New 120GB PS3 Available in Canada...in August?

By Paul Hunter

When the new, streamlined 120GB PS3 was announced last Wednesday we were told via an official press release from Sony that the system will become available in stores on September 1, 2009, in North America.

Days later there were reports that GameStop in the U.S. would be shipping the new PS3s as early as August 25, a full week earlier than expected.

Kotaku did some investigation and according to Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold, "Sept 1st isn't an official street date," and stated that most retailers would have the consoles by the official street date of September 1.

Well, that's the U.S., so what about here in Canada?

On the RedFlagDeals forum there's a hot post which quotes the estimated release date as "August 26, 2009" for Best Buy Canada and Future Shop. Checking their individual websites, it does look like that's when the retailers are expecting the ship the systems.

Should these dates prove true it looks like Canadians might also have the luxury of getting their hands on the streamlined 120GB PS3 before September.

Street dates are so passe anyway.