Sony to stop selling 20GB PlayStation 3 in N.America

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

TOKYO (AFP) — Sony Corp's games unit will stop selling the PlayStation 3 with a 20-gigabyte hard drive in North America due to insufficient demand, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

"When we started selling the PS3 it ended up that a lot of people wanted the 60-gigabyte (version) even though it was more expensive," said Sony Computer Entertainment spokeswoman Nanako Kato.

Sony Computer Entertainment North America therefore decided to stop selling the 20GB version, she added.

The 20GB version is priced at about 500 dollars in the United States while the 60GB model -- which also offers storage media slots and built-in Wi-Fi for wireless Internet access -- has a price tag of around 600 dollars.

Sony opted not to offer the smaller hard drive version in Europe...