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The great thing about the Xbox360 is that you don't have to pay for the stuff you don't want. I don't need a wireless adapter, we have a wired network. I don't need HD-DVD because I buy consoles to play games (surprise, surprise). Collectively that saved me $400 AU in comparison to the PS3 where you don't have any choice at all.
Sony grew too sure of itself because of the strength of it's previous consoles and decided, instead of making a quality product, to force their proprietary HD-Disk format on the leagues of people they assumed would buy the PS3. They thought their brand strength would save them, but it isn't.
Most "hardcore" console gamers understand that Sony is full of shit, and have gone with the 360 (or Wii60, if they're rich). Casual people who once thought "PlayStation" was interchangeable with "Console" are buying the Wii in droves. What does Sony have? A Blu-Ray player with no games worth buying the console for, a tacked-on online service that will probably be barely utilized and a controller with a last-ditch attempt to counter the Wii without any Rumble at all.
I would strongly discourage anyone buying the PS3 so that when the PS4 comes, Sony don't try any shit like this again. I don't want Sony to be wiped off the face of the Earth, they just need to learn a little lesson about business.
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