Yeah, if you're going to spend that money on something, at least make it as worth it as possible.

As for the features and pricing...

Wow, no wifi, chrome or card readers, meh. The only thing worth noting is the lack of card slots, past that, nothing. The core 360 was missing farm more features compared to the premium.

No wi-fi is pretty lame, but regardless the type of people willing to spend that much money on a system are willing to spend a little more to get everything out of it. Yea the core x-box has no hard drive and all that but people buy it because it's 300 bucks and worth the money since the system has good games and is somewhat affordable. While the ps3 just came out and has no good games so owning the thing is a luxury, if you're going to buy one be kind of dumb not to get the full set up since you're still paying too much no matter what you do.

Still no way I'd buy one for that price, ::shrugs:: I think Sony has come to the obvious conclusion the only people who will buy their system as of right now are fan boys and people with far too much money to throw away. Things may change in the future, but at the moment Sony is just trying to get as much money out of the core fan base who want the system as possible. They could have charged a 1000 bucks a system and fan boys would still buy it I'm sure. When the price goes down two hundred bucks and the system has good exclusive games things may pick up but as of right now the system is a luxury and nothing more.

That's not hypocrisy. You can accept reality without liking it. A hypocrite is someone who acts in contradiction of the virtues they try to project; like saying "meat is murder" then going out and enjoying a steak dinner. Generally, it means being self-righteous.

Just because someone thinks the price tag is ridiculous, doesn't mean they don't still want it bad enough, so there's no contradiction. Don't get me wrong; I think it's stupid to keep bitching about the price tag even though you're buying it anyway, but hypocrisy, it ain't.

Yeah, but most said they would never pay for the $600 version. Me, I can afford it after 4 months of work, 3 if there is a price drop.

Four months of work to buy one system? Okay... doesn't that sound very very wrong? Why buy it now anyway? What big system sellers are out? Resistance? uhmm.... virtua fighter 5? Wait that's not exclusive, devil may cry 4 just lost exclusive, metal gear solid will probably lose exclusive (and most likely metal gear will even be on the wii, why would solid snake be in the new smash brothers if konami had no interest in putting metal gear on the wii?). Heavenly sword is published by sony so that will stay on the system but what else is it worth buying for? Heck even square enix might take final fantasy off the ps3, so what's the point? Do you really like the home feature? Do you really like blue-ray? Do you want to download ps 1 games?

It's one thing to like a system but to buy a ps3 now? Even in four months what is coming out that makes it worth it? Maybe I'm just ignortant to something that's coming out, because I don't get it.

Im not saying I'll buy it in 4 months, but my paychek would allow me to. Im holding out till Lair at least, and then I'll pick up Res, AC4, and VF5 all at once probably. I dont care if some are multi, Lair sold the system for me.

4 months to make $600? That sounds even more questionable than the PS3 price tag. :p

But I so agree with BitVyper. I don't think any console or computer I've ever bought was worth the price tag, with very few exceptions. Actually, maybe no exceptions. Buying consoles is like choosing a political candidate to vote for. There is no good choice, there's just the least horrible choice. :)

I make $150 a month. And yes, I would agree, consoles are ver worth their prices, till like 4 years later when they are $100 and have huge bargain bins.

Just like I was saying all along.... Life is expensive, Death is free.

But seriously, it is difficult to save money for expensive console systems, then you buy it only to find out they've dropped the price a week later.
That's why I've gone to the bargain bins to flesh out my PS2 collection and waste time until Sony has a feasible price for their new system and/or have a game lineup that justifies such a large expenditure.