When the Sony PS3 launched way back in November 2006 (March 2007 in the UK), even the harshest of critics couldn't have predicted the hostile greeting it would get. It was a baptism in a fiery nuclear inferno - and it goes without saying that it wasn't exactly the reception Sony was expecting. When Sony finally gave birth to the finished console, it was extremely expensive and frankly, it wasn't a great package. No wonder sales in the early days were so phenomenally poor. However, 18 months since the initial UK launch, the PlayStation 3 is a different beast entirely. A glut of regular firmware updates and a number of new models and price cuts has seen the console improve exponentially while the price has tumbled. And here we are today, the 60GB model has been retired, the 40GB version has come and gone, and so here's the brand new 80GB model.
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