Euro 80GB PS3 priced and dated

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Sony has confirmed our report that the 80GB PlayStation 3 will launch in Europe shortly.
SCEE president David Reeves confirmed the console will go on sale at GBP 299 / EUR 399 on 27th August in Europe, except for Russia which follows a fortnight later.
"We will be doing promotional bundles from the middle of September to the end of December at various prices," Reeves said at a Sony event in LA today.
"The 80GB replaces the 40GB. Please do not ask me if we're going to go down in price for the 40GB because I will give you the answer, the answer is no," Reeves said.
"This has been planned by Kaz who is here today and the team for many, many months. We have very, very few 40GBs, especially in the UK market, and we'll be out of stock probably by the time we launch on August 27th the 80GB."

Quoted on http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=189285

good news for people (like me) who are planning to get a ps3

[Josh-H]

My mate will be gutted, he jut bought a 40gb one and really wanted backwards compatibility.

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this one wont have bc, just double the memory with a ds3

[Monkwrestler]

yep all it is that you get double the hard drive out the box but you can upgrade it anyway by buying any old standard laptop hard drive

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u get the new dual shock 3 as well which is worth 30-40 quid

[Juch]

argg i bought a 40gb ps3 2 months ago :blue_sad

[brandon]

I was a bit annoyed at first because I paid £280.00 for 40GB.. but I bought my 40gb 7 months ago so I can't really moan

[Ashley]

Mine's a 60GB, so I'm not really that bothered.

[awelsh]

The 80GB replaces the 40GB

Why do they keep doing this? seems very pointless to me, pople must know that all you need to do for more space is to buy a cheap hdd and simply just pull out the old one.

We have very, very few 40GBs, especially in the UK market

wonder why that is, oh yeah, becuase the space is rubbish, it costs a bomb, they removed backward compatibility, card readers and about £3 worth of usb ports.

They can sort all the problems out if they just give the 60GB version back, ive had mine since release and its been fine.

[Southe,]

Was very happy when i read this. 3 days before my birthday and have been saving up to get a 60gb. but found out the 80gb dosent do any compatability with ps2 games. which is really crap =/ so decide if iw ant an 80 or 60 now..