Sony Japan Offers Hard Drive Upgrades

[Demon_Skeith]

This is for people who just need to have that "official" stamp on everything related to their console.

Sony Japan has started up a PS3 hard drive upgrade program. Owners of pretty much any current PS3 model -- even 20 gigabyte launch units -- can send in their system to have their internal hard drive replaced with a 250 gigabyte disk.

No, this isn't a free process. Not even close. For the parts and labor, Sony is asking 18,000 yen. That's close to the price of a new PSP-3000.

It looks like Sony takes care of everything for you, though, from swapping out the drives to moving all your data over from the old drive to the new one. They'll even back your old hard drive.

Still, it should be noted that you can easily swap out hard drives on your own or opt for an external USB solution, both at far less cost. This is something that Sony's upgrade info page fails to mention, unfortunately.

This program is only available in Japan at present.

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I wonder how many suckers will fall for this?

 

[froggyboy604]

18,000 Yen is just 193 US dollars which is not that bad of a deal since a 2.5" hard drive cost 100 USD at some retail store like Best Buy.

I can imagine how expensive it is to pay for shipping their PS3 to a factory to have their drive replace since the PS3 is so big and heavy, so it cost about 50 USD or more to ship depending on the location.

Labor will probably cost about $30 or more.

It is a good idea for people that do not feel like swapping out their own drive, having the right tools, no time or do not know how to install a drive or don't want to risk damaging their PS3.

100+50+30 = 180

193-140 = $ 13 ormore profit for sony.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

I would only do this if I ran out of space and didn't want to get rid of data.