Playstation 3, A Tale of Fanboyism, Sex, Love

One year ago, the 60GB Playstation 3 felt its first price drop. The system came fully featured: card readers, full hardware backwards compatibility, a Bluray player, WiFi, Bluetooth, and 4 USB ports. However, the system was still considered too expensive at $499, out of reach of most little school children across the globe. More recently, with the release of the cheaper 40GB edition priced at $400, stripped of card readers, backwards compatibility, and reduced USB ports, has sparked more interest in the system, but console sales in general drag light years away from the Wii and Xbox 360.

The price has continually been one of the primary concerns regarding sales of the Playstation 3. That, in addition to the limited game releases, an impossible to crack code for game piracy (which usually drives up console sales), and continued criticism from all sides, Sony was pushed into a corner. Fanboy wars waged, with far more compassion and concern than oversea wars in the Middle East.

Just to be clear, Apple computers has announced "Bluray" as the media of choice for the coming future, featuring BD+ burners in upcoming Mac Pro professional desktops. People seem to keep forgetting the system comes with a damn Bluray and DVD player. Let's break up the numbers for now:

• Game console: $200
• Bluray player: $100
• Media extender: $100
  

Wait, that's $400 right? I was going to need all of those things anyway. The only possible issue that may interfere with my fully taking advantage of this new technology, however, would be the unsupported media formats (like AppleTV) such as MKV, AC3 and subtitles. Though, I hear DivX and XviD support are already on the way, this truly keeps it from being the best media extender it can be. Only once Sony addresses these demands will their console truly skyrocket into another dimension. Rumble support and better hardware power consumption would be welcome as well.