Charlie Sorrel
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Sony to release an 80GB PS3?

According to a Sony FCC filing (pdf) (made for approval of a new Bluetooth module), the PS3 will be sporting both 60GB and 80GB drives. This seems more like a quiet incremental upgrade; an extra 20 gigs is nothing to get excited about, especially when Microsoft managed to squeeze 120GB into the new Elite and HDMI to boot.

supersizeps3It sure looks like it. According to a Sony FCC filing (pdf) (made for approval of a new Bluetooth module), the PS3 will be sporting both 60GB and 80GB drives. This seems more like a quiet incremental upgrade; an extra 20 gigs is nothing to get excited about, especially when Microsoft managed to squeeze 120GB into the new Elite and HDMI to boot.

UPDATE: Sony got back to Kotaku, the gaming site who broke this news, and confirmed that they made this filing, although they have no new products to announce yet:

As mentioned when we made the product announcement for PS3, the system will have different configurations (thus, 60GB HDD with memory card slots and Wi-Fi and 20GB HDD without memory card slots or Wi-Fi both exists). Application to the FCC has been made with various possibilities in mind, however, it does not lead to a new product announcement at this time.

Sony planning 80GB version of PlayStation 3 [MacWorld]