It takes all my strength not to use the George Foreman PS3 picture with every PS3 article... Let the failed promises, lies, and backpedaling begin! Sony of Europe has announced that they will be releasing a 40 gig version of the Playstation 3 for what equates to 399 USD. This seems to be the best move Sony can make this generation. Well, it may seem like it. With Sony there is always a catch and this is a mighty one they should put up on their wall and exaggerate to relatives about: it will have zero backwards comparability. Lets think back to 2006. The Sony Playstation 3 was just a little disappointing sparkle in the eyes of Sony and they had all the promises in the world to make. That is when Phil Harrison stated: “Backwards compatibility, as you know from PlayStation One and PlayStation 2, is a core value of what we believe we should offer. And access to the library of content people have created, bought for themselves, and accumulated over the years is necessary to create a format. PlayStation is a format meaning that it transcends many devices -- PSOne, PS2 and now PS3." This new SKU is also now rumored for America with a supposed release date early November. This unit will also have two USB ports, four less then the 60 gig unit. This wouldn’t be an issue if not for the blue tooth problems companies are having with the system. Both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III will need to use little connections (called “dongles”) for their connection. Not done with me yet! So what is the deal? Will Sony say “shove it” to anyone who requires their system to use USB connections and consumers who want backwards compatibility? A new PS2 goes for about $100 dollars so there is no way that it costs them that much to shove some extra hardware into their system to make it play old games.