I am not sure what all the "value" crap Sony fanboys here is sprouting.
Let see some retail pricing of Sony products
Sony PSP Memory Stick Pro-duo 2GB $49.99 (suddenly 20GB for $99.99 doesn't seems so bad in comparison)
Sony PSP Battery Pack $39.99
Sony Dual-shock3 $54.99
Sony PS3 HDMI cable + USB $79.99
This is how company make up for the lost on their console. Every company does it. It also give incentive to retailers to sell console so they can reap profit by "up-selling" the accessories.
I am not defending Microsoft pricing because I agree that $179.99 for 120gb HDD unit is utter rip-off but please lay off this Microsoft is corporate evil. How much did PS2 HDD unit cost last gen? This generation Sony went with internal replaceable HDD (bless their designers for that), but if they didn't and used external unit do you think Sony would have price it any less than Microsoft?
