VG247 Rumor: PS3-4000 skips gamescom, 16Gb Flash SKU goes cheap £99

[DeviousOne]

Nah a vitas 170 bro for just the wifi one.

are you sure? i thought it was 250 for the non wifi one? and 299.99 for the wifi model

[Kuro]

nah i f-up 250 for wifi and 300 for wifi/3G no clue how i got 170 from lol

[Fon]

150 for a vita? id pick that up in a heartbeat

Sony can sell it at that price range if they want to without taking loses but they're trying to milk the crap out of the thing before giving it a price drop.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Sony can sell it at that price range if they want to without taking loses but they're trying to milk the crap out of the thing before giving it a price drop.

Yep, SCE have made a lot of losses in the last 6 years and they're doing everything they can right now to get it back. I have no problem buying one for $249 but there's not much on it right now for me to play.

[davin_g]

Well the Vita is worth $250 if you have the games you like. I've found enough to make it worth it to me but I realize that probably isn't going to cut it for most people. Until the PS1 games are playable and perhaps we get a couple more high profile releases that sucker is going to sit around. Personally I love it but I don't blame people for passing until they get some games in their genre they enjoy. Going to take probably Monster Hunter or a new GTA game or perhaps a GOW. I would love a GOW with touch screen controls instead of those timed events for the finishing kills.

As for a bundle. I think they could do that at xmas. Limited edition bundle....probably be more like $349 though because $299 would be hella cheap. Doable for Sony but again I just don't see them doing something that doesn't make a profit. I would think something like that as black friday deal at best buy or gamestop for $300 would be awesome. If they move out enough slims between now and black friday we could see some crazy super-slim sales for xmas. Problem is the channel is pretty stuffed right now.

[mickice]

I fear the 16gb model will be fixed right? No upgrade in hdd pace.

[Chille]

I fear the 16gb model will be fixed right? No upgrade in hdd pace.

It has an empty hdd slot

[AaronSOLDIER]

I find it odd that they've found a space to put the 16GB Flash Drive in the cheapest SKU but not in the more expensive ones.

[davin_g]

Why would they need a 16gb flash drive for the ones with dedicated hard drives? Sorry not the biggest tech head but what would that serve?

[Sajuuk Khar]

I find it odd that they've found a space to put the 16GB Flash Drive in the cheapest SKU but not in the more expensive ones.

the chips are probably just attached directly to the main board rather than taking up a whole 2.5" drive bay. Could be something like mSATA aswell.

[AaronSOLDIER]

Why would they need a 16gb flash drive for the ones with dedicated hard drives? Sorry not the biggest tech head but what would that serve?

Well if they can do it in the cheaper ones then why not just do it for them all? It's an extra 16GB that you could install all your PS1 games to.

[MikeCandler]

Well if they can do it in the cheaper ones then why not just do it for them all? It's an extra 16GB that you could install all your PS1 games to.

But it would not make financial sense to do that, and really why add an extra 16gb when you are giving people hdd's that are more than enough in size.

I am assuming the 16gb version will still have an open slot for a hdd and if so it's a brilliant move by Sony as many want larger hdd's anyways.

[DeviousOne]

^ I agree with that

[AaronSOLDIER]

But it would not make financial sense to do that

Depends how much it costs to put that in there, probably $10 at most, but yeah I guess it's just me that think that. I have a 500GB I'd put in it anyway, so long as that's the only difference between SKUs.

[keefy]

Could It be a 16GB SSD? I Have seen 32GB ones in the past so I bet there are 16GB ones kicking about and be dirt cheap.
Wonder if these new PS3 will have a SATA II controller.

MAke is £99 and I will rebuy one.