Why compare the PS3 to a PC? PC gaming market isn't in very good shape so that doesn't bode well for a multipurpose console like the PS3. PCs also have Windows (or Mac OS for Apple). Linux is a technophile OS and Joe Schmoe isn't going to start using his PS3 as a PC because he can use Linux.
What worked for the PS2 isn't working for the PS3 because it placed the price WAY too high. While the PS2 made DVD players cheap, blu-ray made the PS3 expensive. I don't purchase multipurpose devices as a habit and I've used a PS2 as a dvd player all of 6x only because my DVD player was at college while I was at home (so I would steal my brother's PS2 out of his room).
The last experience I had with one of these things was a home theater receiver with a DVD player that died after 3 months just after the warranty ran out (receiver itself kept working for about 3 years until 2 months ago). And that was an LG, not some offbrand unknown.
To cash in my CC rewards points for $300 in Circuit City gift cards to purchase a 360 or not: That is the question.
