Sony Announces New, Higher Capacity PS3 Slims
Sony today unveiled two new models of PS3 to replace the current 250GB and 120GB models.
If you find yourself constantly stuck for space on your PlayStation 3, Sony has got some good news for you. The company is reportedly phasing out the 250GB and 120GB models, replacing them with the newly announced 320GB and 160GB versions of the hugely popular console.
Sony's European CEO, Andrew House announced the new consoles yesterday at Gamescom 2010 in Germany. The 160GB PS3 will cost $299, while the 320GB model will be available as part of the PS3 Sports Champions Move bundle. The 160GB model is available and shipping now. As you can probably tell from the bundle it comes in, the 320GB system will launch in conjunction with PlayStation Move on September 19. The bundle includes one PlayStation Move motion controller, a PlayStation Eye camera, a copy of Sports Champions on Blu-ray, and bonus Blu-ray game demo disc. The total cost for this bundle is $400.
No word on when they'll be selling the 320GB system by itself, but we figure it's only a matter of time.


if larger storage is a feature in PS3, then color me bored...
bring back PS2 compatibility, dammit!!!!
Those are too big. Those are 12.5mm high, PS3 uses 9.5mm.
if larger storage is a feature in PS3, then color me bored...
bring back PS2 compatibility, dammit!!!!
Because it runs a 2.5" drive, not 3.5", and those haven't come out in 1tb flavours yet. But if your time machine can do it for me, be my guest.
/facepalm there are two 2.5" 1TB drives on newegg for $140 and $130.
guess my time machine works.
Those are too big. Those are 12.5mm high, PS3 uses 9.5mm.
$140-$130 IS NOT $40.
Your time machine needs WD-40: Westerm Digital 40GB.
How'd you get your paradox field compensator to work? Mine's always falling out of alignment during the time travel initiation sequence. I've tried increasing the tachyon emitter array power all the way to 11 but it didn't help.
As others have remarked there are 1tb 2.5" drives that are 12.5mm
There is also the idea that not everyone who wants a PS3 will want a 750 or 1tb drive in it. Maybe they are just fine with the 160gb? What loss of sales will they have with the added cost of a bigger drive? Will there be enough customers to buy models with a 1TB drive to balance out the cost of producing another separate line of hardware?
These are all big questions to ask when designing products. Perhaps Sony feels they can let the enthusiasts do the HDD replacement on their own to fill the niche who need that much space?
Has anyone tried an SSD in the PS3 yet?
the hell you talking about? I just got my mr fusion and its totally compatible with my flux capacitor and once my delorean hits 88 well lets just say i'll be playing crysis 3 on my 8970x2.
My bad, found it - but cost is obviously ridiculous
The HDD size increase isn't anything that spectacular. As said much previous, you can just install your own HDD. I'm sure there'd be some people who wouldn't want to install their own HDD though.
I've heard that it has been tested, but the improvement in speed wasn't as great as expected.
Oops, my bad not reading your second post. I think i'd still prefer a HDD for the extra space... not sure what 500gb SSD's cost.. but I doubt they're cheap.