| celine said: Here in Italy is official that from October 10th there will be 2 version on store : 1) The first version will cost 399 euro, will has only 2 port and no sd card reader. This version will not have back compatibility with PS2 games and will not support super audio CD. The harddisk will be 40 GB. 2) The second version will exist until stock clearance then Sony will probably choose to add a more big harddisk. This version is like the old european SKU with 2 games and 2 pads. It will go on sale for 499 euro.
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Like in Switzerland, this 2nd version is simply selling the remaining stock of the starter pack. Do you see what goes with the 40G SKU in Italy? Here, the prices are
Starter pack Sfr 799 - 2 Controllers, 2 Games
New 40G SKU Sfr 649 - 1 Controller only shown in packshots
So the new SKU is actually more expensive than the starter pack if there is nothing in the new SKU ($1 = Sfr 1.18)!
Note added 11/10: The first reports are in and people seem to appreciate the noise level of the 40G PS3 - There is none (and it doesn't get warm - so there seem to be 65nm parts inside as well) . At this price, the 40G version might turn out as an excellent blu-ray player.
