I agree with what people have said about the price of the console. As a PS3 owner, I know that if you want to use all the features (BD, games, etc.), it is definitely the best value for the money console to buy. However, most people see it as a game system only and see $600 = lots of money no matter how you try to spin it. As for the Japanese, PHYSICAL SIZE of the console is a VERY LARGE FACTOR. Many of the Japanese I talk to are much more concerned about the size of the console than the price, because of the lack of room in their living spaces. Also, smaller is cooler. The Wii very well satisfies this need. Hopefully, Sony will make a smaller console when they adopt the 65 nm process in their chips. They very well could because alot of the size is the very large heatsink. Overall, the hate for the console is more exaggerated on the Internet than it is in real life. Most general people I talk to want a Wii for right now, but will be interested in a PS3 when the price and game situation gets better and when they get an HDTV. I'm sure the PS3 will be a better price when FFXIII comes out. It will probably be Late 2008 for Japan, Mid 2009 for US, and for Europe - you all know how that goes.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
