80GB PS3 launching in Korea

[blaazeofury]

According to a Korean PLAYSTATION 3 website, a new 80GB HDD SKU is being released on June 16, 2007. The new SKU will be released without the Emotion Engine, which is used to help emulate PS2 and PS1 games. The new SKU will be sold for 518,000 Won, which is about $573 US with tax. No information on whether or not the SKU is going to be released elsewhere.


Here are the Specs as is on site;

한국 발매 PLAYSTATION®3 Product Specification Product Name PLAYSTATION®3 CPU Cell Broadband Engine™ GPU GPU RSX® Audio Dolby Digital 5.1ch, DTS 5.1ch, LPCM 7.1ch, AAC, etc*1,*2 Memory 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM Hard Disk 2.5" Serial ATA - 80GB Inputs/Outputs*3 USB High-Speed USB 2.0 x 4 MemoryStick™ Slot Supports standard/Duo size, MagicGate™, Memory Stick PRO™ and high speed data transmission SD MemoryCard Slot Copyright-protection function is not supported CF Slot (Type I, II), Microdrive Networking Ethernet 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX,1000BASE-T × 1 Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0（EDR） Controller Wireless Controller (Bluetooth™） AV Output Resolution 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i HDMI × 1*4 AV Multi output × 1 Optical Connecter × 1 BD/DVD/CD Drive maximum read rates BD x 2 (BD-ROM), DVD x 8 (DVD-ROM) CD x 24 (CD-ROM) Dimensions (excluding maximum projecting part) Approximately 325(W) × 98(H) × 274 mm(D) Weight Approximately 5 kg *1. HDMI


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Lucky korean ba***rds getting 20GB more for $26 less than the US price!

[HundredProofSam]

i dont see the point really...they shouldve made the next variant atleast 100 GB



peace

[KC]

i dont think this will be a variant ,it will just replace the 60gb model

[blaazeofury]

^^ Even that doesnt make much sense right? i mean..they should've waited, made some more upgardes and released it as a variant....replacing the 60GB model with the 80GB, at the same price point will only piss off early adopters of the PS3 IMO...

[KC]

why shd it piss off,20gb hard disk space is no big deal,that too when u can easily replace your HDD with a standard 2.5 one.chances are if u find 60 gb small then ull find 80 gb small too.

either that or they are going to replace the 20gb model with the 60gb one and the 60gb one with the 80 gb one.

[blaazeofury]

Dude 20GB is what ive been livin with for the past 15 months! (360)

krapchap said:

either that or they are going to replace the 20gb model with the 60gb one and the 60gb one with the 80 gb one.

that would make more sense...no ones byuing the 20GB version anyway...

[Solid_Snake]

Since the 20GB was discontinued by Sony a much bigger HDD would be nice,like a 100 or 120GB

[KC]

originally according to kutaragi's vision every ps3 was to have a HDD of 250gb

[tehdevil]

What's the point? They should release it with a 120 GB HDD minimum...just 20 GB more is pointless