Quote Originally Posted by LunarWeaver
I read a game analyst's take on it on Gamespot once, and she said something to the extent of "Sony is saying their system is the most powerful and has the most features, so it's the best and worth the money. But that's like saying a Porsche performs better than your car so you should go buy one. That doesn't change the fact you can't afford it." I think that's pretty true...The Ps3 will probably have lots of nice features...but in the end, the Wii will cost less and give me pretty much the same thing: games.
There's another big factor to consider there, and that's "am I going to seriously make use of this?" I'm personally undecided on the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray debate, and I don't even own an HD-TV so the HDMI out (which costs an arm and a leg for being just a cable) isn't even something I could make use of. Now, Sony's track record for introducing formats is less than stellar, so there's really no guarantee that Blu-Ray will be succesful. If it is succesful it's still not worth the price to me personally since, as I said, I'm still undecided. Personally I'd like to own an Xbox 360 AND a PS3, but for their asking prices, that's completely out of the question. $600 is definitely a lot of money if you're paying rent. For a lot of people in the city I live in, that's a full month's rent. Meaning you'll be paying that every month on top of taxes, gas, food, clothing, utilities, and other basic amenities. Hmmm, let's see... PS3, or rent... PS3 or CONTINUE TO LIVE IN MY HOUSE... New system which will be full of bugs and not have any interesting titles for at least 6 months (probably more), or SHELTER... Yeah, I think I'm gonna pick housing on that one...