$500 PS3 a Possibility

[Ace195]

I agree with you to a point null, on one side a dvd player is great and grand, but what the heck is the TiVo system for so when they are playing games they can record the shows they would have watched thus leading to the fattening of america so the japanese can invade. J/k about the japanese invasion but I'm serious about adding things that aren't needed. If you could show me one purpose for the TiVo system aside from the recording shows I'll bite my tongue

[TheGame]

Anylists aren't all that bad... I remember one article predicting Sony would sell over 50 Million Ps2's and put Microsoft and Nintendo at just over 20 million sold. Maybe just a lucky guess? Who knows...

As far as the future of gaming goes, I think Sony and Microsoft has only helped the industry to evolve for the better. Nintendo is a great gaming company, but adapting to evolution isn't their strong point. I think the only reason Nintendo is still alive and kicking as a hardware creator today is the Gameboy... a system that hasn't experienced real competition and that is extremely slow to evolution. (In both game quality and hardware quality)

[Jonbo298]

If MS/Sony don't offer "lite" versions of their consoles without all these extra things I won't be buying them for some time. If I already have a tivo, why do I need tivo like functions on my PS3 and Xbox2?

The $500 versions of these consoles (if it happens) will not be the choice for me. I just want a console that plays games. DVD movie playback doesn't matter because it basically doesn't cost much to include playback. I can live with it on consoles. But I just dont need the other stuff that jacks up the price.

[Typhoid]

I buy consoles to play games, not watch movies or record shows i could be watching while playing my new shiny console.

I think they should stop adding things to them, most people just want them to play games with.