For North America:

80gb MGS4 bundle


SCEA has officially announced a new PS3 bundle, which will include an 80GB PS3, Metal Gear Solid 4 and a DUALSHOCK 3 controller for $499 (that's the same cost as the current Motorstorm bundle).

"Working closely with our retail and publishing partners and sharing our hardware and software roadmaps at Destination PlayStation gives us a great opportunity to outline some key milestones for the year. In response to incredible demand, we will be manufacturing more 80GB PS3s for North America and the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 80GB PS3 bundle is an ideal way to offer that continued value to our consumers," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. "With Blu-ray having won the format war, our stellar software line-up and a broad product portfolio, we will continue to drive the incredible momentum we've been generating since last fall."

This confirms our previous reports that the 80GB Motorstorm bundle was being phased out. Good to see that it's being replaced with such an attractive upgrade.

For Europe:
40GB Movie Pack


40GB GT5P Bundle


When we heard about the MGS4 bundles a couple days back, we were wondering if Europe would be getting the same treatment. Apparently, Europe won't be seeing the 80GB MGS4 pack, but instead will be getting two new bundles in it's place.

The first pack is the "movie bundle" set for a March 19 release. It includes three Blu-ray flicks: Spider-man 3, 300, and Casino Royale. The second includes a copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue; this one should hit Euro retailers by March 29. Both bundles are 40GB models (the only ones available in Europe) that come with the regular €399 price tag.

It's pretty sneaky of Sony to introduce a Blu-ray movie pack, especially with HD DVD out of the picture.

Source: http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/28/europe-gets-two-new-bundles-sorry-no-mgs4/

And apparently it's also backwards compatible.

i am going to have to call bullshit on this!! i was a pretty big fan of wes welker after watching a handful of miami games in 2006, but never with my overwhelming, but apparently justified optimism over the guy did i EVER think that he would have the sort of season he had this year and contribute what he did to this team, and i don't realistically see how anybody else could have either. there's no way someone could have looked at this short, scrappy return man/receiver and thought THIS GUY IS GOING TO MAKE THE PATS REALLY SPECIAL. i actually thought it would be a realistic scenario to expect him to have a season with the patriots similar to the season brandon stokley had with the colts in 2004 during Manning's 48TD year.

Since there's no Sports forum, there's really nowhere else to put this but...

Pats beat the Chargers 21-12 in the AFC Championship game to get into the Superbowl.. Unlikely heroes in Maroney and THE CLUTCH VET TE Kevin Faulk makin' it happen

I don't like Tom Brady and I'm not the biggest Patriots fan (Chargers and Vikings are my teams) but I don't understand why people are adverse to them. I mean, I am really excited to see a perfect season + Playoffs come around in my lifetime. I mean it's history and I watch football for 2 things. To see my favorite teams play as frequently as possible and to see other teams do something really impressive. And this is really impressive, regardless of how much people hype this shit, the Patriots winning wasn't easy (there was luck and skill involved) and they are also in the fucking AFC which is a lot better then the NFC.

I am also a Randy Moss fan

To break the momentum of the team is going to be tough, especially with so many veteran NFL players on the team like Seau, Vrable and Maroney