Maybe this will refresh your mind how things work.

It doesn't matter if it's in good working order right now. It doesn't matter if there are quality games available right now. It doesn't matter that it costs "$600". One day they will improve it. One day they will release quality games. One day there will be a price drop.

Sound familiar?

You make a good point which unfortunately will be ignored by the same people who were saying just that many years ago. There's just no reasoning with some of these guys until they try something using 8bit as an example.

Ps3 wasn't in good working order? Or was that the 360?
600 for backwards compatibility, wifi, card readers,hdmi......AND BLU-RAY... Pay for what you get.

I knew someone would try to use PS3 in that instance. Super fail though. The PS3 worked as advertised right out of the box. It had WiFi that worked. It had BluRay that worked. It had backwards compatability that worked. It had standard hard drives that worked. It had excellent games that worked. It is still the most feature packed console ever created. But you already knew that.

Want another example of how you super failed? When the PS3 was released it was HAMMERED by the English speaking media. Using it as defense for the Kinect would mean that the reviews were horrible. But somehow there are many reviews that highlight the crap and omit a score, or highlight the crap and say "It's okay! We love it!"

If your going to sit up here and say the PS3 worked right out of the box your full of it. As a matter a fact if you
spent 600 at launch you had to be a moron especially since there were no really game changing games at launch. At that time 360 had the best graphics and was 200 cheaper.

Since when does every game have to be a game changer? When the PS3 was released it had games like Heavenly Sword, Resistance: Fall of Man, Uncharted, and WarHawk. Those happen to be four of my favorite games this generation.

What does that have to do with working out of the box? Name one of the features included with the PS3 that did not work out of the box. I only want to know one of them, so it should be easy for you.

What games on the 360 had better graphics than Uncharted at the time? What games on 360 had better graphics than Heavenly Sword at the time? I'm asking about graphics because you said the 360 had "the best graphics". The 360 was cheaper. But we aren't talking about the lack of quality with the 360 hardware right now. If you wanted an Xbox 360 with Wifi, Xbox Live (to use your WiFi), and a hard drive you would have paid well over $600. After you paid that, you hoped it wouldn't break on you. Remember that the awesome warranty help didn't come for another year or so.

As a recap:
Name a game that had better graphics than Uncharted or Heavenly Sword at the time they were released.
Name one feature of the launch PS3 that didn't work.
Explain why a console that required extra payment for simple things like wireless internet, internet use, and hard drive space is considered "cheaper" to you. I don't mean cheap hardware. We all know it was horrible. I mean cheaper cost.