There was a price drop announced at GDC...
"Sony Cuts PS3
from $10,250 to $2,000
The debugging Reference Tool, that is. Yeah, $10,250 mazuma for one of those bad boys. Not to be confused with the debug units we in the press use to access non-retail review discs, these things look like brick houses (see pic at top) or the sidewise desktops we used to prop our CRTs on. The new ones apparently look just like regular PS3s."
http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/...alks-pc-rules/