Blimey You guys sure managed to get worked up over this, I dread to think what it will be like when they actually ship the consoles. But at the end of the day you can have all the specs in the world, but (as someone has already pointed out) it dont mean sh*t without good games being developed. So this is what I'm gonna do: Carry on playing my *old* PS2 for a while yet. Smoke a spliff and take a dump, and wait for the first price cut. Because having paid £350 for my PS2 the first day they came out in England and having to put up with a load of s***e (games wise) for the first few months anyway. I have learnt my lesson. By the way my PS2 is still working despite its age and hundreds of hours (ab)use, Im baffled as to how but it is