Playstation Lifestyle caught wind of Amazon.com skyrocketing sales of the PS3 Slim.

One of the reasons I had been hesitant about Blu-Ray is that I believe it was Sony’s intention to win the hi-def war at the expense of their gaming division. The Playstation lost its mantle as top dog in the console war after so much success with the Playstation and PS2. I was unnerved at the decision to cram a blu-ray player into the young machine raising the price to a staggering $600 price tag.

All to beat the HD-DVD. Sony won the HD platform, but the once great Playstation languished behind the graphically inferior Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. Blu-Ray had essentially made the PS3 inaccessible to the majority of gamers with access to much more affordable options.

But now the grand plan is revealed to me and the floodgates have been opened. Amazon’s stock of PS3 Slims quickly sold and shipped and now has a 1-2 month waiting period for new to arrive. In their video game department, the Slim is now their #1 bestseller. Economy be damned, people just needed that $300 sweetspot to jump into gorgeous PS3 graphics and BD playability. As a fervent Sony supporter, despite my trepidation, I can finally start feeling confidence in my hometeam of Playstation once again.