Sony Kills 20-GB PlayStation 3

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Just as Microsoft's about to introduce a new Xbox 360 SKU, Sony's announced they're removing one from the marketplace.

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced Wednesday they've officially dropped the PlayStation 3 20GB SKU and will no longer be offering the cheaper, Wi-Fi less model to North American retailers. Sony says a 10-to-1 retailer demand for the 60GB SKU has prompted the move.

Don't panic, though, as 20GB owners will continue to receive the same customer service support they were guaranteed upon purchasing the machine. The architecture between the 20GB and 60GB SKUs are the same, save for a few feature differences, so the shift is minimal from a customer relations and development perspective -- unlike Microsoft, who cannot drop support for the Core SKU, as that model doesn't come with a built-in hard drive.

Read entire story here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070412/tc_zd/205142).

[etos45]

I think the idea of offering all these "stripped down" systems is a bit stupid anyways. I mean, they try to say the more expensive models are more for the hard core gamer, but what kind of casual gamer is going to drop $400-$500 on a game system anyways? They're going to casually wait until the price drops. :)

[evilmegaman]

Sony's not doing too well. But I don't think it's going to do as badly as the gamecube did. Honestly I think the PS3 might actually pull through. But it's hard to predict that at the moment. I think it needs a price drop...

[grumpymonkey]

Still 600+ for a system is pretty expensive. arent they losing around that much for components in the first place?? i thought that the whole concept of the ps3 was to try and make the public lean towards blu ray as the next thing