[Beretta55]

The price drop is not permanent; how long it will last I can't say. The new 80GB PS3's will be introduced in August. Once all the 60GB back stock everywhere has been sold they will no longer continue them and will just stick to the 80GB model. So there still could be 60GB PS3's all the way into the holiday season it just depends on how fast they are all bought out nationwide. Even with the price drop PS3's aren't exactly flying off the shelves but because of the price drop this has been the best month for them.

My guess is all the 60GB ones will be sold by this holiday season, since I believe Sony still has a lot of just sitting around. But even if you don't get the 60GB in time, Motorstorm will be given as a free game with the new 80GB model, but unless you like racing games the new model isn't all that exciting.

But I think once the 80GB model comes out Sony will lower its 600 dollar price tag too. The consumer market has shown that they do not approve of the high price and that the hundred dollar price drop reacted well with consumers. Because now that the best version of the 360 is out with the 120GB Xbox Elite for 480$ the extra twenty bucks for a new PS3 isn't that big of a hurdle for someone looking for a next-gen system.

But I still think the lack of an emotion engine is bogus for the new 80GB PS3, because not all of us have the ability to go online and download updates for older games. Because of this way of getting older titles I can't play any Xbox games on my 360 because I have no online access, Nintendo seemed to be the only one this generation that actually gave a crap about backwards compatibility.