Thanks to several Best Buy employees who confirmed the news, a new 80 GB PS3 bundle is set to include MGS4 and Killzone 2 at the standard price of $400.

The new PS3 bundle goes on sale at Best Buy next Sunday.

To quote: Sent in by a Best Buy employee, and confirmed by other BB employees, it's an 80GB PS3 bundled with copies of two of the biggest games on the system: Metal Gear Solid 4 and Killzone 2. All that for the asking price of a standard PS3, $400.

It's like getting a Wii with Twilight Princess and Mario Galaxy, or a 360 with Gears 2 and Halo 3. But perhaps more importantly, it's also one heck of a saving; perhaps Best Buy need to clear out their stock of 80GB PS3s for oh, I don't know, a new PS3?


New PS3 Bundle Includes MGS4 and Killzone 2 Games

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According to Arstechnica's favorite inside source, a price drop is coming to both the Sony PS3 and Microsoft XBox 360 consoles this fall.

To quote: Since we can't name the source, we're treating all this information as rumor, but the Mole's reputation in the industry for breaking large stories and outstanding track record for accuracy speaks for itself.

The 80GB model is going to see some serious hardware constraints in the weeks ahead, and retailers have about 60 days worth of inventory before the systems will become hard to find. Expect to see many more 160GB units on store shelves.

Those units have no constraints yet, but if the retailers sell through that supply as quickly as they did the 80GB, Sony is in a good place for the final part of its plan in 2009: dropping the price of hardware and launching the PS3 Slim in the fall.
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Industry Mole Says PS3 & XBox 360 Price Drops Coming This Fall

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Today PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has announced this week's PSN update, as follows:

It’s time again for the weekly PlayStation Store Update.

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Sony PlayStation Store Update for June 25, 2009

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Just under two weeks ago it was announced that PS3 Motion Sensor Development Kits were already making their way to developers.

Today, Sony has outlined their new PS3 Motion Control details to developers a bit further than before to get them up to speed on the new PlayStation Eye-powered Motion Controller technology.

To quote: The PlayStation 3's second motion control push is slated to launch in Spring 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment reiterated to developers today, arriving with a "range of first-party and third-party content." SCE pitched the new controller as capable of functioning "with any games across all genres from casual to core."
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Sony Outlines PS3 Motion Control Details to Developers

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Recently Sony has announced two new PSP-3000 bundles, specifically a Mystic Silver PSP-3000 with Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite and a Pearl White PSP with Petz: My Puppy Family and Petz: My Baby Hamster.

Press Release: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE)’s rainbow of PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) colours just keeps on growing – and everyone will have a favourite colour.

This year sees the introduction of PSP-3000 models in new colours, Vibrant Blue, Mystic Silver, Pearl White and Radiant Red (to add to the Piano Black model) – and many of the new colours are packed with top games and must-have accessories that mean that consumers can start enjoying a world of entertainment straight out of the box. Now, new additions to the range of packs have been announced. Here’s what’s on offer:

Mystic Silver PSP-3000 with Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite

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Mystic Silver & Pearl White PSP-3000 Bundles Announced

Mystic Silver & Pearl White PSP-3000 Bundles Announced

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If you've been waiting on a PlayStation 3 purchase, it's likely that all you need is the proper incentive. And if you don't want to wait for that price drop any longer, perhaps a nice movie/game bundle will make you take the plunge.

To quote: The new bundle is set to include an 80GB PlayStation 3 console, along with Terminator Salvation, due for release tomorrow, Friday 12th June 2009, and a copy of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on Blu-ray.

The bundle will launch on June 26th, 2009, with a Recommended Retail Price of £309.99.

This latest bundle offer joins a long line of pre-packaged PS3 hardware and software, and will no doubt help to raise the profile of the system on UK shop shelves, but that long-awaited price-drop is still top of many gamers’ lists.


New PlayStation 3 80GB Terminator Salvation Bundle Revealed

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While the much anticipated price drop announcement never actually came to fruition at this year's E3, PlayStation 3 holdouts still might want to keep watch for a new bundle arriving at their local Walmart sometime this year.

To quote: According to photos (via Joystiq) taken by a tipster working at the mega-retailer, you'll soon be able to pick up the 80GB model of the PS3, plus MLB 09 The Show and Quantum of Solace on Blu-ray for just $399.99 - the standard price for the console on its own.

There's no official word on the bundle from Sony at this point, and it's also unclear whether or not it's being planned for multiple retailers or as a Walmart exclusive.

The photos appear legit, though, and let's hope so; Quantum of Solace and MLB 09 would certainly put to shame the Talladega Nights Blu-ray pack-in that early PS3 adopters wer... More »  


New MLB 09: The Show & Quantum of Solace Blu-ray PS3 Bundle?

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