Price cut PlayStation 3 and new model in Europe confirmed!

Sony has confirmed today that they will introduce a new model that will be released in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Australasia on 10 October 2007. The new model is equipped with a 40 GB HDD and will cost € 399. Instead of four USB 2.0 ports the new model will have two, it will no longer include the multi memory card port and it will be no longer be backwards compatible with PlayStation 2 games.

The existing Starter Pack with the 60 GB model with 2 controller and 2 first party games will still be available for € 499 while stock lasts.

» Read Sony's full press announcement