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August 18th, 2008 @ 19:27
UK retailer GAME is selling a handful of used 60Gb Playstation3s for the princely sum of £349.99 and upwards.
This is £50 more than the new 80Gb model which is heavily rumoured to be hitting UK shores this Friday.
In fact, 60Gb models have been selling for around £400 on Amazon, which, combined with GAME’s high pricing, could mean that backwards compatibility is something people want and are willing to pay extra for.
Just a hunch.
By Mike Bowden
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August 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
You know, I’m seriously thinking about selling my 60Gb version.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Sorry for my ignorance but does the bacwards compatibilty also work for PSone games too. Then I can undersatnd fully. Because I will want it too.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
All versions can play PS1 games, no?
August 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Yeah all versions play PS1 games.
That hunch needs to be drilled into Sony’s head, just like “TEN YEARS!!” is in ours.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
There’s even some PS1 games that can be bought as downloadables from the PS store (you wouldn’t know it, though, and there’s nowhere near as many as there is in the Japan store)
August 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
No-one is interested in BC… which is why these models are selling for so much.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I detect sarcasm…
August 18th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I wonder if Sony have a redesigned PS2 with an upscaler chip and HDMI waiting in the wings? 20 year plan
August 19th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Or a small but sufficient number of people are interested in BC, thus pushing the price up. Or, yeah, a “handful” of 60GB’s being sold for inflated prices means *everyone* wants BC.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Who said everyone? It’s clear that a bunch of people do though.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:58 am
But is it enough for them to bother? I’m still not convinced anyone but a small number of gaming geeks care about BC. If it costs too much to put the BC back in and they’re not going to get significant extra sales, why should they bother?
August 19th, 2008 at 9:59 am
We’ve done this argument before… so we’ll leave it where it is methinks. Shatner is waiting on the sidelines for it with his half page posts.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Fair enough. BC is barely an issue. I’ll leave it there.