i can do that myself

they should just stick with one console, figure it out stop confusing the consumers.

RUMOURS RUMOURS RUMOURS.

Thats all you ever hear.

I'll wait for sony to announce it.

I want the"original" sku they touted at E3 2005. That would be the best thing they could do.

 why the heck cant sony give the ppl with the 60 gb a refund or a harddrive upgrade, apple did it with the iphone. THIS IS TOTALLY UNFAIR!!! we paid extra and the noobs are getting a 120 gb ps3 and a dualshock 3 controller for the same price. this is really making me mad!

would that mean that they could come out with 120 & 160gig hard drives separate we can buy from our local gamestop or EB....... Y come out with a PS3 160 gig if we... who have 60gigs can't buy the lager 120 or 160gig hard drives

OMG releasing a new SKU every 5-6 month >.<

ha. when i get a new job i am just gonna save my money and buy the 160 gig. i ain't no cheap person. i'll just sell or give my 60 gig ps3 to my buddy.  i bet they can use the new skus to make way better games. like  MGS4 could look way better. or even the next saga of Metal gear solid. i am excited to hear it and i'm sure my other buddy will buy a 160 gig.:: thinks about trading in my 360 and my 60 gig for a 160 gig ps3::::::

BD_Blackazz, go to Best Buy and ask for where you can find a 2.5" SATA hard drive.  You can get one really cheap for a huge amount of storage.  Then Sony has a guide to installing them as well.  Or you can get that 160gig external that they sell for the PS3 at Best Buy.

Glad I waited! I cannot wait for Dual Shock 3! I have a feeling they'll only do 120gig, that's a big seperation in storage if they keep 40-120 for $100 more.

If you ask me, this article should be changed. The phrase "newer, more powerful PS3" is extremely misleading. We're talking about nothing more than a larger hard drive, which doesn't make it any more powerful.

Come on you people. Why are you always talking about 40,60,80,120 gigabytes? The drives *does not matter*. Just upgrade it! Why not get a 250 or 500 if the drive is what you care about the most? I recently upgraded my 60 model. The thing I care about is the stuff I cannot change, like memory cards or backward compability.

 

If they are releasing a new SKU I want to know if I should buy it, or if I should just wait and buy myself a Dualshock 3 instead. The size of the drive is not important.

Two SKUs are okay but I hope that they do come out with another one cuz that 40gb is not cool for me. I like my card readers and my 4 usb ports and my backwards compatibility

Man, you guys really do get all your news from http://ps3.qj.net/...

It's only a matter of time until a 120 GB version is coming.

 

@Nitsu78

 

Yeah huh, it's kind of lame..

IM WIT DARKBLADE1

i have a 20 GB system and i got it wen it came out beacuse there wasnt no more 60 GB.......then the 40.....then the 80....now the 120 and 160 FOR THE SAME PRICE AS A OLDER PS3 this s**t is really making me mad me  I want a damm refund

 

psn id: gingo... they will bring a larger hard drive SKU when the cut the price of the 40 GB which i predict will be around october

Still dont see the point of this. It wont have much effect without some change of price.

New Sku's are fine by me (I've had my since launch).  People that have been holding off buyinga PS3 for some reason will be getting more for their money making it a "must buy" for a lot of people. 

I think they need to stop making so many different versions, and work at lowering the price.

 sony have been doing a microsoft this time round and offering differant sku's, but if you give people too much choice then they get confused! better to have one sku that can do everthing with the choice of HDD upgrade later on,

mine's already 200GB

got a 250gb in mine and yes it weas a bitich to change due to screws but it aint hard at all. Dont really see why they need to release a new sku every 5 minutes

naaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh just dam rumours

whatt i got my ps3 on launch and now theres going to be this i want a refund and then buy this instead (if its true)

Definitely this is going to create a split within the community if this is true.

@DARKBLADE1. Whats the problem wit Sony giving more storage space to the new customers? You payd more but you got a PS3 to play om long before the costomers who purchase the new PS3 sku when it comes! And if you want more storage switch your 60GB HDD for a larger one. I did change my 60GB to a 320GB ant it works excelent! I think its a good thing if Sony start with a more praiseworthy sku. You to benefit from it in the long run, because the result from more people buying the ps3 is better games with a greater number of games to choice from!

ya but i still got 2 pay extra $$ for  a new HDD

I would think that's a smart move, because they're totally screwing people over if they only sell a system with no backwards compatability for PS2 at all. Just imagine finding out you couldn't play Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy X again. Oh lord, what a horrible, horrible thought...

 

@Numba1boy: That's the way marketing works. You wouldn't complain about getting a refund because you can get a PS2 for like a hundred dollars now, prices go down. I hate people who complain about prices going down because they didn't think about the fact that it ALWAYS HAPPENS.

1 console. 80gb. $399. backwards compatibility. is that so hard to do?

