80GB Playstation 3 only in Korea
It was rumored a while ago that another Playstation 3 version was in production next to the 60GB and extremely rare 20GB version. It has now been confirmed by Sony that this version with an 80GB hard drive will only become available in Korean territory.
Sony’s motivation is that because people in Korea had to wait for so long, they’re being rewarded an extra 20GB of space. The rest of the machine’s specifications will remain the same as the European console, which means that it’ll be shipped without the Playstation 2 Emotion Engine processor to cut back on production costs. Sony explicitly mentioned that there were no plans to release an 80GB model in Europe at all. The official specifications for the Korean version of the console can be found on this website.
If you’ve already managed to fill up your 20 or 60GB of space you shouldn’t worry at all. You can always just go to a computer store and buy your own (SATA laptop) hard drive and install it into your Playstation 3 yourself, it doesn’t even void your warranty.
Via: CVG
So the Koreans had to wait a little longer and got rewarded with an extra 20gb.
The Europeans had to wait not quite as long but still longer than the US and Japan and are rewarded with a sytem which doesn’t do as much as the Yank or Jap version but still costs more to make up for the shortfall that is happening in other territories. Oh and not even given the choice of buying the cheaper model.
Good show, another pat on the back and well done for that one Sony. Fucking baw jaws.
Didn’t you know Glovner we Europeans walk round with a pants around our ankles ready for a good shafting on everything price wise.
Honestly though i couldn’t give a crap about a extra 20Gb of space i can go and get a 250gb if i really needed it, from what i have read it’s because the Koreans will have video on demand from the start, and what with there 100mb connections Sony thought a tiny 20gb of extra space is going to make a difference.
Who knows and who cares.
Don’t care a great deal till the price drops anyway, just kinda annoying to see more blatent territory discrimination. Always seems like we pay the most but get the least.
Rip-off Britain, that is the name of this land.
We have the playstation 3 80GB now in stock for sell.
Stick it up your arse then