Thanks to engadget, we have a couple of Best Buy documents showing a $399 Playstation 3 with 40GB hardrive and Spiderman 3 (yes, Blu-ray) bundle with an "In Stock Date" of October 28. However, the more important "Street Date" field is unfortunately empty at the moment. While the docs look legit and don't seem to be Photoshopped, they can still be faked easily enough. So we did a quick lookup on the UPC code and sure enough, while the details are masked, the manufacturer is listed as "Sony Computer Entertainment of America." Unfortunately, we don't see the new model CECH01 listed anywhere in the docs. As such, let's be clear his ain't official. Still, we'll be paying close attention on OCTOBER 12TH we suspect.
