It seems that Best Buy is throwing in the towel on distributing the 20GB model of the PlayStation 3. This move was confirmed by Joystiq when a Best Buy employee sent a printout (printout shown in upper right) from their computer. The printout marks the PS3 20GB model as "discontinued."

David Karraker, head of SCEA PR, has reportedly said, "Overwhelmingly, retailers have been requesting the 60GB model, the mix has been about 80 percent 60GB, 20 percent 20GB retailer orders." It seems that demand for the 60GB model has already far surpassed the demand for the 20GB model.

Now, critics say that the sales for the PS3 system have not exactly been spectacular, but if the sales are skewed towards the 60GB model, will Sony discontinue the production of the PlayStation 3 20GB model?  For now though, Sony has confirmed that they are still producing the 20GB model.