I bought my PS3 at $399 CDN I felt it was an alright price. I hope the PS3 games are cheaper though. Used game for PS3 in my local EB always cost more than the X360 counter part. For example R6 Vegas 2 it is about $7 in difference. Same apply to other games until they hit around the $19.99 mark.

Its because more copies of games are floating around for the 360 that they're cheaper. If Sony cut price, sold more unit then yeah it might equal out.



Ha. I also laugh at you, claiming $399 is an alright price. Fool. I slapped down my $699 (CAD) for my PS3 and havn't regretted it even once.

Ah geez... I understand alot of people want a price cut on the PS3, but at the same time, its just alot harder on Sony then it would be on Microsoft. The Xbox 360 could cut its price down and still make the $100 on the wireless, make money on battery packs, or even with a lack of a hard drive. PS3 has all that built into the box which makes it harder to cut the cost down to the 360s level because they wont make that extra money. I wish most people would realize that the 360 really isnt cheaper in the long run. Sure they can pull you in with a cheap price tag, but then afterwards you could be screwed. If the HDD goes out, your paying a big hefty price. So I gotta say, Sony is in a tough position. Maybe they should just roll out with another SKU and gut the current PS3 and place things as add-ons like the 360. I bought my PS3 at $599, and drained my account. But I just really wanted a PS3, point being, if people really want it, they will find a way to get it. (my opinion only)

its not about being cheap, some of us can't afford to spend that much on simple entertainment, its very difficult to say that the ps3 is worth it, and it's not only the cost of the ps3, its the extras that u need to buy like games, which all goes through your head, so your pretty much paying hundreds for a box at that point, so thinking about it like that is extremely off putting.



e.g in nz a 360 is what 300 or 400nzd, my friend spent a total of over a grand for everything that came with it, which is so disturbing -.-



so much to think about...

Ya man some people cant really aford a PS3 and they will do a price cut just NOT RIGHT NOW! Their working out the plans to do a price cut what on megagames.com said. It will take time so be *****ING PATIENT!

I think a price cut will happen alongside the introduction of the Slim.

First I wanna point out that it's not about being expensive, but more about justified. I bought my PS3 a year ago at 400 USD with 40gb hdd. Even though I don't feel the purchase was a waste of money as I've enjoyed my PS3 I regret not getting a 360.



To be honest I made several false assumptions. At first I thought blu-ray movies was gonna be the bomb. It turns out it actually doesn't look that much good from standard DVD, and considering bluray rentals cost 1-2 dollars more, and that there isn't a cheap affordable way to burn bluray movies, it is considered to me a waste.



Now my PS3 comes with a hdd, xbox360 arcade just comes with 256mb internal memory card. But I've just bought 5 games, and have been lent like 4 games, ad their installs have left me with less than around 5gb.



Now as gamer what mostly disappoints me is how the cheaper console has more good games. The PS3 does have a good amount of great games, but the 360 has more. On top of that, some games lag more on PS3, and most games do look better on the 360 than on the PS3. This is probably the most disappointing thing about the PS3.

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When you factor in the 360 costs, it is not at all cheaper. If you wanted to buy the "pro 60gb console", a wi-fi adapter and 2 years live membership it costs more than the PS3 does.



Why do you think that the PS3 has a lack of good games? 'll list the good exclusives PS3 has: Uncharterd 1 and 2, Gran Turismo 5, inFamous, Killzone 2, Metal Gear SOlid 4, Resistance Fall of Man, Resistance 2, MAG, Agent, God of War 3, Motorstorm, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Ratchet and Clank Crack in Time, Wipeout HD and theres heaps more.

The 360 has these good exclusives: Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Fable 2 and Forza 3. The rest of 360 games are on PC. I don't really know why your dissapointed with the games :)