Am I the only one who thinks $400 is still expensive?

[ChichiriMuyo]

FishyJoe said:

mike_intellivision said:
One important point -- $400 > $300.

Why do I mention that? Because Sony sold a lot of PS2s (esp. in Japan) by being the least expensive DVD player.

However, since Blu Ray units are already now starting at $300, it can't depend on that same market for the PS3.

Mike from Morgantown

QFT. Sony simply cannot afford to let HD-DVD have players that cost half as much. HD-DVD players will be down to $199 and perhaps even $149 this holiday season. Went to Costco today and the HD-DVD player was sold out at $249. The days of the PS3 being a cheap BR player are over.  

You mean QFL, as in Quoted For Lies.  I may not be the most knowledgeable person when it comes to economics, but I do know for an absolute certainty that I bought a DVD player for under $200 before the PS2 was widely available (just after the Christmas from hell, at my birthday in January).  The PS2 MIGHT have been a relatively cheap DVD player in its early days in Japan, but it never competed with the cheap DVD players in the US by the time it launched.