1 console, 1GB (upgrading to 300GB+ is cheap enough) BC, and built in Card reader

@ DARKBLADE1 - I agree.  I had no problem supporting Sony but when the price dropped $100 4 months after I get it, that's rediculous.

I think there is something the early supporters deserve, whether it be a game or extra controller or both.  Sony wouldn't be where they are without us.

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I have a feeling Sony will go with a 160GB HDD.  Why stay at the same size as 360?  Show them how much more space you get for the price and shove those 120GB proprietary HDDs back at MS's face.

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New console - No BC but with card readers, 160GB HDD, DualShock 3, $10 PSN card, 4 USB ports, and a new game (DMC4, AoT, GT5:P). 

It would get everyone who hasn't got one yet started and happy, though the early adopters are getting screwed over at this point.  But really, what are you waiting for? You should have a PS3 already.

People with the 60GB console still have the best version as it has BC. I would bet that the new SKU loses BC just like the 40GB so that they can save some money for the bigger HDD.  While I dont care for the 2 SKU thing, I get where they are going. They launch with a high hardware spec and price, to test the market. Then they slowly get rid of features that are less popular to save money and lower the price. Then they add extra storage as a bonus. Its much better than what M$ did. Launch a watered down console for 400 bucks then launch an "ELITE" version a year into its life cycle with extra hardware its impossible to upgrade to without purchasing a new console. IMO the way Sony did it is much better for them and us.

"ha. when i get a new job i am just gonna save my money and buy the 160 gig. i ain't no cheap person. i'll just sell or give my 60 gig ps3 to my buddy. i bet they can use the new skus to make way better games. like MGS4 could look way better. or even the next saga of Metal gear solid. i am excited to hear it and i'm sure my other buddy will buy a 160 gig.:: thinks about trading in my 360 and my 60 gig for a 160 gig ps3:::::: ".....1 solidsnake

your right, your not a cheap person, your a dumb person who has baseless hopes for a new 160GB ps3 model which will make games "look better".....your not a cheap person, your a dumb person who instead of upgrading their 60gb ps3 (best model out of all 4 skus) to 160gb hdd will buy another ps3 with the hopes of that new sku making the games "look better"....foolish dumb person.....

you cant complain about it and be like oh no i expected the price to stay the same for 2 years! we made the choice to support sony and buy it early! although i do think sony should come out with a super cheap sony brand HDD off the shelf like even a duplicate if they are in fact making the 160 gig , why not offer the 160 gig HDD that they use in it to buy for the ppl who got screwwed with the 20?? if they are mass producing it then it should be no problem to offer at a lower price i own a 60 gig myself and still got about half the memory but if i could pick up a 160 gig HDD for like 100-150$ i would buy tommorow!

So, would it have the same specs as the 80 GB model except with a bigger hardrive? Or would they strip it down to the 40GB model specs with just a bigger HDD?

One must keep in mind, though its a rumor, the tricks Sony can play. How do we know "more powerfull" could B hinting at an improved Emotion Emgine. Plus consider those who might know they'll damage the PS3 if they got their own HDD, or cant aford it.

what's the point of new ps3 models if they're always changing the prices and changing the features of it also,stick with a damn model and size and make it fair to everyone cause they're spending an amount of money that they could be spending on the same price that the 60GB had with a 120GB

Most people will get a Dualshock 3, and a larger hard drive regardless. I'm curious about the "more powerful" comment more than anything. What exactly does that mean?

They have to phase out the old SKU as Spidey 3 makes it into homes and with the Dual Shock 3 just about to emmerge this month or next it's less viable to have an old SKU. They cant just switch out the stuff in the box, they have to change the listing for it entirely which means the old listing has to go away.

 

A larger harddrive and a Dual Shock 3 is the inevitable next form of the PS3. The 40gb SKU as currently present will eventually be phased out too and a new version with the DS3 will likely appear in time.

I see no problem in this. All the early adopters complaining about getting screwed over, you're forgetting the fact that the launch 60gb is still the best SKU out right now. No compromises in backwards compatibility, among other things. Everything but HDD size has gotten worse with each new SKU, and if you are dying for more space, huge drives are easy to get, easy to install, and becoming more affordable. If Sony is screwing anyone over, it is their newer customers.

Sony staying with the two SKU approach is a no brainer, matter of fact you can probably bank on it. That is not to say all markets will have two PS3 SKUs.

well i guess time will tell what sony will do.  as far as 20 or 40 or 60 or 80 or even 1000gb, it doesn't matter to me as long as my 80gb console last for as long and longer as my ps2, i'll be one satisfied sony customer.  oh and i've had my ps2 for over 5 years, and have played countless hours on it.  It still works like i just took it out of the box.  its all about QUALITY.

320GB Toshiba HDD, takes 10 minutes to swap, but watch those screws!!!!

Stop crying like pansies, no one is ever happy with what they already have.

Buy a usb external hard drive or upgrade the internal one or something, or even better delete those demos you never play or the trailers you've already seen!