I won't pay $500, either. With as many issues and system failures I've been hearing about, there's no way I would drop $500 or $600 on a PS3. That's a real shame, since I was a huge fan of the PS1/PS2 (bought one of each on their launch dates, never had a problem with either one of them. No disc read errors, no nothin'). I hope that by the time Final Fantasy XIII comes out the PS3 price drops a bit, because as of right now that's the only reason I'm considering a PS3 purchase