http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/ Engadget Comments for Best Buy stops selling the 80GB PS3 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
this was already announced at the euro launch with reduction in b/c updates.

http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4331&NewsAreaID=2

FTA: David Reeves "Rather than concentrate on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources will be increasingly focused on developing new games and entertainment features exclusively for PS3, truly taking advantage of this exciting technology."

this = you are not allowed to play your back catalouge you have to line our pockets and purchase from the PSN and new PS3 titles ONLY!]]>Jan 25th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 26th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
Course this also means a lot of angry customers may end up returning their 40GB models when they get home and find out they cannot play their massive PS2 collection on it. Already been happening here! Glad I got one of the original 60GB models. Guess Sony will have to pony-up with some marketing cash to smooth over all the pissed off customers (so much for that cash they saved in removing the chips!).]]>Jan 27th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 28th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 26th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
Discuss.]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
(Very glad I bought a used 60gb)]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
Yah, I got the feeling.]]>Jan 25th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
/Sarcasm off

But seriously, Neebs. PS3 can play games remotely via wifi. That trumps your abilities to play your 5 gamecube games on Wii.]]>Jan 25th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
So, (in my opinion mind you) Remote Play of PS1 games turned out to be far more of a gimmick than Sony led it up to be.]]>Jan 27th 2008 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
I may be wrong, but I figure Best Buy's move is just in anticipation of a new PS3 bundle that will contain Sony's new DualShock 3 controller. I have two DualShock 3's myself that I ordered from overseas and they are a FANTASTIC addition. Sometimes you don't realize how much you miss something until it's back.]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/hehe

For someone like me who was on the fence for this gen's consoles BluRay winning is also pushing me over the edge.]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/01/25/analyst-80gb-system-abandoned-due-to-sales/

"Update: GameDaily goofed? Well, this is interesting. We just heard from The NPD Group who told us, "In the last quarter (when both were on the market), the 80GB sold more units than the 40GB." When pressed for a more exact breakdown of the sales data between the two SKUs, NPD said they could not provide that. It's certainly a surprise to us, however, that the more expensive 80GB would have sold more than 40GB, which many have attributed the PS3 sales spike to."

Steven, your point?]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/01/25/analyst-80gb-system-abandoned-due-to-sales/

"Update: GameDaily goofed? Well, this is interesting. We just heard from The NPD Group who told us, "In the last quarter (when both were on the market), the 80GB sold more units than the 40GB." When pressed for a more exact breakdown of the sales data between the two SKUs, NPD said they could not provide that. It's certainly a surprise to us, however, that the more expensive 80GB would have sold more than 40GB, which many have attributed the PS3 sales spike to."

Steven, your point?]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
The point being if anyone still wants the capabilities that the current 80GB PS3 offers, trot on over Amazon.com and pick one up.

:-)]]>Jan 25th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/The 40gb PS3 is also at risk and is out of stock 1/27...]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
Oh, and don't forget about all the memory card slots that the 80GB PS3 has that makes moving files to and from the PS3 a breeze.]]>Jan 25th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
It simply doesn't make sense--a machine having access to the biggest, most successful library of video game entertainment is worth a few bucks in chips. To do so w/ the entire product line, rather than with a stripped-down entry level system only, seems utterly foolish.

I think Sony has another plan stewing here.

If not--its got to be their biggest mistake yet. And I'm doubly glad I got my 80GB when I did...]]>Jan 25th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Higher HD capacities ?
Lower prices ?
All of the above ?

It looks like my PS3 purchase is getting closer. I don't believe we'll be losing BC on the new 120/160GB $399 model (crossing my fingers on the BC and lower price).]]>Jan 25th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 26th 2008 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 27th 2008 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Does the 60gb and 80gb have the same ps2 b/c hardware?

I thought the 60gb had both chips and the 80gb has 1 chip and the 40gb has no chips... (relating to ps2 b/c)

So if the above is true, the 80gb has the best feature set but the 60gb has the best chip set, right?]]>Jan 25th 2008 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/
So:

60 - Hardware
80 - Software]]>Jan 25th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 26th 2008 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 28th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 29th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/best-buy-stops-selling-the-80gb-ps3/Jan 25th 2008 9:46PM