Did any other system before 360+PS3 have different versions?

Xbox 360 - Premium 360. Core 360. Elite 360. Arcade 360. Halo 3 360.

PS3 - 60gb model. 40gb model. 80gb model. Mabey 120gb model.

Why are there so many versions of a single console? Why are they trying to confuse buyers? Was there ever any other system that had so many different versions?

Halo sku is really just a limited coloring, many systems have had that. (n64 had like 6 colors at one point I believe)

I think gaming is at a much more comfortable level, and a much more advanced and feature rich stage in the game that multiple skus are more relevant and successful.

Choices aren't bad, unless they get too confusing.

Edit: Core and Arcade are the same thing. And you forgot the 20GB ps3.

Yeah Sega Master System and NES system had different packages with various different peripherals. Not much different than what's going on now.JiveT

With different peripherals, not different hardware configurations. Different size harddrives and playback are a lot different than throwing in a running pad.

Ps2 had different versions as well. Launch Ps2 couldn't play some wrestling game and i believe a basketball game because thier version was too old.jangojay

Those were minor hardware revisions (all 14 or so of them) the slim is the only different SKU

There was the Master system 1 and 2 and same with the MegaDrives plus the different add ons like Mega CD 1 and 2 and 32X

then there were different versions of the saturns in Japan. Sony had the PSX which had some changes the Video out port and cable. Then later on it had metal tracks that the laser run on. Then the PSone version. Then the PS2 PS3 360 versions you know about. Also The gameboy usually came in two styles and then the colour choices. So its nothing new.

The Sega Genesis had different version, a 32x add-on, a Sega CD add-on, and finally the "remodel" in the form of the Sega Nomad (adding in a color screen and portability).

The PS2 had multiple versions, the final "slim" version of which did not support the hard drive needed to play FF XI. The N64 had the memory cartridge expansion, the Gameboy Advance went through several iterations with different games support and features (GBA, SP, Micro)...

The NES, Jaguar, and well... yes? Upgrades and different SKUs were not quite the way we've seen recently, but there were different SKUs, especially with system with add-ons, in which features would be integrated. Take a look at the DVD-player Gamecube, for example.

The Sega Genesis had different version, a 32x add-on, a Sega CD add-on, and finally the "remodel" in the form of the Sega Nomad (adding in a color screen and portability).

The PS2 had multiple versions, the final "slim" version of which did not support the hard drive needed to play FF XI. The N64 had the memory cartridge expansion, the Gameboy Advance went through several iterations with different games support and features (GBA, SP, Micro)...

subrosian

I don't really think add-ons count but the hardware revisions you mentioned are good examples. That's a scary knowledge of console hardware revisions you have there ;).

I don't really think add-ons count but the hardware revisions you mentioned are good examples. That's a scary knowledge of console hardware revisions you have there ;).

Stonin

Towards the end-of-life there would be SKUs that integrated add-ons into the system. Sometimes these would only be in Japan. In fact, to complicate matters, in the earlier days the appearance, names, and games of the same onsole in multiple countries were changed. Famicom / NES comes to mind. Gameboy has been the most guilty of minor revisions with improvements, be it to battery life, weight, color, or more recently screen brightness.

Thank you? I lived through it - gaming information was a radically different thing before the internet though.