While at their Gamescom press conference, SONY announced that they are dropping the price of the current PS3 to $299 and also announced the long-fabled PS3 Slim to be released in the first week of September with a 120GB HDD also for $299.

The new PS3 Slim will feature the previously-mentioned 120GB drive as well as a Blu-Ray player and the rest of the PS3’s functionality, albeit in a smaller form-factor (about 33 percent smaller).