So it begins: Best Buy lists $399.99 40GB PS3?

Who guessed the 40gb correctly? That's pretty impressive, I'd guess they'd add a 120gb and drop the 80gb in the new serial.

Am I mistaken, or is $400 still pretty expensive? We're only talking $100 here from the 80 GB model that comes with a game, too.

@Nick Chester: Last time I checked the 80gb was $599, that's $200.

Price was always a factor for me, and this is getting it closer to worth it... but if I was gonna buy a console to accent my PC and Wii, it'd have to be a 360.

PS3 still has next to no games, and by the time it gets all those "AAA" titles, it'll be another $100 cheaper... which is when I'll buy it.

"it also appears to ship with the film Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray"

It's like they are going out of their way to make sure I don't buy a PS3.

Hopefully this is true as it would be a smart move.

@Professor Pew

$399 expensive? It's $100 more than the Wii.................

@GamesRonlyGames, true about the Blu-ray, but most people here would rather have it for it's games, which admittedly there aren't that many in comparison to the 360. Makes sense though when the 360 has been out a year longer. Then again, MS rushed their hardware and have a high failure rate because of it (RRoD).

Regardless, I believe this will go over extremely well this Holiday shopping season in the US. And, in return, there will be a lot more n00bs to pwn with my tank on WarCawks. I'm looking forward to it immensely.

Where is the Dual Shock 3 though?

I wonder what date its valid.

@GamesRonlyGames, I understand your logic, but be careful round these parts. Words like that get you labeled a fanboy.

What plasma did you get? I got that newish Panny 1080p set a few months ago 42PZ700u. It's sweet, but when it's dark in a game it can actually be almost... too dark. I can hardly race in Motorstorm on the Dusk or morning setting when there is a track with high walls to block out the sun. Life-like? Yes. Good for a game? Maybe...

Wtf mix, $399 is not $100 more expensive than a $250 Wii, what do they teach you kids these days? Although it's a nice trend to compare two systems that have maybe 2 games to offer right now :P

I'll think about it WHEN there is a need for bluray (probably never) and WHEN there are games out.

Hmm. I'm looking to get a signing bonus for my job. This may have to be my big purchase to reward myself. Although, travelling Europe would be sweet, too, albeit much more expensive... but still... hmm. Oh well, I will get it in time. I'll wait until there are a good number of titles out beyond R&C, Drake's, and UT3.

$400 is not bad at all depending on whether you are interested in Blu-ray or not. If you have no interest in Blu-ray (i.e. you don't have an HDTV) $400 is still a lot to pay for a game system that doesn't really have (m)any worthwhile games and a bleak outlook for most of the next year (aside from multiplatform stuff that'll be better on 360 anyway).

The thing is only going to get cheaper and cheaper the more desperate Sony gets though, so by the time games like FFXIII hit you could probably snag one for around $300.

Sony will own the market with the price drop.

Little big planet, unreal 3, haze, drakes uncharted, heavenly sword, killzone 2, metal gear solid and final fantasy will burry the 360 forever.

And the wii will look like a dated toy.. blue ray for all to boot! lets not forget that they are adding back ruble to the controller that is simply the best, and has been for ages now!

Ooh, can it be? Sony is actually starting to maybe pose a threat to Microsoft, for once? Truly, this cannot be so.

@ nick, yea thats way too expensive. Id rather buy a hot and sweaty elite that'll last all ahhhhhh........i dont know, three days.

Looks pretty legit as an ex-BB employee. Thats defintely a RSS print out whether or not thay changed the price or mocked it up I don't know. "Spider" means it has to be spider wrapped (those stupid security ties) cause you know how easy it is to open it up and stick a PS3 down your pants.

If it's true looks like they're still trying to dump off Spiderman.

dare I say it people may buy ps3s now...
good thing too, ratchet and clank comes out this month!!!
fuck yeah!

Still need an actual game to put in it besides Resistance. Oh, and a reason to care (Halo 3 anyone?).

@DGX Goggles: Ever hear of a game called Warhawk? Or, I dunno, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction? Or, perhaps, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Rock Band (wireless guitar on PS3 only, at least at the beginning), Haze, Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet, or Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune? If you can come out and legitimately say that none of those games (all of which will be out by next spring) interest you, then fine, but you would have to be quite a niche gamer for that to be true. Yeah, yeah, Halo 3 is great, we get it...but there are other games out there.

@wugganowski
I agree with the future proof thing, as nothing is ever certain, however i think it would be a stupid idea for either Sony or MS to make a new console in the next 5 years. One thing i think is that with each console generation is that the difference in power, graphics and such between generations gets smaller and smaller each generation. The leap between the PS3 and the PS2 is smaller than the leap between PS2 and PS1. additionally, the price of the cosoles have been rising higher and higher. If MS or Sony were to try and release a new console in the next 5 years, we would probably have a console that isn't THAT much more powerful than the previous consoles but at the same time is like $100+ more expensive... it would be something complete not worth buying... Aiming 10 years in the future is the smartest thing that both companies could do... it would allow time for newer technology to develop so that the next coneolse they make will be much better then the current consoles and won't be much more expensive, possibly even cheaper...

Seein as Nintendo kind held back in terms of power, i think they are the only ones who could pull off a worthwhile console in the next 5 years. For Sony and MS who pushed as far as they could, it would be best to hang back and wait.

@gamesronlygames
Stop trollin', buddy.