by KingGhidara » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:26 am
Use common sense people.
The 80GB PS3 is cheaper to manufactor than the 60GB PS3. Currently, they have over two million PS3s in stock, and they need to get rid of that quickly. Why? Keeping such a large stock in a warehouse cost money, logistics cost etc. Thus, they lower the price. When the 60GB PS3 sells out, which I think it will very soon, they'll lower the price of the 80GB PS3 to $499; thus continuing the lower price. It'll be pretty dumb to release the 80GB sku at the moment at $499, thus interferring with the emptying of the 60GB sku.
Also, an official HDD add-on? umm, you can install your own HDD into the PS3. I've done it, I updated my 20GB SKU PS3 to a 150GB SKU by purchasing my own western digital HDD.