playstation 3 is $600 but you guys are missing a big factor here. Right now, blu-ray disc's are burning up left and right. The blu-ray technology is not good. Also, the blu-ray drive is a 1x dvd drive. So those games that come out dvd format just encoded on blu-ray, well thats right they are going to be read at 1x speed. Um as too internet ready. Well sony has had a shoddy track record for online support. The ps2's online sucked. There is nothing new that microsoft hasnt done or is doing already. Matter of fact, you can scan the image of your face with the 360 camera and it will do a computer generation of your face and put that on a character in some game's. Sony doing that? nope. Yes both have video chat, well atleast 360 does, sony say's they will, not gonna hold my breath on that. If your are into playing games online with a solid connection, and a solid service, go 360 route.