The PlayStation 3 will cost $600 if you want most of the features that Sony has been bragging that their new system has. That's just the system, before you plunk down any clams on any games to play on it. In justifying the price, the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Kaz Hirai, said, "What we're presenting to consumers is future-proofed. It's not going to fall by the wayside."
Note that a good chunk of what makes the PS3 console so expensive is the Blu-Ray player Sony is including. For those who aren't so techy, the Blu-Ray is a new DVD format. Not the new DVD format. A new DVD format. Blu-Ray and HD DVD are slugging it out, VHS/Betamax style, for supremacy in the high definition video disc format. Sony did so well with Betamax, so we'll see how "future-proofed" the Blu-Ray is when the format wars settle down.
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