The howling rumor winds finally ceased today as Sony announced a 250 GB model of the new PS3 Slim.

Due out November 3, the new hunk of plastic is exactly the same as the 120 GB model Sony released in September, just with a larger hard drive.

Sony also announced that over 600 million pieces of digital content have been downloaded from the PlayStation Network to date, so you all must want a larger drive, right?

The extra space however comes at a premium. This new model will run you $350 instead of $299, but with so many games, movies/TV shows, music, photos and PlayStation Network downloads to get after, and only a finite amount of space for them, a larger hard drive is something to consider.

Full story at PlayStation.Blog