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Rumors have been flying and sources have been talking. But now it seems a lot more official when it was revealed from an internal, Best Buy memo, that “The 80GB version of the PS3 is going closeout and won’t be replaced at this time. It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB version should already be gone from stores. Only the 40GB version of PS3 will be sold in Best Buy stores at this time.”



It seems that fortunes for Sony and the PS3 may be starting to look up a bit. The sometimes undeservedly troubled console has recently seen a peak in sales in Europe, that for the first time has seen it outsell it's closer competitor, the Xbox 360.



Gamers out there will have something to add to their letters to Santa this holiday season as it has been officially announced that the 40-GB model of the PS3 will be available at the end of October for around $400 and will come with a Blu-Ray copy of Spider-Man 3.



Rumours of plans for a 40GB version of the PS3 in the UK rate amongst one of the worst kept secrets in the games industry this year. After much speculation on gamers and critics alike though, Sony have finally decided to finally confirmed what their their plans for the PS3 in PAL territories are.



It was reported today that Sony will be dropping the price of the 40 gig model to 399 Euros, and the 60 gig model will receive a 100 Euro drop. While Sony has yet to confirm this. they did say an announcement was imminent.

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