Price cut for 60gb and new 80gb coming! - Blu-ray Forum

septic death · 07-09-2007, 01:13 AM

http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-50340.aspx

joeorc · 07-09-2007, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by septic death

http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-50340.aspx

thats awsome...

Ascended_Saiyan · 07-09-2007, 01:27 AM

I still wish they would have made it a 120GB HDD just to match and exceed the Elite in every way. But, this is good news none the less.

greekjgg · 07-09-2007, 01:27 AM

My guess is that the 60 gig will be a $100 price drop to eliminate the stock. They are too close in size to sell these two different sku's (60 vs 80, $100 more for 20 gig????). This way they are technically advertising the price cut as clearance versus a strategic move to be more competitive.

Due to supplies the 80 gig is a natural progression to upgrade for no additional cost.

Nismobeach · 07-09-2007, 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by septic death

http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-50340.aspx

Beat me to it, but also here is an AP article which also confirms this:
http://www.kotv.com/news/national/story/?id=131051

Ascended_Saiyan · 07-09-2007, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greekjgg

My guess is that the 60 gig will be a $100 price drop to eliminate the stock. They are too close in size to sell these two different sku's (60 vs 80, $100 more for 20 gig????). This way they are technically advertising the price cut as clearance versus a strategic move to be more competitive.

Due to supplies the 80 gig is a natural progression to upgrade for no additional cost.

It also includes MotorStorm.

Mr. Joshua · 07-09-2007, 01:51 AM

Anyone know what color the new 80gb PS3 will be? I've got the current 60gb model. I might upgrade for the extra 20gb and a silver console. The black just shows to much dust and I'm compulsive when it comes to cleaning up...

maconomics · 07-09-2007, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

I still wish they would have made it a 120GB HDD just to match and exceed the Elite in every way. But, this is good news none the less.

Yes I agree it should be a 120 GB SKU.

Nismobeach · 07-09-2007, 06:07 AM

Update! Sony finally confirms all of this via their official blog!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...e-news-coming/

dakota81 · 07-09-2007, 06:19 AM

Looks like Sony's plan is probably by this holiday season having only the $599 80gb model available. There's just no way an 80gb model will stand up to the 60gb for $100 less, even with the free copy of Motorstorm.

Banjo · 07-09-2007, 06:42 AM

I wonder why the button on the PS3 controller is red... hmm.

JonD7 · 07-09-2007, 07:05 AM

I'm sorry but that pisses me off, haha... 80 gigs and a free game? sure its great for sales now but damn I feel like i'm missing out, haha

joeorc · 07-09-2007, 07:17 AM

now lets not forget the (5) free blu-ray movies
http://www.bluraysavings.com/Summer_...Order_Form.pdf

who loves the consumer..?..the BDA and SONY does.....SMOOCH

LETS SEE:

1)reduced price 60 gig+(5) free movies+ right now from circuit city get a free wireless playstation 3 controller for $499.00

or

2)another sku: with 20 more gig's+ free game+(5) free blu-ray movies for $600.00

JonD7 · 07-09-2007, 07:31 AM

*crys*

takezo · 07-09-2007, 08:20 AM

Remeber that PS3 HDD can be upgraded to any 2.5" (laptop) SATA hard drives. These drive will get larger, and cheaper as time goes buy.

Then there are portable USB HDDs. Any USB HDD can work on PS3 as long as it's partitioned and formatted correctly. Windows NT/Xp/2000 will not be able to make fat32 partions greater than 32GB. However Fat 32 can theoretically handle drives up to 8TB. However i believe performace issues may arise in large FAT32 partions. So i would test out performace, first. The easies i to make one large partion using fdisk.

Oh yes, Fat 32 only alows the maximum file size to be 4GB. So files over 4gb will not be compatible with the file system and not be written to it.

to format files larger than 32GB is to use a windows 9x/ME machine, or use the command line tool mkdosfs ported from linux.

quick down and dirty how to with mkdosfs is here
note: path to mkdosfs is where the exe is. to keep it simple dump the contents on to the C: and not in any folders. than type comand as is in comand prompt

As for 80gb version, it's was bound to happen, that's why it worth waiting a year before getting a console. though we could not wait for that

vercity · 07-09-2007, 11:20 AM

I think this ais a good way for sony to make money and pull in the extra punters they must have a strong E3 with video download content and gaming 2days now just 2days

Sylin · 07-09-2007, 05:06 PM

I hear the new Blu-ray standard (is it 2.0?), taking effect this October, will require Blu players to offer certain features. I would ASSUME Sony would incorporate these in the new 80gb PS3, but I didn't know if there's any hard data to support this yet?

