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No 120GB PS3 for UK, says Sony News
PlayStation 3 News by Ellie Gibson
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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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.
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SeesThroughAll
29/01/08 @ 11:30
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I don't give a flying fuck about how big the included HDD is. When you bring BC back however, then I'm interested!
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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. |
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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. |
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SeesThroughAll
29/01/08 @ 11:40
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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. |
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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. |
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QPRHOOPS81
29/01/08 @ 11:50
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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. |
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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.
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@ 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?
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QPRHOOPS81
29/01/08 @ 11:54
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"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 |
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rodney, that's an interesting conspiracy theory... :)
What 'theory' is this. Sony have already stated it as fact. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163... http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6181373.html |
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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.
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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. |
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Kirly_Wombat
29/01/08 @ 12:13
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Sony hates Europe. Ive yet to see them do one thing that challenges this statement.
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Tretton
"conceded that removing that capability, along with a few other features, isn't dramatically reducing Sony's cost of manufacturing the console but will instead encourage buyers of the entry-level PlayStation 3 to purchase more games designed specifically for the new system." Sounds pretty clear cut to me. /Shrugs |
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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. |
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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?
Anything that adds value is a good thing. If anything it might be the existing 40gig owners that might feel they've been slightly ripped off if this SKU does come out here. |
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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.
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@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. |
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Diomedes117
29/01/08 @ 12:30
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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.
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seamonsterneil
29/01/08 @ 12:33
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who the fuck needs 120gb!? its not like theres anything to download or play/install anyways
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