People who bought a PS3 recently might be feeling kind of burned by Sony, as they just missed the opportunity to get the compact PS3 Slim. As a result, it's understandable that some might be feeling buyers' remorse and are looking to return their recent purchases in order to wait for the better deal. Rumors have surfaced that Best Buy is offering a free game to anyone looking to do this, presumably in order to keep the older ones from being returned to store shelves.

The picture above is from an anonymous tipster who contacted Joystiq; apparently Best Buy sent out an internal memo to employees explaining that they should offer a free copy of either inFamous, Killzone 2, or MLB 09 to anyone trying to return a recently-purchased PS3 in order to take advantage of the PS3 Slim's reduced pricetag. According to Joystiq, "the memo also states that there is no official "street date" for the system, so it could be out on the shelf already." According to Kotaku, this rumor has been confirmed by numerous Best Buy employees at different stores.

At the moment, the 80 GB PS3 is going for the same amount as the 120 GB PS3, so it's certainly understandable that gamers would want to exchange the former for the latter due to the larger hard drive and smaller size. Whether or not a free game will be enough to convince them to keep the unit remains to be seen, but at least Best Buy is offering some great titles to choose from.