to work with the emulator. I can certainly understand why they'd want to draw a line under it and get on with working on the new console.

  • Rash' #43 4 years ago

    xAx, Last saw was $400.

  • Rash' #44 4 years ago

    bad09, That's news too me. Wasn't it confirmed on this very site that a new cheaper version the laser was about to be introduced this year? With no confirmation of whether PS3 would take advantage of it.

  • MuppetThumper #45 4 years ago

    when the TV recording functionality is in-built as standard, then I'll get a PS3. Hope it comes with the 120GB version, but doubting...

    My video player is on its last knees. I don't want an already redundant DVD recorder. And I don't want yet another box under the TV doing the TV recording separately.

    So Sony - you know how to get my purchase. Over to you.

  • Rash' #46 4 years ago

    skillian, Good point.

  • 2099net #47 4 years ago

    And yet its the UK getting the Digital TV recorder* plus they aim to introduce movie and tv downloads on the PSN Store. How they expect anyone to use that with a 40GB drive is beyond me - some PS3 games have sizable installs after all grabbing a fair percentage of the smaller drive.

    I would estimate the increased capacity of the drive would be little more than £10 tops per unit. Not bad for say a £50 increase in price. People would pay £50 for an extra 80gb.

    (*And how is the digital TV recorder going to work? Will it let you record while the PS3 is off? or your PS3 is playing VF5?)

  • Prox #48 4 years ago

    Yes PlayTV (the Freeview PVR) is going to really benefit from extra disc space.

    I'm surprised they're not pushing a SKU with a much bigger hard drive and back compat - looking at the prices of 60gb models on ebay clearly shows people are willing to pay extra for those features!!

  • penhalion #49 4 years ago

    @Arbiter

    You didn't read my post did you. The SKU change is confusing to end users end of story. I also said that if the hard drive is so easy to upgrade, then why keep putting out different machines with different drive sizes? It's a question we in the industry ARE asking. But, then you'd know that if you were in the industry wouldn't you.

    Game sales on PS3 are slow enough as it is without potential buyers all waiting for the next SKU.

    As for your argument that hardware get's cheaper over time. That's true enough. The problem with the Sony way is that the hardware is not getting cheaper. The 120 will almost certainly be more expensive than the 40. In the states it will apparently slot in where the now discontinued 80 once lived i.e. 100 or so dollars more than the 40. The frequency with which these SKU's are changed is just too fast. The PS3 has been around in europe and the USa for a year now and has already had a 20, 60, 40, 80 and now a 120 version. Some have full backward compatibility, some have partial and some have none. Given the different regions of the world. Do you know which version has what in which regions? Do you expect an ordinary consumer to know the answer to that?

    I'm not a fanboy mate. You however.......

  • bad09 #50 4 years ago

    @ Rash'

    I read that recently (if I can find the link I'll post it) And the main reason for all the cheaper components? Sony needed to make some money up as PS3 gamers are not buying many games (can you blame them!) normally software sales would be where the profit is for the first couple of years and Sony were dying fast. So they turned to hardware and stripped it down.

    In fact since the new 40gb model was introduced there has been a rise in the admittedly low numbers of faulty PS3s returned which indeed points to a lower quality components in the 40gb machine (I got this info from a guy who works at a game store so I can't give you a link!).

  • JHuxley #51 4 years ago

    @penhalion

    Fair point regarding the USA, but we live in Europe do we not? And how many SKU's has Europe had?

    If anything it's people spreading rumours that is making people wait for SKU's that may never even arrive. I'm just glad I got a 60Gb (w/BC) before they fell off the face of the earth.

  • penguin_overlord #52 4 years ago

    It's interesting reading the comments above that people are complaining about the number of PS3 SKU's. Ok, I'd be among the first to admit that it's been confusing up until now and there have definitely been misteps on Sony's part. The 20GB SKU was a disaster and the 80GB SKU, although apparently a big success in the US, didn't really need to happen if the 60GB SKU wasn't discontinued (and extra 20GB isn't really that much).

    But let's note a couple of facts here.

    One is that Microsoft are guilty of having too many SKU's as well. At least Sony isn't trying to sell three different models on an ongoing basis. And weren't Premium owners peeved when the Elite was released?

    Secondly, anyone who thinks that the 360 and PS3 won't continue to be upgraded with bigger hard drives is seriously misguided. I'm sure Premium and Elite 360s will gain bigger HDs before long, just as the PS3 will. With hard drive costs reducing all the time, it would not be surprising three years from now if you could buy a 360 or PS3 with a 500GB hard drive.

  • penguin_overlord #53 4 years ago

    @kelly's_h

    "I can't care less how big the hdd is, I just want PS2 bc and a Dualshock 3."

    Yes, Dualshock 3 is important and we all know we'll be getting it here in the UK in the next few months. If GTA4 and MGS4 make good use of it I'd be surprised if Sony didn't relase it before or to co-incide.

    As to BC, personally, I don't think it's much of an issue for a lot of people. As more and more people get big HD screens, they want great looking PS3 games to show them off, not SD PS3 games.

