80gb PS3 at Canadian Best Buy

[Nitrus]

Yup, you heard it, there have been reports of 80gb PS3's being seen at a best buy in Canada, as well as on one of their websites.

Anyone think theres any truth in this?

[F34R]

I haven't seen any reports of it being sighted in Canada, but then again, I don't keep up with the PS3 that much. That's Lethals department. For now though, I am pretty sure that the 80GB PS3 is slated for release in S. Korea only, on Jun 16th.

This isn't an upgrade mind you. It is cheaper for Sony to start including the larger hard drive. The 60GB HDD they currently have is probably pricier than the 80GB due to production and availability. It's the same way RAM from a few years ago still costs around the same as todays memory prices.

[Nitrus]

This is where I read it:

Sony has repeatedly maintained that the super behemoth PlayStation 3 unit carrying a 80GB hard drive will only be available in South Korea. For now. Spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka was once quoted saying they are looking into the possibility of the said version of the console being released in other territories.

Despite all these, online site Sony Protection Group (SPG) claims that some people have sighted a listing of the 80GB PS3 at Best Buy Canada. What's weird is that all features are the same (SKU, Web Code, not to mention pricing) except for the HDD capacity. SPG went back to the site and, what do you know, the listing was gone.

Could this be a slip-up from Best Buy? Is the 80GB PS3 already hiding somewhere here in the West only waiting to be unearthed? Or is this the work of a truly skillful hand well-versed in Photoshop magic? To be quite frank, there are still many questions surrounding this matter and only Sony can provide the answers.

While the company is still keeping mum about this, why don't you check the screen capture of the page first and tell us what you think about it?

Source: QJ

This picture was provided with the article:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8172/bestbuycanadaqjpreviewtig5.png (http://imageshack.us)

[F34R]

tags removed.... pic uploaded to imageshack.

I think the pic is a fake. Definitely a nice little "rumor" though.

[Nitrus]

tags removed.... pic uploaded to imageshack.

I think the pic is a fake. Definitely a nice little "rumor" though.

Well, I thought this section of the boards could do with one.

[Blue Eagle]

I only heard about this a few days ago:
80GB PS3 due in Europe in summer:

http://www.playstatic.com/news/1270