I really don't think the price for the PS3 is all that ridiculous, considering what you get for it.

You guys do know that the 360's price, at launch, was about $399, right?
Their new HD-DVD player peripheral is selling for $199. That's $600, right there, and you still wouldn't be getting all of the features (not to mention future performance potential) of the PS3. True, Sony completely screwed itself, as far as the market is concerned, but how many of us gamers really give a shit about how a system does in Sales? What matters (to me) is how well a system performs, at its full potential. People seem to forget that the 360 has been out for a year and the in-game performance of the PS3 is already comparable.

I think Sony's biggest problem is trying to get the PS3 to replace the home entertainment system (which, in turn, is responsible for the hefty price tag). They should give us just the Game System that it's supposed to be, and let everything else be optional.

Panasonic tried to do the same thing with the 3DO by coupling superior graphics with a whole bunch of other shit, trying to be the new innovation in home entertainment of various media. A great idea, in theory, but a game system (to the minds of the people) is still, basically, a game system. Trying to influence everyone into accepting it as more and, consequently, jacking up the price to reflect it's potential, is just not what most of us are ready for.

Oh. And yeah. Both the 360 and Wii are cool, in their own right. (Wii's interactivity is awesome, and a concept WAAY overdue, in videogames. Not much of a fan of the childish target audience of most Nintendo games, though. And I give 360 props for being the first to kick off the console wars - pardoning their systems' crashing upon launch) I just hate to see people pissing all over the PS3 without giving it a fair chance to see what it's capable of, simply because they aren't willing to pay that much for it. Because, honestly, aside from the price tag, what is there to really complain about, so far?

Hmmm....we need an official Console Wars thread, or something. Heh.