PS3 Slim with retailers next week

ShopTo has confirmed to Eurogamer that PS3 Slim consoles will be available to buy well ahead of September.

Boss Igor Cipolletta told us stock will be delivered "middle or late next week", and ShopTo is offering a special pre-order price of £229.99 - 20 quid off.

Confirmation follows reports from the US, where Sony revealed that the 1st September PS3 Slim date announced at gamesom "isn't an official street date". "We expect most retailers to have 120GB PS3s by then," the spokesperson told Kotaku.