Expect an announcement at the upcoming E3 convention on a price drop to $499 for the PS3.
Circuit Cities ad for the week of 7/15-7/21 advertises the drop as a "price break", which has always been permanent in the past. Therefore it is all but confirmed that an official PS3 price drop will occur within the next 2 weeks.
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