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[Bodhesatva]

I don't think anyone is arguing that PCs are less expensive than the PS3, even if you assemble them yourself (which I also do).

I think it's odd that PS3 owners are saying: "Yes, but the PC is more expensive!" even though you could factor in additional utility (word processors, 3d rendering software, music burning, etc), when that is precisely the same argument that Wii owners can cast at PS3 owners. Does the PS3 look better than the Wii? Yes, but it's twice as expensive! Although you could factor in the additional utility for the PS3 (music, photo, video player) as well.

Here's the deal (and this gets right back in to a thread that annoyed me earlier):

If PS3 owners continue to point out that high end PCs are more expensive than the PS3, I will point out that the Wii is less expensive than the PS3. Your complaint can be thrown right back in yourface.

If PS3 owners continue to point out that the PS3 has better graphics than the Wii, I will point out that the PC has better graphics than the PS3. Again, your complaint can be thrown right back in your face.

How about instead of using these trollish arguments, we simply agree that everyone can have their cup of tea? That everyone has a place on the spectrum that is right for them? If that place is the PS3 for you, great! But please stop arguing that the PS3 is the least expensive, or that it has the best graphics, or that it's library of games is the largest. None of those are true.

However, if the graphics are just right for you (how much are you willing to pay) and if you feel the games on the PS3 are best, also great! Buy that system. If you want to argue that the PS3 is, in your opinion, the best, use these arguments instead.

I know I annoyed you in that earlier thread, Akuma, and while I apologize for that, this has really been getting on my nerves for some time. Whenever I bring up my interest in PC graphics, PS3 owners will say: "sure the graphics are better, but it costs so much more!" and then when I say I enjoy the Wii, I hear: "sure it costs a lot less, but the graphics are so much lower!"