Most likely. Of course they aren't Sony, but a competitor. They just wanted to say something to hopefully take any wind out of the news just so they could discourage anyone from picking up a less expensive PS3.
And by BC-less, it could just mean that they have removed the EE, but left in the GS.
We won't know for certain until Sony releases more specifics on the new 40gb version.
My pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard. And they're like, "You wanna trade cards?" Damn right, I wanna trade cards. I'll trade this, but not my charizard.








