So it’s finally official, after denying it for months Sony is trimming the fat off their behemoth, the PS3, releasing the “PS3 slim”. They are also cutting the price down to $299 for the 80 gig version (in the US…Europe is probably almost double as usual).

Now I kinda wish I hadn’t bought my PS3, I really haven’t used it very much since and I never liked the look of the enormous dust magnet. Afraid I was also one of many European suckers who bought the European rip-off version… the 40 gig PS3 with less USB ports and no backwards compatibility that was sold for the eqvivalent of ~$800+ for almost a year.

Question is what will Microsoft do to counter Sony’s bold move? Maybe we’ll get something tomorrow at Microsoft’s GamesCom briefing.

-Daniel Lindberg

Tags: Gamescon, PS3, PS3 Slim, Sony

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