teddyJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:11:28

So basically it will be the same spec as the basic PS3 that was launched in 2006 but with a bigger hard drive? Wow. You could get the same thing by buying a 40gb PS3 and plugging a 500gb USB hard drive into it for probably less than this will cost and unlike the 360 the PS3 is already an award winning media centre. I cant see any way the 360 is going to compete with the PS3-PSP remote media access features either.

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TeQuerraJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:13:51

And you are feeding the wheels of the rumor mill. Even if this $1000 console comes out, the gameplay will not improve. Devs will still have to base games off of the core system therefore no games will utilize the hd dvd.

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Bobby BobJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:23:25

Ummm, the 80gb PS3 is $499 USD, not $599. MS can't use the HD-DVD drive for games, so all this will do is jack up the price and replace the Elite, piss off everyone who bought an elite, and utterly fail when HD-DVD is eliminated this year (losing worldwide in sales 9:1 Japan, 4:1 Europe, 3:1 Australia, 2:1 US). This is pure rumour and from a business standpoint makes zero sense.

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TomJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:26:36

The 80gb Sony PS3 is $499.00 not $599.00 as mentioned in this article.

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shadowpal2Jan 3rd, 2008 - 16:29:51

LOL!!! Now this is going to be hilarious. Do they actually think that they can succeed in doing this. They created the xbox 360 elite and it still overheats, scratches disks, and gets THE RROD every 2 hours. Also they're just going to fall in the 'focus on hardware' trap which was a bit of Sony's mistake in 06 - Q2 of 07. They barely have any good exclusive games coming out next year when Sony has tons. Sony - Resistance 2, God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, Possibly - Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4, HOME (new network), LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2, Haze, Gran Turismo 5, and a bunch of others. My prediction is that Sony will become the market leader after all these games come out.

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RoomerzJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:37:22

I doubt this will come to pass. The PS3 is already outselling the Xbox by over a 100,000 units a week world wide and the gap is growing. An Xbxx style media centre has no hope of disrupting blu-ray any more than it already has.

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DaveyJayJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:43:34

Everyone has already covered the PS3's price difference, but the 360 elite is $449, not $479. It's like you never knew there were price drops.

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joeyJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:50:47

what the hell is the point!! the hd-dvd cannot be used for games and hd-dvd is getting killed by blu-ray! hope this rumour isnt true cause if it is then microsoft are scared of sony and its ps3, we all know as of late the ps3 is starting to show what its capable of and the sales have really picked up. if this is true then this is just a dumb idea! cant microsoft think of any other way to start selling well again!

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MornelitheJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:56:56

Furthermore, MGS4 rumors are just that. Konami came out and put the kaibosh on that pretty quick yesterday didn't they? And Crysis...I dunno, Crytek was pretty blunt when they said neither console could run it. And on top of that, Crysis for the PC virtually tanked....so who cares? lol.


Morne

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theKATJan 3rd, 2008 - 16:57:27

there's nothing the xbox can do, that the ps3 can't. However, there are things that can be done w/the ps3 that microsoft can't compete. If those few changes are what they're hinging the 'ultimate' on then they're in big trouble. people can already do iptv and dvr services w/ps3, why wait for the 'ULTIMATE'? let's see microsoft do remote play! come on microsoft, fix what you have before you throw another mess out to be humiliated.

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