Cheapo PS3 to have wired-only controllers? May 15, 2006

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Last week, you may have come across the odd avalanche of stories that surrounded Sony’s announcement of two PS3s with different features and prices. Apart from the ‘Holy Crap!’ prices – roughly £340 and £400 – here’s what you don’t get for the £340 entry level PS3: WiFi, a memory card reader and a HDMI port – you know, the port you’ll need to watch copyright-protected, high definition movies. In fact, this last omission – considering all PS3s will feature a Blu-Ray drive – has much of the planet – rightfully – freaking out. And now, the rumour mill has ground out the latest insult: wired controllers. That’s right, no wireless controllers for you cheapskates. The mill has also revealed that the teenie weenie 20GB disk drive in the base PS3 will not be upgradeable. If true, it’s all bad news. Hmm, anyone would think Sony didn’t want people buying the basic model? Via Gamesradar

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