In light of the PStwo"s unveiling earlier this week, Sony Computer Entertainment"s American arm has come out and clarified the future of the Hard Disk Drive, and the message seems to be that people who want to use it will probably continue to do so using the older hardware, but that the PStwo will not be in a position to support it.
"The new PlayStation 2 was designed to be slimmer and more lightweight, and the current manufacturing, as well as capacity and design of the internal Hard Disk Drive would not allow for inclusion in the new hardware model," SCEA"s statement says.