Europeans will quickly forget about this news when the software emulation updates start steamrolling.

What are these guys talking about? Did I miss the news that said the $499 PS3 is now shipping without the promised 20GB hard drive? Andrew Park | Senior Editor "the base price of the PS3 is $499 without the hard drive" Sarju Shah | Associate Hardware Editor: "The PlayStation 3 is already set at an exorbitantly high $500 (and $600 for the package with the hard drive)"