Like waiting for a fun-bus, no sooner than Sony releases one new PlayStation 3, another one follows just over a month later, with UK retailers confirming today that a 250GB PS3 is due to release in October.
Sony is clearly going all-guns to own the gaming market this coming Christmas holiday season, offering gamers the £250 120GB PS3 Slim and the as-yet-unpriced slightly more expensive ultimate 250GB PS3.
A definite
Eurogamer confirmed that the 250GB PlayStation 3 Slim bundle "is a definite for October" with one of their trusted retail sources.
Sony has, of course, declined to comment on rumour and speculation.
The Tokyo Game Show starts later this month, running from September 24 to 27. TechRadar will be there, to bring you all the official news and announcements from Sony and all the other major Japanese gaming giants as and when it happens.
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lovlid
September 14th 2009
6. "A small capacity by todays computer standards. I expected 500gb in PS3s last year."
It isn't a computer though, is it? Its a console. It doesn't want you to write your memoirs in word, or present your next crappy project to your boss.
I agree with watcherzero. Sony want you to use their play tv device with it, and download hd movies on it from their up coming video store. The size of the hard drive is just about in line with most of the DVRs out now.
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watcherzero
September 12th 2009
5. Rumour is now this 250gb will be packaged with the DVR addon so its primarily a tv recorder.
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dvs
September 11th 2009
4. I wish, as an option, Sony would sell a PS3 with no drive at all. I know it needs a HDD to operate but some of us will automatically upgrade the drive anyway, often leaving a perfectly good HDD to waste.
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amit290
September 11th 2009
3. I'm still unable to fill my 60gb. I dont see what the big fuzz is over bigger hard drives.
What they should do is sell the PS3 cheaper with a smaller hard drive (say 80gb) and offer official Playstation boxed 'add ons' such as 250gb hard drive upgrade for £50 for those that want it.
I know you can go and buy a hard drive and stick it in, but if it has a Playstation logo on the box it will make some people more confident of buying it.
With a smaller hard drive, it may be easier to break into the £200 barrier and compete on price with Xbox360 Elite.
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watcherzero
September 11th 2009
2. Funny aint it, console lobby demanding bigger disks meanwhile the Ipod lobby are demanding smaller ones.
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romi
September 11th 2009
1. A small capacity by todays computer standards. I expected 500gb in PS3s last year.
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