How about if Sony did the following for the PS3?

I mean that Sony made a 80 GB PS3 sold at $300 WITHOUT the following:

- Printer support

-2 of the 4 USB hubs

-CD/DVD playing capabilities (also means no backwards compatibility with PS & PS2 games)

-Additional DOS (operating system) support

-Wi-Fi

-Web Browser

-SD card hub, Compact Flash hub

-Multimedia download support (downloadable games, demos & DLC would stay)

For those who ask about removing the Blu-Ray player, hard drive & bluetooth, those are needed for games, game files & wireless controllers, respectively.

Hell no.Ragnarok1051

what he said

I mean that Sony made a 80 GB PS3 sold at $300 WITHOUT the following:

- Printer support

-2 of the 4 USB hubs (40GB only has 2 usb ports)

-CD/DVD playing capabilities (also means no backwards compatibility with PS & PS2 games)

-Additional DOS (operating system) support

-Wi-Fi

-Web Browser

-SD card hub, Compact Flash hub (Again 40 GB doesn't have this)

-Multimedia download support (downloadable games, demos & DLC would stay)

For those who ask about removing the Blu-Ray player, hard drive & bluetooth, those are needed for games, game files & wireless controllers, respectively.

DragonxanderPR

I would buy one without Wifi but prefer it with it. For the rest, why would they remove software features. It wouldn't help them cut production costs.

I would buy one without Wifi but prefer it with it. For the rest, why would they remove software features. It wouldn't help them cut production costs.

DarkyC

In terms of production costs, it will decrease without those software features. Consider this: there is time consumed when installing that software, also electricity. It wouldn't be much, but it's something.

About the 40 GB PS3 without some of the aforemetnioned features, remember that it's no longer in production, so it's a less valid point.

[QUOTE="DarkyC"]

I would buy one without Wifi but prefer it with it. For the rest, why would they remove software features. It wouldn't help them cut production costs.

DragonxanderPR

In terms of production costs, it will decrease without those software features. Consider this: there is time consumed when installing that software, also electricity. It wouldn't be much, but it's something.

About the 40 GB PS3 without some of the aforemetnioned features, remember that it's no longer in production, so it's a less valid point.

no it wouldn't because those software features would be built in to the ps3 operating system, it would take more time to have to different versions of it one with updates the features and one what doesn't

no, to many things gone that is needed. cd/dvd playing i think is needed,wifi, donwloader, operating system, that is what is needed out of those things.iam2green

What an odd thread. It's like the PS3 is trying to be a half-assed PC. I thought it was all about the games, not about printer support. :|Aljosa23

We already have that option. It starts with a X and ends with a 0.

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Some of them are software so it costs nothing to include, also the dvd playing function doesent caost anything extra on top of the blu-ray. And havnt they already taken out the media card prts?

The only thing that would save money is the wifi!

I mean that Sony made a 80 GB PS3 sold at $300 WITHOUT the following:

- Printer support

-2 of the 4 USB hubs

-CD/DVD playing capabilities (also means no backwards compatibility with PS & PS2 games)

-Additional DOS (operating system) support

-Wi-Fi

-Web Browser

-SD card hub, Compact Flash hub

-Multimedia download support (downloadable games, demos & DLC would stay)

For those who ask about removing the Blu-Ray player, hard drive & bluetooth, those are needed for games, game files & wireless controllers, respectively.