Ahahahaha....... Its funny cause I know people that do that

I fully believe it's going to be in that range. I also believe that an unreasonable amount of the units shipped in the first six months will be broken in some way, as seems to happen with every console. This, combined with the popularity of consoles with low-income housing, leads me to believe that Nintendo is going to be more popular than previously thought. They aren't doing HD support, which was thought to be a mistake. Given the amount of money Sony and Microsoft have to spend making the systems, however, (to say nothing of the amount of money spent making games that can take advantage of their specs) leads me to conclude that a significant portion of the console audience is going to be dropped by those companies. That's at least $600 in addition to an HDTV to properly display your new awesome graphics. If you don't have that, the games I've seen look really odd.

Nintendo, by comparison, is simplifying. What remains to be seen is whether or not anyone wants to develop games that will be playable on their new controller.

hahaha....it's even funnier when you realize gamestop employees don't get discounts on systems! :

So, a box that might become obsolete and sells for ~$600 - $750USD is going to compete for my leisure time with:

* a $15 CD
* a $12 book
* a $10 movie ($5 for a rental)
* nearly free TV or Internet
* free face-to-face time with friends or family
* free hiking, free time outdoors, free (etc.)

I don't see the draw. What am I supposedly getting for the small fortune I'm being asked to invest?

You need a computer and intenet connection for internet, so that's nowhere near free. You probably have broadband, which is a fair amount per month. You need TV and cable (almost certainly cable if not satellite) for TV. New books are almost always $24.95 minimum. Any time you do anything with your family, it's not going to be free. Gas for your car, money for dinners out, etc., all of this adds up. A game system is similarly investing your money in something that will provide you hours of entertainment.

It's still too high a price, though.

Dear Sony,

I officially hate you. I was waiting for the PS3 so I could buy a new PS2 really cheap because everyone would be getting rid of them for the new hardware. Since you can't grasp that people aren't going to spend bazillions on your new hardware, you've screwed me.

Fuck you and hug a dick. Kthxbye.

fuck sony. fuck them in the ass. ill stick with my ps1 still. or my snes and genesis for that matter.

http://ps3today.com/
Update: Fornay's comments are not an indication of PS3 pricing - Sony

[Edited on Apr 06, 2006 3:35PM]

i find it ever more amusing that sony are so fucking stupid they're going to turn their dominance of one market into a cluster-fucking failure in 2 because of greed overrunning all sensible business practices.

Haha. Oops!

So that's about £400 to us lot in the UK.

You've got to be kidding me. Blu-Ray can go suck cock as well.

I'm just gonna sit here and wait until the Nintendo Revolution is realised, and jam a cactus up Sony's arse while I'm at it.

exactly. i'll say it again, there's no way.

they have lost the plot! its a toy. nothing more. you just cant charge that for a toy. any one remember the neo geo? yea it kicked arse but people didnt pay it then, and i cant see them paying it now.

the return of NINTNDO in here

3DOh my Lord