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Hirai reassures 40GB PS3 owners
« on: July 22, 2008, 01:23:00 PM »
Hirai reassures 40GB PS3 owners
Posted by XanTium | 22-7-2008 14:47 EST

 
From mcvuk.com:
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Talking in the wake of SCEE's announcement that it would be phasing the 40GB model out in Europe to make room for a new 80GB SKU - Hirai's personal idea - he added that the move was proof of PS3's ability to ‘evolve'.

Hirai told MCV:
"The PS3 is a console that evolves and specifications will change over time. Ultimately, if the consumers require a higher capacity hard drive, the ability to do that is there.
"40GB is obviously less than 80GB, but it's still a high number and a very powerful machine. We strive to evolve and offer the most compelling value we can at any point in time. If consumers require extra hard drive, they can just swap it out.

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Hirai reassures 40GB PS3 owners
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2008, 11:40:00 PM »
who cares, at the price that I bought mine, I can buy a 160gb hdd and it still came out cheaper than the new one...
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Hirai reassures 40GB PS3 owners
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2008, 10:31:00 PM »
They really need to fix the way partitioning works.  I bought a 320 gig drive with the goal of using PS3 Linux as my main desktop, but I'm only allowed to make two partitions, and one of them has to be exactly 10 gigs.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I'm on day 5 of a 10 gig PS3 partition.  I have GTA IV and about 3 demos installed and my drive is already full.  I'm not even going to bother trying with only 10 gigs for linux, I know that won't work.  I kinda knew I was kidding myself though, I was so pissed when I saw the partition options in XMB..  lol

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Hirai reassures 40GB PS3 owners
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2008, 05:35:00 AM »
Upping the HDD size for the PS3 just doesn't seem as big a deal as if the 360 did it.  I can go out right now and pick up a 300G ($150) drive for it.  If I want to spend the big bucks for it I could get a 1T (I think I saw one for $500).

I was hoping that if I got a bigger drive it would open up more options than 10G.  I figured it was a percentage of your drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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