A note on the PS3 rumor

Yes, I have heard about the rumor that a much cheaper PS3 is in the works. Just incase you haven’t heard, a Japanese magazine is reporting a rumor that Sony has a version of the PS3 coming that will be the same price as the Wii. The price cut is related to the removal of the hard drive in the PS3.

I just don’t see this happening, as it would screw with projects that developers have in the works. They build games off of base models, meaning they build games for components that the system ships with at its lowest level. I am sure there are games in the works that utilize the hard drive. The 360’s lowest model doesn’t have a hard drive, so developers have been creating games knowing that not everyone has the hard drive.

The other major reason that I don’t see this drop happening is because of Blue Ray. The removal of a hard drive wouldn’t drop the price all that much, but the removal of Blue Ray would. I think we know that Sony doesn’t plan on ditching the PS3 centerpiece anytime soon.

Just wanted to make a note on this rumor. I was going to hang back from it, but seeing that so many people emailed me about it, I thought I should at least mention it.

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