More news from Sony’s press conference at E3 is rolling in. The company revealed that, due to popular demand, from September on the primary PS3 model will feature an 80GB hard drive. The press release reads:
"The 80GB model will retail for $399, and will offer all of the features and functionality of the 40GB model with double the storage to accommodate more movies, graphics, music, photos and other entertainment content — all for the same price."
One of the reasons the current 80GB SKU is so popular is that it’s the only remaining model that includes PS2 backwards compatibility. The new 80GB SKU will not. That will no doubt create some confusion (and disappointment), but with the increasing focus on downloadable content it’s good to see a bigger standard hard drive.