Earlier this week Sony officially announced a new revised version of their Playstation 3 game console which is both slimmer and cheaper. The new system’s thickness has been reduced by two thirds, it is lighter (7.05 lbs versus 11lbs in the older system), and it uses a 45nm cell processor (versus the 65nm cell processor in the older system). …Continue reading … »

In a move that did not surprise anybody Sony finally announced this week that the 40GB version of its Playstation 3 was coming to the US. It will be released November 2, include the Spider-man 3 movie on Blu-Ray disc and be priced at $399.

Of special note is the fact that it is not backwards compatible with Playstation 2 games. It does however include the Blu-ray drive, a HDMI output, a Cell Broadband Engine, two USB ports, and a integrated Wi-Fi connection.

Sony also reduced the price of the 80 GB version of the PS3 by $100 and it will now cost $499. This is great news and hopefully they will make the white version of the game console available to US customers as well.

[source:I4Unews]