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Lower-Price PS3 Mostly Upgradeable

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the define-mostly dept.

jchenx writes "One of the biggest questions remaining after the Sony press conference and E3 last week was whether or not the core PS3 package could be upgraded to the premium one. It looks like that question has been answered. GI.biz reports that the core version can upgraded with WiFi and memory card adapters, as well as a higher capacity hard drive. However, HDMI output will be non-upgradeable."

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  1. AWETHUM! by revlayle · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can buy the "core" PS3 for $500, then spend another $250 to upgrade!! YAY

  2. it can be upgraded by fusto99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course it can be upgraded to the premium version. There are two easy steps:

    1. Sell the core unit on ebay.

    2. Buy the premium version.

  3. So close, yet so far... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    So it's 'almost' fully upgradeable?

    When was the last time you paid for something you 'almost' got?

    Maybe I'll 'almost' buy a PS3...

  4. Re:No HDMI? by Babbster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, that's great! Here I was concerned that we'd be dealing with paranoid movie executives who pushed hard for this kind of copy protection. I'm sure there will be no movies protected in this fashion and I'm absolutely willing to rely on their good and fair nature. And, what the heck! If they decide to implement that protection, I can just blow another stack of money on yet another Blu-Ray player. YAY!

  5. Re:Hard drive by blackmonday · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wouldn't be surprised if the base PS3's '20Gb' drive is actually exactly the same as the non-crippled PS3's 60Gb, just with two platters disabled...

    Dude, it's even worse than you imagined. Instead of crippling 2 platters, they actually removed them!