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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
Two huge bundle announcements coming from Sony today.
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Depends on your perspective.
Especially on the PS3 one. See, bringing the 80 GB back is the smart thing to do, and bundling it with MGS4 and a DualShock 3 for that price will drive sales, absolutely, but I see two issues.
1) The 80 was outselling the 40 for us when both were on shelves, and I've noticed since the 80 went away that the 40 is a much tougher sell. I had a lady today come in ready to put the money down on a PS3. She asked if she could play her PS2 games on it, and the moment she heard 'nope, this one won't do it,' she completely lost interest, and she's been representative of probably 40% of the prospective buyers I've dealt with. Anecdotal, but still.
Now you announce that it's coming back (yay!) in maybe four months or so (boo!), and what's going to happen? Especially since the new bundle will have DualShock 3, isn't announcing the bundle this early just going to defer potential sales for several months as people "wait it out"?