Good news, good news: Turns out that leaked GameStop memo about the new PS3 was real, but it was also wrong.
https://lastchance.cc/is-sony-quietly-removing-a-ps3-feature-5820540%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The change appears to be driven by the AACS Final Adopter Agreement that limits how a Blu-ray signal can get to a television.
Early this morning Playstation confirmed that the new model is headed to stores, but noted that it won’t impact a gamer’s ability to play games in HD through a component cable.
Why did GameStop send out a memo to employees telling them to notify customers that HDMI would be required for HD gameplay on the new models?
It was a mistake, apparently, one Gamestop is now correcting.
