Sony is digging the hole deeper

[BuckyK]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26704

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SCEE president David Reeves has told GamesIndustry.biz that the 60GB PlayStation 3 will no longer be available in the US after stock sells out - which he predicts will occur by the end of the month.
Reeves was speaking at an E3 event to announce the introduction of a new PS3 bundle in Europe. When asked about possible criticisms over whether SCEE should have given consumers the option to pay a lower price, as SCEA has done, he replied, "Well, they're not really are they, because what the US are offering from the 1st of August is a USD 599 version with one game.
"All they're doing is taking their stock in trade that they've got at the moment of the 60GB model, marking the price down and it will all be gone by the end of July."
When asked to clarify if this will mean the end of the 60GB model, Reeves answered, "In America, yes."
SCEA announced a USD 100 price cut for PlayStation 3 earlier this week. A new 80GB model will come bundled with a copy of Motorstorm and will retail for USD 599.

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So the only reason Sony dropped the price is to get rid of their inventory in order to sell a PS3 with 20 gigs of more memory? Oh, and they're dropping the emotion chip for a software emulator which is going to reduce the amount of games that will be backward compatible. People were reluctant to spend $600 in the first place, and the added "value" is pretty much negligible to the average gamer. I wonder if I need to rethink which system to buy.