Our inside source of all things video gaming has been right almost every time it comes out of the shadows to give us information, so I'm going to dispense with the back story. Wherever his or her information is coming from, it's usually solid. After I spoke to Sony about the possible discontinuation of the 80GB PS3 model, I lit the mole-signal.

Working late into the night on Saturday, I heard a noise behind me. For both of our safety, I didn't turn around. "You've talked to Sony," the mole said in a gravelly whisper. "Tell me what they told you."

I repeated the information we reported on Friday: Sony is sticking to a two-model approach at retail, but the company won't comment on whether or not the other model would be the 80GB system. The 40GB system seems safe. I asked the mole what information he had.

"Sony is, in fact, phasing out the 80GB PS3. Sony is going to stay with the two-SKU approach though, and the prices look to stay the same," the mole told me. I heard sirens in the background, and the mole seemed nervous. "The Spiderman 3 pack-in will disappear as well once the 80GB unit is gone. In order to maintain a similar value proposition to the 80GB/Spiderman 3 bundle, I expect to see a storage increase to 120 or 160GB at the same price point, plus the new Dual-Shock 3 controller... what are you trying to accomplish with this story?"

"I'm just trying to get to the bottom of Sony's plans for their hardware so my readers can decide whether or not they should buy now, or hold off. But I'm only one man," I say.

"Now we're two," the mole whispers, and when I look around in surprise... my informant was already gone.



Via Arstechnica

wow, i cant believe it, Sony was struggling to sell the 80GB so they made the 40GB...good move, now they discontinued it for a 120GB-160GB not so good why, because they price for that is going to be somewhere higher than when the PS3 first came out (i would think so) plus these new PS3s are coming with DualShock 3 controllers. so heres my question: if this turns out to be, then was this a smart move for Sony? to begin i say No.

I got an 80 over the weekend and I am just about to add a 250GB to mine.

oh really? cool, whats your PSN phlak? im a little curious, why did you buy a 250GB HD? isnt 80GB more than enough, like what are you all going to do with all that extra memory?

nvm i found your PSN, ill send you a request, got resistance?

Dont have that game yet but I hope to get it after work. I want the extra space for my movies and music, sort of like a backup.

ok, so im guessing you got it by now, we should fight online sometime

Wow i wonder if the 120 and 160 gig has backwards compatability if it is, then the 160 gig will be my 2nd ps3

dualshock 3 finally sony is making sense

Dualshock 3, thats going to be sweet

I'll get one of the new ones IF it has backwards compatibility.

I hope that we'll see some patches to add rumble to some launch games. (read: RFOM)

Jinzo I thought you were already on my PSN friends? Its PHLAK69
And yes I bought Resistance and took it back to GameStop the same day....I thought it SUCKED ass! Its funny when I was playing Gears of War all the time on the 360 the PS3 fans were always saying Resistance was compared to Gears.....LMAO go jump in a lake....NOT EVEN CLOSE! I thought I was playing something on the ORIGINAL PS1 when I started playing this POS game.
Only 3 games I am playing right now and loving are WarHark, GH3, UT3.

... only games ive ever played on the ps3 are Resistance Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and I am going to get Vegas 2 when it comes out

Firstly you all are missing out on some good games like Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, Burnout.....etc

As for this rumor, its bull. A new 80gb model is coming out around June and its being bundled with MGS4 and and the DS3.

yea i know now, just havent had time to post that MGS4 bundle

Nyght already posted the MGS4 bundle news, and I posted it on my site.

if they do release a new ps3 with a bigger HD im sure itll be about the same price as the 80Gb after all it's prolly a lot cheaper to have a bigger HD for PS3 than it use to be

they may be making it but it would be a while before came out or was even announced

hmmm i will probably get one. I got a 20gb one but not really ultilising it at the moment

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