Am I the only one who doesnt care about Microsoft?

[MikeB]

@ mrstickball

Microsoft brought HDDs to consoles on a major scale by being the first company to incorporate HDD into their system(s) 6 years ago.

You can upgrade an Amiga CD32 games console from the early 90s with an internal harddrive, internet, more RAM and better CPU through an internal expansion board, printer, etc, etc if you wished to add this. IMO not really an example of true innovation. IMO it was a bad mistake for Microsoft to not include a harddrive for the XBox 360 by default. In am sure this affected games development for the premium and even indirectly for the PS3 as many games are being ported.

And now they have $599.95, trying evenmoreso than MS and Nintendo to overcharge consumers for needless features - something MS and Nintendo are guilty of.

It can be argued if anyone needs games consoles at all, they are considered to be luxury devices. Personally I am very happy with the additional PS3 features like HDMI 1.3, 7.1 surround audio, Blu-Ray movies (/additional storage capacity for games), Other OS support, etc. Setting such high standards makes me believe it's a relatively future proof games console. With regard to overpricing, AFAIK Sony is making a loss on the PS3, so IMO it's actually underpriced while offering high specs.

Note that without some of these additional features I wouldn't even have bought a games console for my home at all, for example I owned non of the consoles from the previous generation. So opinions differ, one product may be more suitable for you, but that doesn't mean another console may be more appealing to others.