  • oreillymj #54 4 years ago

    when the TV recording functionality is in-built as standard

    @MuppetThumper
    It never will be, so dream on.

    The "standard" for digital TV varies all over the world, and some countries like Ireland have no terrestrial DVB broadcasts. It would also be pretty useless in the U.S. So Sony are highly unlikely to add kit (and cost) to the PS3 that perhaps only a small sub-set of potential buyers will want/use.

    It will stay as a separate add-on for those who can actually use it.

  • Rash' #55 4 years ago

    bad09, From what I understand Sony make up their losses on production through the licenses they hand out to third parties. I think you're wrong. The cheaper models have been introduced to compete with Microsoft and Ninty which with the more feature packed expensive model they simply couldn't do.

  • Vin #56 4 years ago

    "As to BC, personally, I don't think it's much of an issue for a lot of people. As more and more people get big HD screens, they want great looking PS3 games to show them off, not SD PS3 games."

    It is for me. I've still got stacks of Ps2 games to get through. It's a deal breaker no matter how you slice it.

  • Darren #57 4 years ago

    If you want a 120 GB HDD, just buy the 40 GB HDD model, pick up an internal 2.5" SATA 120 GB HDD for £30-£40 and fit it yourself, it's an absolute doddle (well assuming you're careful not to strip those cheap screws that hold the existing drive in place, that is). Better still go for a 160 GB drive for only a little more (I paid £60 for mine some 10 months ago) or even a 250 GB one, all cheaper than the extortionate £130 Microsoft ask for their 120 GB HDD for the 360.

  • MrChigurh #58 4 years ago

    You could fit a lot of porn on that.

  • dr_lha #59 4 years ago

    Sorry to be horribly pedantic, but there is no 80Gb Spider-man 3 bundle. The 80Gb PS3 in the USA is bundled with Motorstorm, and no copy of Spider-man 3 on Blu-Ray (which is only bundled with the 40Gb).

    I'd add that if BC is that important to you, you buy the higher end SKU. This is what I did mainly because I didn't want to continue having a PS2 under my TV so my wife could play the various Singstars and Katamaris she wants to. For $50 more with a larger HD and a free game it wasn't that much of a big deal.
    Edited by 1 at 29/01/08 @ 15:25

  • chronom4n #60 4 years ago

    yes, with the usual denial of rumours, expect them to release it here in europe.

  • bad09 #61 4 years ago

    @ Rash

    I can't find the link so we'll have to agree to disagree!

  • mkreku #62 4 years ago

    How stupid do you have to be to find HD size differences confusing? It's like, "MOM, THERE ARE TWO SODAS ON THE SHELF! WHICH SHOULD I TAKE, THE BIG ONE OR THE SMALL ONE?? HELP I AM CONFUSED!!"

    That said, who in their right mind would buy a 120 GB Sony provided PS3? Why not just get the cheapest possible PS3 and then upgrade with your own 250 GB CHEAP HD? Easiest and most economic way of doing it.

  • TRUTH #63 4 years ago

    I've got 60gb PS3 - What happens if that breaks down and still having extended warranty; Will they provide me with a new 60gb version if they can't fix it ?

  • septimus #64 4 years ago

    It'll come out soon enough.

    But for us who have the 60GB backward compatible version, at least we have a cheap upgrade path to a 120gb or more HD. Not like the 360, where I found it cheaper to upgrade to the Elite by part-ex'ing my premium. Worth it though.

  • skillian #65 4 years ago

    I've got 60gb PS3 - What happens if that breaks down and still having extended warranty; Will they provide me with a new 60gb version if they can't fix it ?

    Only if they've got some old ones left. They're not gonna fire up the old production lines for you if that's what you're hoping ;)

  • penhalion #66 4 years ago

    @Arbiter

    You do not work in the industry. You may have had a job there once but, no way do you work at any software house.

    You clearly didn't read my post as it's about confusing consumers and affecting sales due to that confusion. Your rant has pretty much nothing to do with my post and everything to do with a fanboy defending a platform at all costs.

    This conversation is over mate. You have shown yourself to be what everyone suspected you were. Simply a sony fanboy with no ability to comprehend an argument.

  • dr_lha #67 4 years ago

    "That said, who in their right mind would buy a 120 GB Sony provided PS3? Why not just get the cheapest possible PS3 and then upgrade with your own 250 GB CHEAP HD? Easiest and most economic way of doing it."

    Because there are differences between the 40Gb and the current 80Gb (and possible future 120/160Gb) PS3 other than the HD size?

  • penguin_overlord #68 4 years ago


    "That said, who in their right mind would buy a 120 GB Sony provided PS3? Why not just get the cheapest possible PS3 and then upgrade with your own 250 GB CHEAP HD? Easiest and most economic way of doing it."

    "Because there are differences between the 40Gb and the current 80Gb (and possible future 120/160Gb) PS3 other than the HD size? "

    And also let's not forget most people simply don't want the hassle of swapping out hard drives on their PS3, any more than they would for a PC. I know the process for doing it and it's not fool-proof. I'm not saying it's especially hard, either, and it's certainly a good function of the PS3 that it can be done, but it's not for everyone.

