Sony’s 10 year plan is really taking shape – after seven months on sale in Europe, release a low-spec, cut-down, cheaper model to avert a total sales disaster. No doubt this course of action was planned out in Tokyo, back in 2004, as part of Sony’s amazing Ten Year Third Reich of gaming.

Un-be-freaking-lievable. This just makes launch day buyers look even more monumentally fuckwitted. Bend over, PS3 owners, you’ve officially been shafted.

PS3 40GB PIKEY PACK

That’s just over 300 quid. Cheaper, but don’t forget to set another 30 quid aside so you can buy a rumbling controller in 2008. Truly despicable.