"good for us nintendians... "

==> WHY ?

do you really think that if Sony or/and Microsoft succeed to improve their sales and succeed to style the Wii momentum (about 1 year lol), it will be good for the Wii ?

well, I dont see the things like this.

If it happens everybody will stay on the PS3/Xbox360 boat and continue to make multiplateform game for the 2 consoles. Then the Wii will keep her "more casual game+nintendo game" and I think all the hardcore Nintendo fan Wii owners will begin to think they picked up the casual console that was not for them.

I know the Wii is really cheaper than an hypothetic 399$ PS3 console but it is not invulnerable.

Do we really need proof of Wii fanboys on this site? Any rumor that comes out for the PS3 and they have to do their best to shoot it down, and then make it a big ego comparing game to try to take the thread off topic so it becomes about the stupid Wii. If you want to brag up the Wii, do it on the Nintendo forum, not the Sony forum.

The thing is, there are big PS3 games coming out soon, and if this is true that the 40gb PS3 comes out at $399, that will be a huge boon for Sony and PS3's will sell at a fairly brisk pace. Sure, you may claim that there isn't a "Platform Seller", but there will be something that comes out that could be just that. Something may come out highly rated that is a "Must" buy and grow into a huge console seller.

I do hope that it is true and it does come out at the $399 price point. That would equal greater sales and more people to play games online with.

If the 40gb PS3 does come out could it help games like Uncharted and Haze?

If the 40gig comes out($399.99)it will sell out. So technically yes it will help those games.

a $399 40GB model and a $499 80GB model.. that would be pretty good for Sony.

@Shams - GT5: prologue > NFS any day

I don't know about how companies proceed with FCC stuff, but some of the articles that have been floating on the $399 PS3 seem to point that it is in FCC testing. If it is, do electronic companies usually mass manufacture when it has not been approved by the FCC? I think that would put a $399 PS3 in the December/January time frame at the earliest as it would be risky to build hardware prior to FCC approval.

Also, didn't Kaz say that the PS3 needs more content before they work on price? That was less then two weeks ago, so how has that changed?

I think Sony is going to grin and bear what Christmas has to offer them. Ratchet & Clank looks to be a solid title, but it is probably not a system seller... In the new year, the slate will be clean and they can build on what they offered from Christmas which will hopefully include strong reviews to go with highly hyped first party and 3rd party games.

my nephew has been all over this rumor... i already told him if its true ill get him a 40gb ps3...

1- The 80 GB PS3 filing was done in the beginning of March, and it started to sell in August, 5 months later (but was announced earlier). This one was done in September. I don't know if it's always supposed to take that long though. By the way, I have just checked the FCC website and Sony has requested that the test setup diagrams were removed, which kind of confirms that there was important info there... I'm betting that one of the sensitive parts was 2 USB ports shown in the diagram instead of 4.

2- It's not like Sony hasn't lied in the past about price cuts... On the few days before the last price cut was announced, Sony was still vehemently denying it, even though the Internet and people's mailboxes were full of retailer ads and fliers with the new price.

If i had to guess i would say it would come around the beginning of november.. my reasoning is

• Holiday sales will improve market share
• Haze and UTIII were made exclusive for this holiday season up to Q2 of next year.. so bringing out a cheaper version would helps sales of those games.
• Kaz said ps3 needs more content before price cut.. i think he was refferring to this holiday season when games like ratchet and clank.. uncharted.. socom haze..UTIII etc.. games that will actually give people some reason to buy a ps3..
• sony said they supposedly never cut the price on the ps3 and hence i think bringing out a 40gb at 399 and reducing the 80gb to 499 is a good move...

looking at the fcc thing on the 40gb it seems like its gonna retain all its features except EE of course and 2 less usb ports..

If Sony gets the price down to $399 this year I'll be pretty shocked...