I'm sure this was poured over very much, but with the up and coming PS3 I doubt it was much of a concern for either party.

SONY own 20% of Square. I'm sure assurances have been made that it will support a HD, somehow. Or maybe the original PS2 will continue to be sold?

Either way it does not matter, the HD has been a massive failure for SONY.

Right, my point exactly .... or incorporate the PS2 based HDD games into the new PS3.

In my eyes, the PSTwo itself is naff. It's ugly, everything's onboard so if it breaks, bye-bye replacements parts, you probably can't get a chip into the chassis and it's blatant economising from $$$$$ony ( I really must sort my stutter :D )

I agree.

Also the HDD would not be a failure if they included it with the ps2, and allowed users to save onto the HDD, like xbox. But they wont do this because memory card sells will plumpet.

Just give me the opportunity.... I'll fit it in there some place!!

Way to go Sped :D

EDIT: (Rant Mode)

I absolutely agree. However $$$$$$$$$$ony ( Damn stutter, always happens when i say $$$$$$$$ony ;) ) want to be big fat cats and soak all the profit for those pointless £20 pieces of crap. Include a HDD you TIGHT Ba****s :D

...And while we're at it - a decent sodding laser :)

damn f*ckin straight!

And if not, I'll use sellotape and stick it to the flip top lid :p

haha, lol :)

na, have an external hdd, make a case for it to match the console, and place the chip in that case to, and use a sort of cable to connect tho the gap. Then wire up both ends :p lol Hard, but not exposed n wud av both.

Here are the specs, http://www.us.playstation.com/pressreleases.aspx?id=227 It will be in stores on Nov 1st in the US and Europe. It does have 2 USB connectors so i am going to hope for possible USB HD support. If not it kind of pisses me with Sony. IMO no HD support is a step backwards!

Actually this is not such a bad idea! Mod the case of the PStwo, fit a shielded plugin for both hdd and chip. Run the wiring inside PStwo for soldering points to support a chip and hdd. Then fabricate a case (frag box) with shielded plugins and a small power supply to power (internal) hdd. Fit an eide plugin on both cases, connect them with appropriate cables and whahla you got your self a nifty lil whatyamajigger. Ofcourse there is a little more to it but the concept isnt a bad idea. Not sure if this would actually work but in theory, who knows.

Edit: After more thought, this would be hella cool but the bios probably would not support this kind of craziness/madness. We would need to flash it.

Nah, too much work for a piece of crap PSTwo :) :p ;)

Yep! Your probably right. LOL :p