No amount of spin can make 499,- a good price. And no, I'm not going to get a second job.

Lol. Everyone points out kowe is doing something wrong and he feels offended?

Ok, it is not "PS3 expensive"; but it is still expensive.

Let's wait and see how Sony will price PS4.

I used to agree with you then someone pointed out that wages haven't increased, so it's still the same x% of people's income. That's been brought up here and you haven't addressed it?

I paid 550$ for my ps3 in 2007, poor people heuheuheuheuheu

YAWN....
were we in a global recession on 2007?

gook luck with that price buddy

Point? Gaming itself is all about throwing your money away.

Live haz free gamez now

love the damage control, throwing in Live fees per year to make up for it.

For 14 months until they decide if they want to keep it that way. The first month isn't looking so good.

That price is hilarious for the UK. Living standards have dropped, less disposable income than in 2007.

£429 now is more to a lot of families than £425 was when the PS3 launched, and people refused to pay that for it back then, even with a Blu-ray drive in it (the average Blu-ray player back then was almost as much as the PS3 so it had a 2 pronged appeal too and was the best Blu-ray player on the market)

If Sony coming from their dominance with the PS2 couldn't convince people to shell out £425... how MS think they'll convince people to shell at £429 I'll never know.

For the record, if Sony float a similar retail price, it'll be the first time in a while I've picked up no console at launch. It'd also give Nintendo a big boon if they deliver the goods in Q4 as people really will think twice before buying a system at that price.