"A new version of the Playstation 3 has been announced. It will not be
released until January of 2007, and if you are wondering why it is so
cheap read on.
As you know the cost of Sony's BluRay drive is the driving, no pun
intended, force behind the $499 price tag of the PS3 base model. After
the outcry and backlash of the E3 price announcement Sony has decided
to release a budget "LD" model of the PS3. The catch? This model
doesn't have BluRay! You may be left wondering, as we were at first,
how can this model play all of the PS3 games that will undoubtedly be
on BluRay disks. Sony's solution is quite simple, "Laser Disk". You
heard it right, Sony has plans to push the Laser Disk format and will
be selling LD versions of all it's games at a discounted price.
Please keep in mind this model doesn't offer anything above 480p
resolution. Games will either be downsampled to 480p or in 480p to
begin with. That isn't all either, the "LD-PS3" is a pretty heavy
package, weighing in at just over 14lbs. It also does not include PS2
backward compatibility, but does have a pass through connector so you
can plug your old PS2 right into it. Together with the PS2 the LD-PS3
is about the size of two Xbox36o's, so it is a bit large. Other than
the slightly cumbersome size, this sounds like a brilliant idea.
A PS3 for $299 sure does sound good to us."
-IGM.com-
I guarantree some dip****'s gonna fall for this.