The Most Overpriced Console Is.....

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The Wii!

Sure I know the media hype would say it's the PS3 then the 360 and the Wii being the cheapest. However I'm looking at the value equation. When you account for what you actually get for the money, they rank as such:

1) PS3 (easily)
2) 360
3) Wii

While the PS3 forces you to get the BD player, wireless everything, a hard drive, DVD upscaling and so on, it is incredibly cheap if you want all of those things... and eventually you will even if you don't think so today. At $399, it's a bargain.

A similar 360 at $349 comes with a 20GB hard drive, isn't wireless and has no HD-DVD player. Oh yeah, enjoy that $50/yr X-Box Live subscription. Once you load it up you spend a minimum of $650 in year 1 and add another $200 for Live if you plan to use it for 5 years total.

Finally we get the Wii for a "cheap" $249. Still, isn't this really just a last gen console w/ a gimmick controller? The graphics seem kinda PS2 and the controls are actually worse than PS2... sure they look cool and they are novel but I've never used a less precise controller for any system all the way back to Atari 2600. Now consider that it will never be HD in any way.... why isn't this below $200? For $150 more for the 40GB PS3 you get actual next-gen content & functionality along w/ a BD player.

People are the media are stupid.