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Originally Posted by Jeff F.
I was just about to take the plunge and buy an 80 gig Playstation 3 to start enjoying the power of Blu but just heard the price is dropping to $399 in September. Since I only want it for playing Blu Ray discs and not for gaming (knowing that the revamped console will no longer be BC with Playstation 2), I am going to wait another two months. Kind of a bummer, but $100 saved means more movies to buy.
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The reason the new "80GB PS3" will cost the same as a 40GB PS3 now is because it will be the same machine as a "40GB PS3", except with an 80GB drive. Too bad Sony didn't pick a 120GB etc. drive to prevent marketplace confusion (intended??), they cost less than a 40GB drive did a couple years ago. IOW, the 80GB PS3 available now is a different machine. I doubt anybody who truly needs disc space would buy less than 320GB...Sony made the HD very easy to replace.
So it's not really that the 80GB PS3 is coming down in price; the more accurate thing to say is "they are giving you 40GB more disc space on the cheapest PS3, for the same price", if we base it on what's available now.