[darktruth]

Another question is do these general buyers have the patience for the price of the PS3 to drop down or do they actually NEED it? Like Rebel said if they're actually really desperate for it then they're going to get it no matter what the price is, selling off they're old game consoles (be it Nintendo Gamecube, PS2 or Xbox) and games is a start to get some money, then there's ebay (XD) for them to sell off things they don't need anymore seeing how online shopping and auctioning has increased a lot and let's not forget credit cards here.

When the PS2 was originally released in Australia, the price of it was nearly close to $1000 already ($749 people) and I was suckered into wanting one the day it came out, but up to this day I've never bothered getting one even when I had eventually saved up enough money to get it. By that time my interest in videogames had began to wane already and then all the talks of the new generation consoles started and that's when the competition and rivalries between Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft went to an all time high (let's not forget all the arguments between the fanboys as well) making me lose interest in videogames completely.

I tried to get back into videogames when my older sister got an Xbox but that didn't even last for a year and it didn't even spark up any interest. Then the Xbox got traded in for a Nintendo Gamecube and I only played it ONCE and that was it. Wasn't interested in it or the games it had. It's also funny that my younger brother and sister (8 and 9 years old) don't even bother with the Gamecube anymore when originally they were so excited to see the console and played Mario Party for days but now it's sitting in the living room collecting dust. Heck even when my older sister bought the Donkey Konga game for them they didn't even bother playing it that much.

So why all this rant? Well to me I see there's far better things to buy than the PS3, Wii or Xbox360. The only reasons I find that are necessary to get a PS3 are reasons like Rebel's who wants to get a CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, PS1, PS2 etc all in one console and doesn't have those things already. The Wii seems to send off a message that you need friends who come over often to fully enjoy the games. Most of my friends live too far away from me to come over a lot so it's pointless for me to get it and the fact that my younger brother and sister aren't even interested in games anymore is more reason I'd be wasting my money on it. I'm not even going to bother with the Xbox360 seeing how little I played with the original Xbox.

In closing, I really think if you buy any of these consoles for specific reasons like they have a feature that you really need and you'll use it often then you've spent your money well. If you're buying it just for the sake of boasting to your friends and satisfaction of just owning so and so console then you've probably been suckered into the marketing gimmick lol.