Italy gets PS3 price drop

[Shrygue]

via Computer and Video Games


The much-rumoured reduce-priced 40GB PS3 will hit stores in Italy on October 10 for €399 - roughly £277.

That's word from Italian trade magazine, Gamestore, who reveals that the cut-price console will also be available in a two-game package for €499 (£346).

So the big question is where's the UK cut? Sony UK says "no comment", although we remain hopeful that a similar cut is in the pipeline.

Sources have previously told CVG that the new model will launch here at £299.

It is also rumoured that as well as a smaller hard drive, the new console will come without backwards compatibility and fewer USB ports, although that's yet to be confirmed.

[F9zDark]

I'd sure like to know what they mean by "without backwards compatibility". We all know Sony removed the EE from the majority of PS3s manufactured in the last 6 months, but they never said "without backwards compatibility" (most often saying without the EE).

Since the backwards compatibility is handled with software, no PS3 can be completely without backwards compatibility (since the software is part of the firmware).

But the fact these people keep saying "without backwards compatibility" rather than saying "without the EE" or "reduced backwards compatibility" is very disconcerting.