I guess that the question about PS3 being overpriced or not depends on how many of its functions you use.
If you play games, watch BR, etc.. then PS3 may be a fair deal, maybe even a good deal.
If you only want to play games I can see why some thinks it is overpriced.

Believe it or not, accepting the believe that "Blu-Ray isn't necessary for gaming" is a lot more than most would admit to on this forum.

Your posts are fine. I agree with most of them. I understand that you are right, when it comes to the value of each electrical part. I was simply questioning the necessity of some of those parts, and why they were included.

I agree with you 100 percent. If you love online gaming, must have a Blu-Ray machine, and refuse to hook up a cable to your console in this day and age, then the PS3 is probably a fair value. 200 dollars for those things isn't necessarily a gouge, when you look at what M$ are charging.

However, I still wouldn't call it a bargin. I'd say, that assuming you want all of those features, it is "not overpriced." If you don't want any of them, it most certainly is overprice, imho.

Yes, but they are still losing money on the PS3. And until they're making significant profit on it at the $400 price, then I don't think it can be called overpriced.

(Of course, you can still think expensive things aren't worth it)

by my math, and by sonys financial reports, youre 100% wrong. the ps3 is actually about $440 worth of equipment. selling at $400, its $40 less than its worth. if it was "$100 more than its worth," sony would be incredibly profitable, despite their other technology's struggles.

"Worth" is not the cost of the parts, it is how much a buyer will accept to pay for it in a free market.

Thus, you're both wrong in some measure. You're talking about a different quantity (production cost), and Zen is extending his opinion or personal evaluation on how much it's worth for him to the general public (about 15-20% less than 360 buyers each week deem the PS3 worth that amount or more, as they state with their wallet by buying one).

For me there are other PS3 features that made it worth my €400, on top of me wanting a good, constantly up-to-date BluRay player and WiFi enabled console that could play the exclusives I was interested in:

- easily replaceable HDD, that doesn't invalid the warranty. I could upgrade it to 350GB for about €40.

- easy dual-boot into Linux, supported out of the box by the system software. I can now play all my emulators on my 42" Plasma from my couch instead that on my computer in the studio.

Just as an example of two rather rarely requested features, underlining that saying that a console is "worth" its price by itself is meaningless. It is entirely dependant on the user's needs and wishes.

For me and my needs, it was a bargain, and I would have paid even more for it. It has nothing to do with Sony's spin, only with the features I value.

As others have said. Overpriced not underrated.

Hell yeah!


Playstation delivers, unlike others...

Haha lol i agree with this