This is a ridiculous PS3 article posted April 13th

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This is a ridiculous PS3 article posted April 13th. Read the following quote
“That leaves the second, more daring option: Retire the low-end PS3, let retailers burn through what’s left in the pipeline, and then re-introduce a low-end model without a Blu-ray drive. “

http://www.contentagenda.com/blog/1500000150/post/1710008371.html

With games taking up 16GB or more space on a disc if Sony discontinued the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 then they would have to place a HD-DVD drive in the PS3 or in the middle of the game the machine would have to pause so that one could insert a second DVD-ROM disc.

Sony has shipped over 6 million PS3 machines and we should be getting a press release soon from Sony to verify the worldwide shipments.