Sony Computer Entertainment is planning a new version of the PlayStation 3 game console table with a high - capacitance hard - magnetic disk drive , allot to a U.S. regulatory filing made by the fellowship .

The filingto the U.S. Federal Communications Commission was made earlier this calendar month to send word the FCC of a change to the plot console table ’s Bluetooth module . The FCC is the radio governor in the U.S. and as such all newfangled products that use radio receiver or changes to these products must be submitted to the constitution for blessing before they can be sold .

include inthe filing ’s cover letteris presentment of the new theoretical account : “ The model CECHE01 to be summate by the difference of the mental ability of severe disk . ” It then says the new mannequin will have an 80 GB campaign .

Sony currently deal two versions of the PlayStation 3 . The cheaper model has a 20 GB drive and the more expensive example has a 60 GB drive .

Hard - disk storage applied science is pull ahead all the time and high capacity ride are regularly coming available . As good drive come on the grocery driving force makers cut the price of drives or discontinue then on the whole because they become uncompetitive against newer models .

Thus the new PlayStation 3 could be an development of the production hale by economics of the disc - drive industry or something more of import in Sony ’s scheme .

A spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo refuse to point out on the party ’s plans for future upgrade to the PlayStation 3 .

On Wednesday Microsoft announced program for a new version of the contend Xbox 360 console table . The Xbox 360 Elite packs a 120 GB parkway — against 20 GB on existing machines — and an HDMI ( high - definition multimedia interface ) connection not offered on current models .