Oh no not a PS3 thread
Heres a summary of what sony is trying to sell you:
The Perfect Christmas package, Supply and demand people. 400,000 WW release while millions of people will be looking under there christmas tree for a PS3 (Rich uninformed people mostly)
Add that on top of ebays $4,000 price tags for ps3 (no, seriously, Search for playstation 3 right now on ebay) and youve got a "holiday disaster" for lil' timmy who has to settle for a Wii.
DOnt play yourselves, Ps3's will be back in stock by January of 07 come april we'll be getting disc read errors and so on from the Launch systems $99 dollar repair fee's and it will be ps2 all over again.
Focus on the software not the hardware. Theres practically NO launch titles confiremd other than Ridge Racer 7 (which both sounds and looks gorgeuos on a 27 inch plasma... with optical and dolby digital recievers... thats another $4,000 added to the $699 price tag.)
My Final Opinion...
1. get a resellers liscense
2. Find a REPUTABLE SONY re-seller
3. Buy 3- 4 ps3s at once
4. Ebay to your hearts content ( I suggest 3 if you buy 4 consoles)
5. Come january sell off your "test unit" AS IS
6. by february PS3's will be in stores all over
7. use that ebay earnings to ge yourself a whole new setup for your ps3
(I'm talking new tv and sound system)
8. Die happily (hopefully after FFXIII FF7 ACC and FFXIII Vs.)
That is all