UPDATED: Sony Cuts 80GB PS3 Price & Backwards Compatiblity Comments

Or you could just buy a 40 gig version and upgrade the hard drive to a 320 gig one for an extra £100 :-)

Gordon, you are possibly my favourite journo on TR, but please - this goes for everyone - stop it with the bleeding heart "we have to pay so much more then the rest of the world" on all your articles. Spare a thought for your international readers who get shafted far more then you guys.
I wouldn't be antipodean if I didn't accuse you of -ahem- whinging.

So Europe's being screwed on pricing again... And we won't see the video store on PSN until 2009. Sony, shame on you!

Haha fair enough. Just be sure to addend that addendum for those of us in the South Eastern states of Australia - like NZ ;-)

I've started looking at these price hikes as an 'I-don't-live-in-America' Tax... It makes them a lot more bearable... I'm almost happy to pay more...

Now, now - 66 - Gordon - children : let's belittle one Western superpower at a time. I think Cub's closest to which one that is, but frankly the words 'I-don't-live-in-America' Tax' are somewhat ambiguous. Maybe he's referring to how much a PS3 costs in MugabeLand. And if not, it's certainly worth pondering.

well i've just bought a new ps3 80gb as I wanted to start off a Blu-Ray collection (just got a new panasonic th42pz81b) :-) anyway for anyone in the UK I found a great site which shows you the cheapest price and who has stock: www.playstation380gb.co.uk might be of use to anyone in the UK. My only slight concern now is that sony have just announced a 160gb ps3!