Lately in the media, Sony has been talking about looking at ways to decrease money loss and increase profitability regarding the PS3. Since the first batch of killer software for the PS3 is still months away, one way Sony has hinted at would be a price drop to get more units into gamer's hands. The point is: Sony is rethinking their current strategy.
As time goes by, the custom crafted components of the PS3 are going to become cheaper and easier to produce. Also, some of the issues the system has with online service and PSP connectivity can be easily solved with software solutions at a later date. On thing that had caused more of a negative effect on Sony's machine than Sony had first anticipated is the issues with backward compatibilty. The biggest issue, not being able to use PS2 peripherals, such as Guitar Hero controllers and memory cards.
Since the DS under went the transition to the DS Lite a year after it as released and the Xbox 360 is rumored to soon go through a transition to a different model as well, is it possible we could soon see the same thing happen to the PS3? If Sony was to remodel the PS3, would the current user base care?
Unlike the Xbox 360, the PS3 already includes all of the HD ports it needs. A remodelling of the PS3 might see a subtraction of a few things like USB ports and SD card slots in favor on Dual Shock ports and memory card slots. My question is: If the PS3 were remodelled in such a fashion, how would you feel about it? Would you feel cheated? Would you feel better, that you're current PS3 may become a collector's item? Or would you not care at all?
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