At a press conference in Los Angeles today, SONY unveiled a lot of details regarding the launch and pricing of the PS3.

Highlights:
- Playstation 3 will be introduced on November 11 in Japan and November 17 in USA.

- It will come in two flavours a 20GB version ($499) and a 60GB version ($599), but in the more expensive version you will also get a HDMI-connection, a card reader and Wi-Fi.

- The PS3 will come with a “ground breaking” hand control which lack force feedback, but instead gives you motion sensors to track how you physically move the control.

More PS3 information here:
Engadget & Joystiq’s live coverage of Sony’s PlayStation 3 E3 event [Engadget]
Hands-on with the final PS3 controller [Gamespot]
Notes from the press conference [Gamespot]

…and if you want to get really in-depth: e3buzz.com