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Cursayer2 said:
$600 for the PS3 is a great deal. Most Blu-ray players are $400~, so you're getting the actual system for only $200. But I can understand people still saying it's too expensive; most don't really use Blu-ray.

 Right, you've identified the problem.  It really depends on how you define a "great deal:" if you simply mean how much money it costs to produce, then obviously the PS3 is a great deal. If a great deal is something that lots of people will buy at the given price, then obviously the PS3 is NOT a great deal.  I tend to believe that "Value" is determined by the customer, not the production cost, so I go with the latter.

Taking your logic to the extremes, you could say that a hybrid Blu-Ray player, Video Game machine, Music Player, and Corvette are a bargain for 69,799 dollars -- when the actual car by itself retails for 69,999. What a deal!