About PS3 costs; I didn't buy mine directly (heavens no, who could pull that much money out their ass?); I got the Gunmetal Edition, the silver-y colored one that comes with MGS4, by using a lay-away program. I payed 60$ each week for 10 weeks until I ended up paying 600$, which ultimately cost 65$ more than the retail price (499USD + 7% tax = ~535USD)
I too pulled $400 out my dark hairy ass :P
It's called saving up.
Perhaps that's why I tend to make the stereotype that PS3 owners are more mature, cuz they can handle the price :]
The xbox owner I know well is a naive, infantile, man-bitch who needs to get his head out from his dickhole, while the PS3 owner I know best is a refined art-loving guy who is also competing with me for Vale. I tend to respect the latter more
Plus Ps3's look so much sexier