The PlayStation 3 slim also comes with a Blu-ray player, a free Playstation Network Membership, a Dual Shock 3 controller and a HDMI output for 1080p resolution.
After the 20GB and 40GB, Sony has started phasing out the old 80GB PlayStation 3 and could possibly launch a PlayStation 3 with a hard disk capacity higher than 160GB.
There is already a booming business of 320GB laptop hard disk drives costing well below £50 which can be swapped rather easily with the existing storage drive, within minutes.