Sony Scuppers Talk of Downscaled PS3

On Tuesday CVG cited "several" unnamed sources at retailers and publishers saying that Sony is planning to release a cut-down PlayStation 3 at the discounted price of £299.

CVG says the rumoured console will have no USB ports, will not support backwards compatibility and would come with a 40 GB hard drive. No release date was mentioned.

[nasim]

why would SONY exclude the USB altogether and the BC compatibility . Those features are just worth 20$.

I think the console could have 1 USB port (sufficient ) and BC .

[pwnsause]

its obvious that these rumors are BS. removing the USB ports from the PS3 is like saying, ok no PS eye for you, or you cant charge you controllers anymore.

[Omegasyde]

thats why they made this stupid article(no usb?). Sites need hits for advertisement and bills. The Next big thing is the budget PS3 that can be purchased with foodstamps.

[zantetsuken]

How in the hell would you charge the controller? They can't assume everyone has a PC to use.

[sonarus]

no usb ports is bull. even ps2 has usb ports

[Rockstar]

I'm guessing they meant no card readers as opposed to USB ports.
And no BC simply means that BC will be through software emulation.

[FF7numba1]

bullcrap

[Fighter]

No USB ports make no sense. Even BC compatibility makes no sense either since the PS2 has a huge library. We'll just have to wait and see what the basic SKU looks like.

[BloodySinner]

Like most of you, I'm not buying this rumor.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

= BS

[Close_Second]

...is what will the new SKU be missing in order to bring the cost of the PS3 down? Everytime these sorts of rumors have appeared, either for the 360 or PS3, they end up coming true to some extent.

So, what is Sony planning...

...to be honest, Sony is becoming almost as bad as MS with regards to releasing so many different SKUs of its next-gen platform.

[kreetah]

Sony only has 2 SKU’s the 80gb and 60gb models and SONY has been widely stated that the 60gb is being discontinued so they really only have 1 currently produced model. I can’t keep track of all the versions of the 360…

[Adamalicious]

I guess I'll just buy a new controller when the battery dies then.

Seriously, if you're going to make stuff up it's better to make it sound, at the very least, plausible.

[Lumbo]

Man, are we now to get every single "we do not comment on pure rumor and speculation" statement Sony sends to asking individuals posted over here as "News" ?

Its getting ridicules, especially considering that all pages do nothing else than quoting the original rumor page and add nothing new.

[INEEDINFO]

No usb port, they must make it cheaper than the wii then or else...

[nix]

i don't mind not having BC as long as the price comes down reasonably. q:

[BlazinEurasian]

rofl. of course theres a halo add halfway down the page.

seriously, who starts all these rumors? They are bad for sales, price cuts, and hardware nerfs if heard enough will catch on and misinformation spreads.

[Fux4Bux]

There's nothing they could take out that would make a significant price difference and not kill functionality. Card readers are the only thing that can go without a bad impact. USB is obviously needed that's just stupid. Backwards compatability from emulation costs nothing so whats the point? Wifi doesn't cost much to include and promotes PSP functionality. Even the 80GB HDD is actually probably the cheapest to manufacture right now since it's a laptop standard and 40GBs are phased out.

The only thing they could really do is change to MS's plan of just ripping you off for proprietary peripherals and services.

[SlaughterMeister]

So we're now expected to use disposal controllers?

This is obviously fake.

[tfur]

disposable controllers... hehe...

[QuackPot]

These rumours are getting ridiculous. Xmas is nearly upon us. There's not going to be a cheap model then....a cheap model again in less than 2 month.

Jeez. Some people.

Special packages only until xmas then we'll get a price drop. That's my prediction.

The cut down SKU is only a twickle in the eye for gullible chumps or fanboys

OR

...the work of flamers wanting to get something started.

[SL1M DADDY]

How if placed on the sidewalk at the right time of day, articles like this can be seen for what they truly are... A pile of BS.

The PS3 without USB ports is just silly. I'm sure that they would want to promote their Eye Toy and most people would rather recharge their controllers using their PS3, not their PC. This article gets the BS rating of 9.5 guys.