The PS3 slim has been rumored for quite some time. But now it is confirmed that there will be an actual PS3 Slim.

Kmart, Best Buy, Gamestop, and other websites have made live web pages that allow you to pre order the upcoming PS3 Slim. The availability date is not known exactly at this moment. It is known that it will be released before September 1st, but Gamestop has changed their date numerous times for when the pre-orders will ship. They first had it as the 26th, then the 25th, and Best Buy shows the 24th.

The PS3 Slim will have a 120GB hard drive, 2 USB ports, will bitstream Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio direct to your receiver (something the old one does not have), and unfortunantly no backwards compatibility with PS2 games just yet.

The new price point of the console will be $299 for both the old PS3 and the new slimer model.