You're right, you raise a good point..they certainly could have heard rumblings from MS prior to their own filing....but assuming that Sony is in a pissing contest with MS right now (at least, that is what I am assuming because it seems that way becuase some or most people on /. are posting that Sony is doing this in response to the release of the Elite) why would they release or develop a ps3 with an 80 GB hdd while MS is meanwhile rumored to be releasing a 120GB model? does it not make more sense to try to "out-do" the other guy? shouldn't they have filed for something like 80GB, 100GB, 120GB, 160GB.....???