Reply #79: First of all, it is a video game SYSTEM, not a video game.

[jsamuel]

2. People spend $3000 every day just to buy computers that they just end up playing solitaire on anyway. (and maybe some use of Word)
3. This system is high-tech as it displays in 1080p (full-hd) and is a BlueRay player for movies.
4. A blueray player in Bestbuy is now 1000 dollars.
5. The cheap version of the PS3 is 500, but is still a blueray player.
6. Do you begrudge a young man his 600 dollars to entertain himself for a large amount of time during the year?
7. How much does the average American spend on cable/satellite every year? (Probably way more than 600 dollars)
8. Can you sell that cable/satellite for anything when you are done using it?
10. When the PS2 came out in 2000ish, it was 300 dollars and still costs 150 today at stores. So it has better depreciation than many cars.
11. People pay 5000 dollars just to upgrade to a DVD player in their cars that they can't watch while driving.
12. Just because you don't find something enjoyable doesn't mean that people who do are demented. You don't have to lash out for feeling left out.