Sony’s PlayStation 3 will require a hard disk drive, the consumer electronics giant revealed today. It indicated the console would ship with a 60GB 2.5in drive and that it would be upgradeable, suggesting the unit is removable – much like the Xbox 360’s HDD.
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That said, it isn’t clear whether the PS3 will ship with an HDD.
Why not ship every console with a hard disc as standard? It would cost only about fifty bucks, anyway.