I think you have a good point but could have said it better, it would have been clearer if you put in a chart and put the add-ons on there. We all know that for the initial price you get more for the PS3 but I think the point of this thread was to see which one would cost you more in the long run, if you want to do everything your system is possible of doing then your point seems more vaild. Like PS3 comes with blueray, the 360 and the Wii have no HD-DVD format for the initial price, so in that case PS3 wins but for the gamer who doesn't care about that, the Wii/360 may seem better because in the future they will be able to add it if they want it (oh course for the Wii you need to just buy a HD-DVD or Blueray player). Just saying 400 up front and 200 when/if i want it sounds better than 600 upfront. And I can't relax at work lol.......