Isaiah's Tech

Sony has announced two new PS3 models that they'll be releasing in Europe and North America (soon to be worldwide). The base model will sport a 160GB HDD and will cost €299 in Europe and $300 in North
America. This will be the new smallest model (capacity-wise) - up from 120GB; this is actually shipping right now so you can go and pick it up whenever you're ready.

Sony went on to announce a new 320GB bundle which comes with Sports Champion (the game), a PlayStation Move controller, a PlayStation Eye, and a demo disc. It'll cost €349 in Europe and $400 in North America; this will be available on September 15th in Europe and September 19th in North America.

[Joystiq]

We've seen Sony PS3's motion sensing controller before, but we now have the official word. Kaz Hirai has just confirmed that the motion-sensing controller will be coming in Sprint 2010. The controller will be called "The Magic Wand." We don't know exactly when it'll be available and we also don't know the price.

[PS3 Blog]

Due to the Nintendo Wii's success with their motion-sensing controller, Microsoft announced their full-body motion sensing unit yesterday. Now Sony is also stepping into the same battlefield with their announcement of their own motion-sensing controller. "The prototype looks like a wand with a color-changing ball on top. It's designed to work in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye, with the wand overlaid on-screen with a weapon or tool." Sony also announced that this controller is targeted for a Spring 2010 launch, but they revealed no pricing on the controller.

This is a dislike for me. Huge, huge dislike. Motion-sensing controllers are just not my thing, too kiddish.

[Engadget]