I loved how the MS fanboys liked to mention how the PS3 was 500-600 bucks at launch as if it was a bad thing, while conveniently forgetting that most Blu-ray players at the time were about the same price, if not more. For the same amount, you got a fully-fledged media player! It was just like when PS2 came out and had a DVD player. It launched at like 250-300 bucks, while most DVD players at the time were about that price as well.

In retrospect, looking at this whole console war, I'm surprised PS3 didn't catch up sooner than it did.