How much would you pay for a PS3? Owners, nonowners

[BMaker11]

jefforange89 said:

BMaker11 said:
For everything that's packed into a PS3, everyone saying that they'd only buy one for under $300 are being a little irrational...at least with the cost of production the way it is now.

It's like me saying, "I would only pay $200 for a PC rig that could run Crysis on all maximum settings and also has a 2TB HDD"

Yes, but not everyone cares about all the frills.  Some people just want to play video games on a console, not watch movies, download movies, do this, do that, and so on, so "everything that's packed into" it just doesn't matter to some people.

 

If I wanted a Blu-ray player, I'd buy a Blu-ray player.

If I wanted to watch a DVD, I'd put it in my DVD player.

If I wanted to surf the web, I'd use my laptop.

 

I don't need a video games console to do these things.  I just need it to play the games I want.

That's the thing though. That's what the PS3 is made for. We may all know that as a brand, Playstation is for video games, but don't act like that's the sole purpose. Even the PS2 had a DVD player, and served as the only DVD player many millions of people had. You personally may not want all those features...but you have to realize that they ARE there, and they don't come cheap