Scan: 40 GB PS3 “will be replaced” this August

A scan that supposedly came from Wal-mart has been posted over at Joystiq and it contains an interesting listing. According to the scan, the 40GB PlayStation 3 “will be replaced” early next month. It’s uncertain what will take its place, but you can take a guess and post your comments in the full article after you see the image and read the details.

 

A scan of a Wal-Mart spreadsheet has recently been posted by Joystiq. What’s interesting about this one is that it shows the 40GB PlayStation 3 being listed as “will be replaced” in early  August of this year.

The spreadsheet was supposedly sent in by a Joystiq source who has tipped them off in the past. The origin of it, though, was never revealed.

While it’s possible that a new SKU is in the works, this could also simply turn out to be something less drastic. The addition of the DualShock 3 as the staple controller or discreet changes in the hardware are also possibilities.

However, if the 40GB model does end up going down, it will be the third killed off following the 20GB and the 60GB versions. However, that seems unlikely because sales of the 40GB have been doing relatively better than those of its predecessors. Perhaps E3 of 2008 holds some answers.

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Via Joystiq