"imo they should have just used other peoples chips & media formats imo, rather than trying to make their own and monopolise things too much" it's worth noting that no console in recent years has used it's own chips or media formats. and in fact blu-ray is a sony product.

"I WILL NOT BUY A PS3!!!

I refuse to buy one. I love the PS2, but that's the limit. The new ps2 games cost up to $60 and the ps3 are going to cost $100, or somewhere in between there.
I don't have the $500 for the ps3.
I don't have 80 to spend on every game. Or one game for that matter"

all modern consoles have retailed at £300 with games coming in at £40. this was the same since things went into 32 bits and we got 3d. it shouldn't really change.