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Sony Kills Low(er)-End PS3

by Tim Stevens on April 12, 2007 at 08:31 AM

Low-end PS3 Killed OffFor many, $600 seems like a ridiculous amount of scratch to pay for a video-game console. Perhaps that's why, when Sony decided to charge exactly that amount for its PS3, the company also announced a somewhat less ridiculously-priced $500 model. This still very well-equipped bundle lacked only a bit of hard drive space (20 gigabytes versus 60) and wireless networking.

At prices that high, however, it seems this $100 'deal' was more or less ignored at retail (turns out the more expensive version sold at a ratio of 10 to 1). And now, less than six months after the two-pronged PS3 launch, Sony has decided to axe the meaker PS3, meaning that if you want a PS3, the lowest and only point of entry is $600. So much for frugality.

From Engadget

Tags: bluray, breaking+news, PS3, Sony, top

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