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Leipzig: Sony announces 160GB PS3 for PAL regions

Posted August 20th, 2008 at 11:30 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has announced that it will be releasing a 160GB PlayStation 3 unit across PAL territories later this year.

Speaking at the platform holder’s press conference at the Leipzig Games Convention this week, SCEE boss David Reeves confirmed that the new SKU would retail for approximately EUR 449 – exactly EUR 50 more than its 80GB counterpart.

Reeves stated that the new model will feature the same specs as the 80GB unit minus the expanded hard drive capabilities, and would go on sale from October 31.

Stay tuned for more updates from Sony’s press conference shortly.

Comments

JamieDavey
- 6:33am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 1
Excellent news, I'm sure many will be pleased to hear about a 160GB Model :)
Marcus--Aurelius
- 6:35am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 2
WHY??? WHY??? is 160 really needed?
terminator12259
- 6:36am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 3
why wouldnt they release this world wide.
jds667911
- 6:36am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 4
hmmm, not that big of a deal to me I guess. It was so easy to just throw in a new bigger HDD when I got the thing. It was probobly cheaper to do it that way anyways.
TobiUchiha
- 6:39am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 5
w00000000000000t 1 announcement down 11 to go
angryplaystationdude
- 6:41am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 6
Screw GB announce a TB Hard drive instead even though ps3 costs 400 British pounds again
Marcelis
- 7:04am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 7
Woopdy doo, wheres the backwards capability?
ephracis
- 7:07am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 8
For those newbies out there who doesn't know the difference between 2,5" SATA and 3,5" IDE this is great news.

And yes, 160 Gb is needed. At least when you use your PS3 for music and movies. I have already filled up my 160 disk and I am waiting for a TB 2,5" SATA to arrive.

My main concern is how do you backup 160 Gb from the PS3? As I see it you are only available to use an external FAT32 disk to backup to, and the stupid, old and lame FAT system is not capable of partitions that big. Why can't Sony add support for ext3 or some other modern filesystem?
T-Dogg400
- 8:43am EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 9
More sells for Sony.
diablotyr
- 8:02pm EDT - August 20th, 2008
- 10
But the minus is, its just like the 40GB but with more hard drive capabilities.
Neameto
- 2:21pm EDT - August 21st, 2008
- 11
When will they make up their mind!!!! just release a 320gb SKU and be done with it! Consumers are always scrathing their heads when it comes to Sony SKUs!