In return, they are going to release a 120GB or 160GB unit for the same price, sans the bundled Spiderman 3 game.

Oh, and that crappy Sixaxis? Gone. The new Playstation will ship with a Dualshock 3 controller.

Add that to the fact that a new white 40GB version will be released in the US soon, and the prospects get a little more exciting.

This news does leave us with a few questions, however - most importantly, will the new unit be backwards compatible? And, does this mean we can anticipate a price drop for the 40GB model?