Sal.Paradise on 17 September 2012
The big gaf rumour thread has this to say:
Not sure if this is old news, but I was at work (Australian Retailer) today and noticed two new PS3 SKUs on the system. A 500GB "NEW PS3 SLIM" and a 12GB "NEW PS3 SLIM". $388 AUD and $288 AUD respectively. We are unable to order stock of existing models currently as well. The latest possible delivery date for the stock is the last week of September, with 17 and 27 of each model on order.
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PS3 will get a price cut, 20GB model won't cost more than 199$ with two games included, maybe ;)
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The second comment is from a poster that was correct on date/price for the original slim model.
