Sony at TGS. 20 gig - cheaper, better.

Post by **Indy_aka_Rex** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:00 pm

In tonight's TGS keynote Ken Kutaragi had a brief Q&A session in which he answered several questions... the most important answers being:

Ken has confirmed all PS3 units will have HDMI, even the 20 gig version.

AND

The 20 gig JP release of the PS3 will now retail for 49,000 yen as opposed to the original 59.800 yen price-point. What's that mean? The 20 gig version is now $430.00, $80 less than originally announced.

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:29 pm

Making progess, but I'm still not buying one.

Post by **Indy_aka_Rex** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:00 am

Well, HDMI = all regions. Price = JP only (for the time being). 1 Up confirmed it.

If they drop the price to 400 on the core.... Sony will have made a huge move this year. That puts it in direct competition with 360, which will not fare well side-by-side to the core considering the capabilities.

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:37 am

I'm still thinking this system isnt coming out this year. If it does, it's ganna completely erase the failure rate of the 360's from everyone's minds.

Post by **Indy_aka_Rex** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:42 am

Well Mozgus, Sony had final PS3 models, packed in their retail boxes at TGS... I mean, literally... there's pics online of people unpacking 20 and 60 gig PS3s for the show floor.

So... yeah, it will be available this year stateside.

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:53 am

Indy_aka_Rex wrote:Well Mozgus, Sony had final PS3 models, packed in their retail boxes at TGS... I mean, literally... there's pics online of people unpacking 20 and 60 gig PS3s for the show floor.

So... yeah, it will be available this year stateside.

I saw that. Really confused me. How come just 2 weeks ago, developers told us they still haven't even seen a finished PS3? Something is wrong here...

Post by **Indy_aka_Rex** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:59 am

Do you mean retail units or final DevKits? Because Sony's been releasing final DevKits since like.... June-July.

And if it's retail units... I have NO clue as to how they could get so many out so fast...

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:37 am

Indy_aka_Rex wrote:Do you mean retail units or final DevKits? Because Sony's been releasing final DevKits since like.... June-July.

And if it's retail units... I have NO clue as to how they could get so many out so fast...

Yeah, I mean the retail consumer PS3's. We saw reports from developers talking about how they were basically coding in the dark. They were coding on devkits well enough, but it was anybody's guess how well the games would run on the real thing.