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Playstation 3 Hardware \ Help!! 60GB PS3 discontinued?

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I've been putting money away for about a year to buy the 60gb PS3, and I have finally reached the amount I need (and it's about time, too!

). The only problem is, when I phone all the stores around Perth, I keep getting the same answer: "Oh sorry, we don't sell the 60gb any more, because it was too expensive and they stopped making them. We sell the 40gb, though. The 60gb might come out sometime next year."

For the amount the PS3s cost, I want to be sure that I am getting the best value for money, and for what I've heard and seen, the 40gb doesn't seem to be that great value for money. Somebody, please help!

19/12/2007

Perth, Australia

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blaze- says:

get one of ebay theres an 80 gig 1 there wid like 9 games. u prob wont find 1 in stores whats the diffrence anyway?? 40 gig should be a **** load anyway

19/12/2007

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hammy360 says:

Buy a 40gig and then buy a 160gig sata 2.5" hard drive and just replace the 40gig

19/12/2007

Melbourne

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Evanpingu says:

How much do they cost?
Plus, I want the 60gb not for the space, but for the features (More USB Ports, backwards compatability etc.)

19/12/2007

Perth, Australia

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Guyver says:

If you want more USB posts just get one of those stands that have extra ports built in, not much you can do about the backwards compatibility issues, you could pray for that miracle update

Blaze might have the best option there with ebay.

19/12/2007

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antman1011 says:

Yeah they have discontinued the 60GB mate, sorry!

19/12/2007

Melbourne, Victoria

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wutang01 says:

Firstly:
Screw the memory card reader, won't need.
I never had a PS2 ... so meh.

My workarounds:
USB - I bought a 4-port USB Hub. I'm going to go buy a 7-port hub or something
HDD - I upgraded my HDD to a Western Digital 250GB one. I would really love to buy the new WD 320GB one though

(And push the 250GB into a 2.5" enclosure?

)

19/12/2007

Brisbane

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standinsid says:

Dont get ebay, no warranty. Dont, especailly that u sound like if u are poor.

19/12/2007

sydney

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hugo says:

memory card slots good if you have cameras or phone cards

19/12/2007

Hobart, Tasmania

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dingoboy says:

ok do you really need anymore than 40 gig?
40 gig is still alot of space

19/12/2007

brisbane

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wutang01 says:

dingoboy said: ok do you really need anymore than 40 gig?
40 gig is still alot of space

To be honest, probably not. But I like the comfortable feeling of "not worrying about space ever again"

I'm a greedy bastard

19/12/2007

Brisbane

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longarms says:

Yeh, the only ps3 you can buy in Australia is the 40gig unit.

so if you want to play ps2 games then I'd sugest either keeping your ps2 or waiting till next year when they "might" release the 80 gig unit that will play ps2 games.

on a side note the 40gig unit will still play any ps1 games

19/12/2007

Central Coast (NSW)

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Evanpingu says:

Well that's at least one bonus

Yeah, I think I'll go with the 40 gig and just buy a usb stand thing and possibly upgrade the memory. And with the extra money, I can probably buy an extra game + a controller. Thanks guys!

19/12/2007

Perth, Australia

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skua says:

just get a 40 gig ps3. dont worry, 2 usb ports is enough

19/12/2007

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hugo says:

Yeah what will you ever need more than 2 usb slots for at the any one time...

19/12/2007

Hobart, Tasmania

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ozchap says:

wutang01 said:
dingoboy said: ok do you really need anymore than 40 gig?
40 gig is still alot of space

To be honest, probably not. But I like the comfortable feeling of "not worrying about space ever again"

I'm a greedy bastard

Actually i keep having to delete demos and various miscellaneous stuff cos my 60 gig is too full. Then again I do alot of downloading from our store plus the us and uk and hk stores too.

Considering a double layered blu-ray disk can hold like 50 gig itself, and the demo's are anywhere from 500mb to 1.8gig. I'm thinking it's not TOO far off thinking about a 120g+ model. Plus there are many harddrives around which you can actually replace your ps3's hd with, i think there's even a 320gig one that's compatible...

19/12/2007

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longarms says:

the ps3 just uses a standard laptop sata hard drive. they are very easy to find and buy. so if you want to upgrade your HDD latter on, it will be no trouble

19/12/2007

Central Coast (NSW)

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Melad136 says:

wutang01 said:
dingoboy said: ok do you really need anymore than 40 gig?
40 gig is still alot of space

To be honest, probably not. But I like the comfortable feeling of "not worrying about space ever again"

I'm a greedy bastard

i had 60gb and i almost ran out of space so i bought a 160gb, soon im buying a 320gb

19/12/2007

Sydney

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ozchap says:

blaze- said: get one of ebay theres an 80 gig 1 there wid like 9 games. u prob wont find 1 in stores whats the diffrence anyway?? 40 gig should be a **** load anyway

Yeah that would probably be the US model (NTSC). won't be compatible with any games you can buy in Aus (PAL)

19/12/2007

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hugo says:

How much is one of these drives and do places like Harvey Norman or somewhere install them?

Is there anyway of keeping your game saves etc?

19/12/2007

Hobart, Tasmania

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ozchap says:

here's how to backup game saves and settings and everything:
vgstrategies.about.com/ but there is an easy way to just backup your game saves to a usb drive or memory stick, but i cant find a link for it, just google it.
Also this is a step by step of upgrading to a new hard drive: (i haven't read it myself so i cant vouch for it totally )

vgstrategies.about.com/

19/12/2007

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longarms says:

you can transfer you save and other stuff to an external storage medium (Eg, external HDD or memory stick). And then put them back onto your new HDD when its instaled into the ps3

Puting in the new HDD is a do it your self job its realy easy. Just look up some videos on how to do it on the internet, I think IGN had a good guide on how to do it

19/12/2007

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wutang01 says:

Melad136 said:
i had 60gb and i almost ran out of space so i bought a 160gb, soon im buying a 320gb

Yea, I wonder how long until the 320GB is available ... and how much it'll cost. That's what I really want to find out first ... the price!! xD

ozchap said: won't be compatible with any games you can buy in Aus (PAL)

Why not? I've bought American NTSC games and they work perfectly on my Australian PAL system ...
Why wouldn't they work the other way around?

19/12/2007

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crash67 says:

Im just glad I got he 60gb PS3 coz if u missed out u lose alot of features

19/12/2007

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NoRC says:

Evanpingu, have you considering ringing stores interstate? I know that EB Games on the gold coast (robina town centre & australia fair) have 60gb consoles.

The 40gb is good I brought one as a second ps3 for my fiancee to play COD4 with, but 2 usb ports are kinda limited.

My 60gb version is great for the PS2 backwards compatablility which i do sometimes use (Burnout Revenge & 007 From Russia With Love and occasionally FLatout2). I find myself constantly using the memory card readers.

As for USB... I use 1 for Recharging, 1 for wireless keyboard mouse, 1 for PS Eye, 1 for external HDD... and next year they have the HDTV addon coming out which will need ANOTHER usb port... so yeh i think if you can get a AU PAL 60GB PS3 its worth it.

Im so glad i brought mine when I did...

20/12/2007

Gold Coast, Queensland

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