Yesterday, word was that Best Buy is days away from dropkicking the 80GB PS3 off its shelves. Today, the PS3 80 jumps from the “threatened” to the “endangered” list—Game Daily Biz says another major retailer confirms something is indeed “afoot” with 80GB supplies. And an analyst translates “afoot” to mean “impending doom.” But, there’s a kink in this kerfluffle.
The probably overpaid Janco Partners analyst thinks Sony is putting the plastic bag over the 80GB PS3′s head “because it has failed to meet internal sales projections.” Fair reasoning, except that the 80-gig model outsold the cheaper 40-gig version last quarter according to the NPD. Shocker, right? It surprised me, GDB and Sony, apparently.
So what exactly is going on with the PS3? Or Sony’s head? [Game Daily Biz]
Cam
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 9:06 AMIt’s been interesting to see two of the biggest technological releases in the past twelve months drop the ball. First Microsoft with Vista, then Sony with the PS3. These companies need to return to focusing on what customers want. No backwards compatibility in the PS3 for my expensive PS2 games collection? I don’t want to have to have two devices to play all my games. I’m not interested…
Cam
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 9:07 AMIt’s been interesting to see two of the biggest technological releases in the past twelve months drop the ball. First Microsoft with Vista, then Sony with the PS3. These companies need to return to focusing on what customers want. No backwards compatibility in the PS3 for my expensive PS2 games collection? I don’t want to have to have two devices to play all my games. I’m not interested…
LucasJodokast
Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 11:39 AMI waited for the price to drop abit on the PS3 then they took away backwards compatability (really dumb imo) sorry sony but i wont be buying a PS3 until it can play my PS2/PS1 games
yous missed out because i just spent $1000 on my PC so i could play GTAIV (the only game making me want a PS3 btw) so without Backwards Compatability and purchasing GTAIV on PC (which is actually enhanced over console versions) i now see absolutely no reason to buy a PS3