Sony to Upgrade 40GB PS3 to 80GB by September
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Sony announced during E3 that it would be releasing its larger 80GB capacity PS3s this fall at the current 40GB PS3 price point of $399. No news on what will happen to the 40GB PS3, if could also get a price cut or simply get replaced by the 80GB altogether. What is know is the 80GB will have no new functionality over the current 40GB. That probably means it’s still only got 2 USB ports and it probably won’t get any new hardware to support PS2 backwards compatibility. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is really up for interpretation. If you think Sony’s just dropping the PS2 support altogether, this seems like a plausible explanation. However, if you believe the German Sony supplier, it also makes sense that there is no hardware change as the rumor is a firmware update coming in October could unlock PS2 backwards compatibility for current 40GB and future 80GB PS3 owners.
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