PS3 Allows Any 3rd Party Hard Drive
Something that I assumed for quite awhile (due to verbage below from playstation.com) has been confirmed as fact. According to IGN, the PS3 will actually allow any 2.5″ Serial ATA hard disc drive, not just the official drive. It’s great to see a company actually open things up and allow the fanbase seek out a nice and fat mobile hard drive to toss into the system. Right now I think notebook drives are topping out around 160gb.
This news, along with the use of Bluetooth mice, keyboards and headsets might take the sting out of the price for some. Combine this with news that larger capacity, 360-exclusive hard drives will be released by Microsoft in the not-so-distant future, Sony earns a few brownie points. A bare 2.5″, 120GB Western Digital drive goes for only about $130 tops. Microsoft’s prices won’t even compare.
An additional side note: The PS3 also allows any everyday HDMI cable and is also compatible with any PS2 video cable.

Originally from playstation.com
Confirmed by IGN
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