Following the news of a PS2 price cut earlier this week, a number of analysts believed that it would be followed by an announcement of a PS3 price cut. Instead, according to GameZine, Sony has announced a bizarre PS3 bundle, which will roll out shortly in North America and will include a PSTWO slim for a RRP of $419.99, $20 more than the price of a PlayStation 3.

The deal will apparently be available in North America this summer, but currently it hasn't been confirmed whether it will hit Europe.

"Just as PlayStation 2 is delivering on a 10-year lifecycle and helped expand and solidify the DVD format for home entertainment along the way, we believe PlayStation 3 offers the same promise by helping secure the Blu-ray format and delivering unprecedented value as the total home entertainment solution for the next decade," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO of SCEA.

"For this reason we will be selling both consoles in one exclusive package for only $419.99. This will allow buyers to enjoy the 1,900 titles available for the PlayStation 2, whilst also taking advantage of the PlayStation 3's growing library."

Wait a second though, there's a few April Fool's going around, and as we can't see any official source for the news we'd guess this is a joke, right?

Source :: Gamezine