@BigD

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Any thoughts? Is everyone else on planet earth excited about this slightly smaller matt version of the PS3?

IMO the vast majority of the market could care less about size. More importantly is the price cut to $300.

It is a lesser console from the reasons you cite. The focus of consoles is consumer grade equipment. The vast majority of these care little about Linux or the Amiga. Sure the geeks do but they're a minority. As for BC, I think this is something people do care about. IMO if BC existed on the PS3 the PS2 hardware would be unlikely to sell. I believe Sony sees a larger gross profit from the PS2 so it makes sense to not canibalize the market at this juncture from the accountant view.

Actually the most exciting thing to me is Natal. If it's all it's cracked up to be we can begin the guesture based OS interfacing.