  • christbait #69 4 years ago

    I don't see why PS3 has sold so well in Europe, I guess it means 5 Million people are stupid as fuck, price fixing and not giving us the best SKUs because they're such cheap asses. I want a PS3 but I won't get one when they are screwing us over time and time again, oh and their fanboys are the worst when it comes to fanaticism/lack of a life which will probably put me off using PSN until it gains some popularity.

    And I thought Microsoft were bad with their price fixing.

  • christbait #70 4 years ago

    *EDIT: 5 Million people haven't bought a PS3 in Europe, it's around 2 Million, my mistake

  • penguin_overlord #71 4 years ago

    @christbait

    And I guess the 17 million people who bought a 360 - a console that has to be replaced every six months - aren't stupid?

  • penguin_overlord #72 4 years ago

    EDIT: I mean around 14 million people - let's not forget that Microsoft always promote sold to retailer numbers, not actual numbers sold to customers.

  • dsmx #73 4 years ago

    Give me a DS3, PS3, 40GB hard drive, backwards compatibility and possibly a decent game for £250 and I'll be sold.

  • darc #74 4 years ago

    I remain confounded that discussions about video games can get so personal. I can see getting frustrated about a product or policy, but the attacks between individuals are just bizarre. Where's your stake in it? Did anyone here personally design and/or market the PS3 or XBox 360, such that they ought to take such personal offense? Just sayin...

    As for Sony's "price fixing", I don't think I understand. I thought that if the prices hadn't been "fixed", PS3's would have cost over $800 at launch. (As it turns out, the price wasn't fixed sufficiently for my purposes, so I bought a Wii and a 360. :)

  • chicknstu #75 4 years ago

    In 'Sony Speak' this translates as....

    "Expect to see an announcement confirming a 120GB model for europe in the next week or so..."

  • Caimbeul #76 4 years ago

    60gb is fine given that there is not much decent DLC for it add to that you can just stick your own hdd in.

  • Killerbee #77 4 years ago

    I'm very much another person who'd like to see BC make a comeback. If it doesn't... well, in the first instance, my cash is going on a PC upgrade and after that I'll probably just carry on waiting for the price to fall further (below £200 would be nice); for the first generation of decent games to be released on Platinum; and - most importantly - for me to finish off my collection of PS2 games.

    Dropping BC may have saved money, but if Sony's intention was to boost sales of PS3 games, it's surely complete lunacy at so early a stage in the console's lifespan. If the PS3 is no longer the logical successor to the PS2 (apart from the branding, obviously), it surely makes more sense to everyone to just go and buy a cheaper 360. The PS3 needs to build its installed user base, not its software attachment. If they get PS3s into homes, people will buy the games, but right now, they seem to be having a hard job persuading people to upgrade. Discontinuing the 60GB model just as the price hit a sensible level was madness. Sony really need to sort this out before GTA IV arrives.

    My dream machine would have a Dualshock 3 and full hardware backwards compatibility. Let's face it, if Sony can sell a PS2 for less than £100, the can surely bung all the necessary PS2 components into a PS3 case and a bigger HDD for less than a £100 premium on the current 40GB model price.

    Come on Sony, sort it out!

    /doesn't hold breath

  • spookyzombie #78 4 years ago

    Working in games retail I can tell you that hardly anyone is bothered about the size of the PS3's HDD, but the majority do really want bc. Most like the idea of the upscaling via the PS3, knowing that the PS2 looks poor running through their HDTV.

  • Ryze #79 4 years ago

    Yep - lack of full hardware BC is going to delay my PS3 purchase even longer. I just bought God of War II for £15 from Zavvi. I'll get Rez HD next and I'll buy Okami for the 1st time on the Wii when it's released later in the year. I'm currently playing through Bioshock on the 360.

    Why do I need a PS3 again?

    Uncharted? Motorstorm?

    No thanks. 2010 it is then.

  • orcane #80 4 years ago

    A friend of mine is a pretty big Sony fanboy but even he didn't buy a PS3 when they released an inferior 60GB model for superior cash here in Europe. Only he didn't know that the follow-up SKU would be even more inferior, so with his huge library of PS2 games he simply refuses to buy a PS3 without any sort of backwards compatibility now.

    There might be people for whom the HD hype is so important they don't consider playing PS2 games on this console and rather play the not-so-awesome PS3 games just because they're PS3 games, but there's lots of people I know who want to keep the ability to play their old games. Microsoft screwed up big time with their BC, leaving people with dozens of Xbox games out in the cold (especially since there's almost no way in hell to get a replacement Xbox nowadays) - Sony (rightfully) called them out on that yet went on to make it even worse on their own console /facepalm

  • 72Rimmer #81 4 years ago

    As unlikely as it may be without BC and that lovely dualshock 3 and everything that they give to other countries im afraid sony can go jump cos I am not paying money for their offcuts. Im afraid that unless we all stop being grateful for the leftovers and teach them we wont be treated like this then we can expect to get shafted. If we all stopped buying the tat version this would happen so no matter how much you want one dont buy it yet. Let the 40gb build up in stock rooms - its the only thing Sony understand.