It's official PS3 price drop and new model

[Tuffgong4]

Well it looks like in the US it might not be a permanent price drop after all. One of the top Sony guys in Europe explains the price drop as a way to clear out stock and once it's gone the only console in the US will be the 80 GB for 599, so this might not last at 499.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8039

Could be a marketing trick to make Microsoft rethink their price drop or could be the truth...I don't think the employees of Sony talk to each other...might be a rule.