CNN On The $500 PS3

Chris Morris reports in CNN's Game Over column that analysts have pegged the price point for the PS3 at $500. Despite the high price, you're getting a lot of tech for your buck. From the article: "The strongest argument behind the $499 price point is the PS3's inclusion of a Blu-Ray drive. This bleeding edge technology will give Sony significant bragging rights, but it comes at a cost. Pioneer last week at the Consumer Electronics Show unveiled a standalone Blu-Ray player for $1,800. Obviously, Pioneer's earning some profit there - and Sony will almost certainly subsidize the cost of the drives, but you're still looking at an expensive bit of hardware. The PS3 will also feature other pricey items, such as a hard drive, the Cell processor and a new graphics chip from nVidia."

Comments

What a bargain!

[knight37]

$500!! What a bargain!! For a console that can not only play games on twin 1080p displays at 200fps, but can also be used to grill tasty steaks!

Back to the past

[voice_of_all_reason]

Aw, hell, pretty soon all I'll be able to afford for fun will be a stick and a metal hoop

Re:Back to the past

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

Why do the ball-in-a-cup fanboys have to post this same advertising drivel every time there's an article about video games? Nobody's buying your product anyway. And stick-in-a-hoop has much more processing power and you know it.

Re:This sucks

[ClamIAm]

I dont want a lot of tech for $500, I just want something that plays games that is affordable.

Exactly. Like, when people go to buy a car, they aren't like "does it have the capabilities of a tractor, emu farm and drum set too? Because it's dumb otherwise." But people love to talk about how they can download movie trailers on their 360s. WTF.