I hope Sony does come out with a slim PS3 and Happy 4th to you as well.

Since January?!? *shoots you with my AK-47*
It's ok, lol. I haven't been gaming at all for a while either.
I hope the slim PS3 could come cheaper (but then again, the PSP Go is gonna be expensive)

Where have u been , remember me ? missed you 4 ages Happy 4th of July to u too

A slim PS3 will be cheaper for Sony to make. I don't think they'll pass that savings on to the customer at introduction. At the earliest? The holidays.

Supposedly the 360 Elite is going to become the new 360 Pro (don't know if the black color is making the transition, or just the 120g HDD).

This generation has been a bit of a let-down in terms of highly aggressive pricing for me

Thanks for the comments. I didn't think people would remember me.

@indzman
"Where have u been , remember me ? missed you 4 ages "

Long story, but today isn't yesterday right? I'd rather not talk about it.

@Chikahiro94

"A slim PS3 will be cheaper for Sony to make. I don't think they'll pass that savings on to the customer at introduction. At the earliest? The holidays."

That's true.

"This generation has been a bit of a let-down in terms of highly aggressive pricing for me "

Also true. I used to want that just for the sake of being a cheapskate. However if Sony did this earlier on they would have been in a much better situation than they are now.

Right now PCs are the best of course. Based on the pricing of computer hardware similar to that in the consoles, the consoles should be even less than what they are selling for now.

He lives!!!! haha, I knew you would return, you couldn't resist my handsome handsomeness and my charming charm. No games since jan? oh dear, you are very much out of the loop I take it. Anyways, it's quite obvious there is going to be a new SKU of PS3, and it better come with a cheaper price tag as well. Well, come back soon, with a next-gen console in your hands preferably.

no games since january? if i were u, i wud stop playing now and get a new hobby

Well, I'm sure Sony's doing this as quickly as they can. They're still losing money for every PS3 sold, and lets be honest - it'll be 3 years come the end of 2009? That's got to suck for them. They could've dropped their prices lower, sooner, but that would worsen the losses they've already taken. Tough spot for them - no wonder they keep on pointing to it being a marathon, not a sprint.

I want to see that price drop, though. Biggest reasons?

1. Force Microsoft to lower their pricing OR sweeten their bundles. I'd like to see the Pro or Elite come with that stupid WiFi adapter, for instance. Also, seeing at least *basic* online play come to Live Silver would be fantastic.

2. Force Nintendo to finally do the same. Lower their pricing, make their bundle better, whatever.

3. Make the PS3 more attractive as a gaming platform when the userbase increases. This will further cement this generation as being the multi-platform generation, making sure there's a constant fight for the foreseeable future, and maybe get Bobby Kottick to finally shut up!

PC still wins out; you can do real work on it, pursue hobbies (photography, geneology, make music, movies, whatever), you have multiple choices for anything you could possibly want (voice chat, digital distribution software, etc), and we've got the biggest variety of revenue models for games to be played under (full purchase, subscriptions, free with ads, free with micros, just plain free, etc).

"Right now PCs are the best of course. Based on the pricing of computer hardware similar to that in the consoles, the consoles should be even less than what they are selling for now."

Hmm... dunno. Consoles don't sell in anywhere near the same quantities, don't have super bulk discounts, don't have 15 different OEM's trying to sell basically the same product, and its all custom hardware pretty much.

Of course, PC's don't get royalties from games or other software, are sold on razor-thin profit margins, have to sell upgrades and extended warranties to improve profits, and have to constantly compete with more competitors than they know what to do with. Oh, and they have to pay the Windows Tax on top of hardware costs, plus they're more likely to be hand-assembed.

Its kind of comparing apples to oranges. One is hyper-specialty, the other is super-general (even if you get it souped-up for gaming). One appeals to a very specific market, the other is everything to everyone because what you do is more dependant on the software than anything else... I know a $400 gaming computer is not going to be as good for gaming as a PS3 or 360 Pro/Elite!

He's alive !!

@Chikahiro94
"I know a $400 gaming computer is not going to be as good for gaming as a PS3 or 360 Pro/Elite!"

A $400 gaming computer could play Asteroids or Pacman lmao. Well if you bought a refurbished computer, maybe it could do more.

@shiben
That's one of the important reasons why I am technically gone.

A $400 computer can do a nice bit these days, but the biggest thing you're doing is buying something to upgrade. I know guys who've done that - get something cheap then just stick a nice video card in, more RAM, and voila. OEMs can be a rip-off for upgrading!

My last computer was $400-500 and I could run older games decently

Hmm... went to Dell and configured an Inspiron for a little over $400 that's pretty decent. All it would need is a nicer video card. AMD 3x core, 2g RAM, 64bit Vista plus the ability to upgrade to Windows 7 later... Its... surprisingly nice!

Well they are not so cheap those PS3's, they still pretty high priced, but the blu-ray player makes them worth every penny, if you own a hdtv that is. No worries yo, gaming will come back to you when you least expect it. I too had stopped for quite some time and right now i'm into my classic mostly but i still find a little time to jam in there to play. C-ya and hopefully on Fulltilt.com, like i said my name is LexLasSF on there, we can battle on poker.

Blu-Ray... blah. As useless to me as HD-DVD. Now, Linux on the PS3? That's far more interesting to me. But it might be completely useless/irrelevant to you

That's always the trick when figuring out something's value - you have to go by the individual's wants and needs.