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PS3 pricing: STFU

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/e3/499-playstation-3-to-be-gimped-172418.php

I should be writing my paper, but I feel the need to comment.

Honestly, who gives a crap? There are people who just want to game, and oh it can play dvds? Neat! 20gb for media storage? That's enough for most people. I'd have gone with 30, but you win some you lose some. Bitching about not having hdmi out seems just like whining to me. If you have an HDMI tv along with the $100 cable to connect the stuff, yo butt can afford the extra hundred. The memorystick/ds/compact flash business, while annoying won't ruin your day. After all, you can just burn the stuff onto a cd, and there's also third party options. Now, to the one that does piss me off, lack of wireless in the 20gb model. There are ways around it, mind you those usually cost around $50-$100 so you might want to just go ahead and spring for the bigger one, but seriously now guys. Would it have been that much more expensive to include a flipping 802.11 card? The saving grace to this: usb ports. Totally just go tivo on its ass. I would have to say that a good portion of the population would be able to easliy hard wire their machine to a router, so the lack of wifi isn't entirely a deal breaker. Not to mention wifi divices tend to be bratty little things, I'd break out the ducktape and hard wire it even if I had the wifi option.

People might bitch and moan about the prices of these thins, but where does it say that every person has the right to afford these things? They are luxury items, simply toys. Not everyone can afford them, yes, which is why it's called luxurity and not a basic need. After all, if you're in the bitching because you can't afford it camp, perhaps you should invest that $500 in a savings account or college tuition so you have the chance of affording it later on in life.