I agree that the 360 is an expensive piece of hardware, but I'm gonna be getting one. As much as I'd like to see the PS3 win this round, the fact is that Sony really screwed the pooch by pricing their system at $600. I agree, the addition of a blu-ray player has made that price less ridiculous, but the fact of the matter is that $600 for something that's substantially LESS featured than any off the shelf computer for the same price is gonna have problems moving units.
Yes, I know that Sony is trying to push gaming forward by embracing blu-ray technology in it's infancy, but unfortunately, when a technology is in it's infancy it's expensive, and people aren't going to drop big bucks on something that, for all they know, will be obsolete in a year. I agree in that I think that Blu-Ray will eventually win the format war, but I sincerely doubt the PS3 is going to be a factor in that victory. Added to this is that Microsoft had a year's head-start on capturing the next-gen market, and has the developers on thier side, and you can see why, while 360's are still selling out in some places, there's always 50 PS3's sitting at my local BestBuy with a good layer of dust on them.
It's a shame actually...the PS3 has the more powerful and more functional piece of hardware, and by right's should win out...but that $600 price tag is hard to get around. Guess we'll just have to see...
PS - The Wii is rapidly approaching the 360's total units sold, despite the fact that the 360 had a years head start on it, and honestly, the only thing slowing down wii sales are the fact that they can't be found anywhere. Wouldn't it be odd if the Wii wins this generation? Maybe it ain't all about the power of the system anymore and we might actually get some genuinely FUN games?