Or coming outside Japan ever for that matter :(

No Dualshock, No backwards compatibility, no service.

Lol.

I also would like a DS3 for $44 from Amazon instead of $66 from Play-Asia. At least they're not wasting precious DS3s by bundling them with the consoles.

A cheap(ish) sexy(ish) PS3 coming to the states? LOL, right. That shit stays in Japan. We'll get this version when Japan gets the PS3 Slim. Then we'll get that a year later too.

Looks retro

but I want my normal, ps2 weight, jiggly pstriple controller now!

The US rarely gets new console colors. The first colored PS2 we ever saw came out late last year even though there have been dozens in Japan between the fat and slim systems.

The US is just too big a market to keep multiple colors in stock from sea to shining sea.

It's the same reason we don't have a Club Nintendo program like Japan, why we get crappy pre-order bonuses, why our manuals are usually black and white instead of color, etc. etc.

I still haven't figured out why our box art always has to suck though.

It looks retro - like a PS1, surely we can all see this.
Black is colour of pure evil, much nicer.

Keep churning out the same overpriced, under-featured SKU's, Sony, and i'll keep not being interested.

Garbly Garbly! I'm angry at you sony for -insert useless argument here- no sale. Well I wasn't going to buy it anyway, but I'm super not buying it now!

They should release gray plasttic, now that would be retro

@Dale North: Not to be an ass, but it’s “separately”, not “seperately”. Don’t feel bad; it’s a common mistake.

Garbly Garbly! I'm perfectly pleased with you Sony for -thrifting customers out of simple features that should be included with the system, but giving us the opportunity instad to buy these products seperately- I'm gonna buy three and give two to my friends! Well I bought one already anyway, but I can't pass up this mediocre offer!

One last thing: excluding the DS3 based on the precedent of SKUs released before the DS3 is pathetic and inexcusable. Nintendo slaughtered DS Phat sales, but it brought a much more capable system that you wouldn't feel self concious about next to the PSP for being so ugly. Now that the DS3 is out, it hould be stndard in all systems, period. I don't wanna hear from the people rationalizing Sony's rumble stumble. Of course you never liked rumble, Sony said it wasn't cool anymore. I await your snide replies, I'll be waiting at the foot of your pedastal.

Wow how many SKUs is Sony going to put out to rip off consumers before deciding to finally packing dual-shock 3 controllers with the PS3?

Paystation 3.

Satan silver?

I'd think he'd be red and black.

"No Dualshock, No backwards compatibility, no service."

You forgot no HDMI cable and no good exclusive games.

Black looks better.

I'm glad I got the 60GB when I had the chance instead of waiting for the 40GB with DS3. I'm also glad that while I did buy the system, Sony has yet to make a profit on my purchase. They'll make a few bucks eventually, but only when Sucker Punch gets their new game out. Screw the crippled accessories!

The least Sony could do is give us a USB cable longer than 4 feet, and AT LEAST an S-video cable instead of this A/V crap. I can't play my PS3 while the controller is charging, and while S-video isn't HDMI, but it's damn close to component, and nobody is going to buy an overpriced Sony-branded HDMI cable, anyway. Now, DS3 is delayed some more... just because.

Okay, I admit that BC isn't as big as I thought it would be, and getting rid of it on the low-end machines was a good idea after all. The 40GB model is selling better than I anticipated. The system itself is really nice...

...but still, Sony... please... work on the accessories!

I still think the white one looks cooler.
Maybe the best time to have launched this one would have been
before Christmas being after, It's almost as though they are trying to slip it in while no ones looking.
Games-asia have got some good bits,
http://www.games-asia.com/playstation3ps3console40gbsaturnsilver110v-p-3091.html

Well in any case my scanner, printer, notepad are all silver
so I guess if I get a Silver PS3 it would fit right in ;)