Thanks.

07-09-2007, 01:13 AM	#1
septic death Active Member Member since:Nov 2006 Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:55	Price cut for 60gb and new 80gb coming! http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-50340.aspx

07-09-2007, 01:27 AM	#4
greekjgg Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Trading Score:1	Temporary till out of stock? My guess is that the 60 gig will be a $100 price drop to eliminate the stock. They are too close in size to sell these two different sku's (60 vs 80, $100 more for 20 gig????). This way they are technically advertising the price cut as clearance versus a strategic move to be more competitive. Due to supplies the 80 gig is a natural progression to upgrade for no additional cost.

07-09-2007, 08:20 AM	#15
takezo Active Member Member since:Aug 2006	Remeber that PS3 HDD can be upgraded to any 2.5" (laptop) SATA hard drives. These drive will get larger, and cheaper as time goes buy. Then there are portable USB HDDs. Any USB HDD can work on PS3 as long as it's partitioned and formatted correctly. Windows NT/Xp/2000 will not be able to make fat32 partions greater than 32GB. However Fat 32 can theoretically handle drives up to 8TB. However i believe performace issues may arise in large FAT32 partions. So i would test out performace, first. The easies i to make one large partion using fdisk. Oh yes, Fat 32 only alows the maximum file size to be 4GB. So files over 4gb will not be compatible with the file system and not be written to it. to format files larger than 32GB is to use a windows 9x/ME machine, or use the command line tool mkdosfs ported from linux. quick down and dirty how to with mkdosfs is here note: path to mkdosfs is where the exe is. to keep it simple dump the contents on to the C: and not in any folders. than type comand as is in comand prompt As for 80gb version, it's was bound to happen, that's why it worth waiting a year before getting a console. though we could not wait for that Last edited by takezo; 07-09-2007 at 08:28 AM.

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07-09-2007, 01:27 AM	#3
Ascended_Saiyan Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Atlanta, Georgia Blu-ray collection:608 Trading Score:1	I still wish they would have made it a 120GB HDD just to match and exceed the Elite in every way. But, this is good news none the less.

07-09-2007, 01:51 AM	#7
Mr. Joshua Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:153	Anyone know what color the new 80gb PS3 will be? I've got the current 60gb model. I might upgrade for the extra 20gb and a silver console. The black just shows to much dust and I'm compulsive when it comes to cleaning up...

07-09-2007, 06:07 AM	#9
Nismobeach Senior Member Member since:Dec 2006	Update! Sony finally confirms all of this via their official blog! http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...e-news-coming/

07-09-2007, 06:19 AM	#10
dakota81 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007	Looks like Sony's plan is probably by this holiday season having only the $599 80gb model available. There's just no way an 80gb model will stand up to the 60gb for $100 less, even with the free copy of Motorstorm.

07-09-2007, 06:42 AM	#11
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	I wonder why the button on the PS3 controller is red... hmm.

07-09-2007, 07:05 AM	#12
JonD7 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Cali 4K collection:86 Blu-ray collection:251	I'm sorry but that pisses me off, haha... 80 gigs and a free game? sure its great for sales now but damn I feel like i'm missing out, haha

07-09-2007, 07:17 AM	#13
joeorc Power Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:GROVEPORT ,OHIO	now lets not forget the (5) free blu-ray movies http://www.bluraysavings.com/Summer_...Order_Form.pdf who loves the consumer..?..the BDA and SONY does.....SMOOCH LETS SEE: 1)reduced price 60 gig+(5) free movies+ right now from circuit city get a free wireless playstation 3 controller for $499.00 or 2)another sku: with 20 more gig's+ free game+(5) free blu-ray movies for $600.00

07-09-2007, 07:31 AM	#14
JonD7 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Cali 4K collection:86 Blu-ray collection:251	crys

07-09-2007, 11:20 AM	#16
vercity Active Member Member since:Oct 2006 Location:London, UK Blu-ray collection:54 Trading Score:1	I think this ais a good way for sony to make money and pull in the extra punters they must have a strong E3 with video download content and gaming 2days now just 2days

07-09-2007, 05:06 PM	#17
Sylin Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Nashville Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:159	I hear the new Blu-ray standard (is it 2.0?), taking effect this October, will require Blu players to offer certain features. I would ASSUME Sony would incorporate these in the new 80gb PS3, but I didn't know if there's any hard data to support this yet? Thanks.

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