Further $399 PS3 Evidence from Target Scanners

A listing for the rumored $399 40GB backward incompatible PlayStation 3 SKU has appeared in Target store scanners, according to images from Gaming Bits. The news comes after documents that surfaced earlier this month from fellow retailer Best Buy referencing the $399 model as retailing on October 28. The new baseline 40GB models have already been announced for Europe, Japan, and Australia. All the 40GB models announced thus far lack backward compatibility, have only two USB ports as opposed to four, and don't have any of the flash memory card slots of previous models. The North American model is rumored to be bundled with a Blu-ray disc of Spider-Man 3, which retails October 30. The announcement of the 40GB model in Europe was coupled with a price drop for the 60GB version in those territories, so it's possible the announcement of the 40GB SKU for North America will be paired with a price cut on existing models as well.