Rumor Control: PlayStation 3 @ $299!?

[MuGen]

EDIT: As you know this thread had misleading info about PlayStation 3 going up for $299. But I was enlightened today when I visited my friend again. He had been putting out a sign up list so that you can be notified when the PS3 would go up for pre-orders. He told me that PlayStation 3 pre-orders begin sometime in mid-January, bringing to mind whether or not it will be releasing Spring or Summer. In either case, the rumor of it releasing world-wide is still undecided.

The rumor of the PS3's price. My friend confirmed.. The $299 price he saw was in fact for a PS3 HDD which was "400GB HDD 2.5" PlayStation 3."

When he checked the list again the PlayStation 3 had this

"Sony PlayStation 3 Console - TBD [$349-$499]"

That rumor ? Bogus... however we do have a price range from $350 to $500.... ehhh...