40GB PS3 as low as £299 in the UK

[DarthPaul]

Thanks.


So, umm.. the 60gb version is cheaper than this? Damn.

[F9zDark]

I find this... very interesting. No USB? WTF?

How much do they save by eliminating USB? A dollar? Seriously, USB can't be all that expensive. Considering motherboards nowadays ship with 4 back panel USBs and 3 plugs for extra back/front panel USBs it cannot be all that expensive.

By no backwards compat, they merely mean no EE. They cannot eliminate software emulation without rewriting entire firmware updates and even then, they deuniversalize the updates, thus costing more in the end because firmware developers would need to write 2 firmwares instead of one.

I doubt these claims very much. Get basically a 20gb unit + 20 more gigs for nearly 600 bucks? Might as well import a 60gb while they are down to 500 bucks...