The Playstation 3: The Next Big Thing (So They Say)

Today I saw the most ridiculous thing. Grown men camped out in front of particular electronic store waiting for the release for Sony's latest tour de force: The Playstation 3. Are you kidding me? Are you honestly going to tell me that this game is so important that you would sleep outside in 34 degree weather for days just to secure one.

Look I'm sure that the PS3 is awesome, but guess what, it will still be just as awesome after the holidays when stores are selling more then five of them and the whopping $600.00 price tag goes down. I mean it wasn't that long ago when every child and child like adult in America just had to have a PS2. People acted like having one was a necessity. American consumers need to wake up and start getting duped out of their hard earned paycheck. Every other year a Playstation comes out. They make it smaller and sleeker. They make sure you know that the games from the previous Playstation can be played on the new system, but the new games they are releasing for the new system can only be played on the newly released Playstation. They then in turn advertise it as the next big thing, they slap a price tag on it that you will need a crane to left and off we go waiting in lines that go on forever, breaking our necks to be the first to get one why the Sony Exec sit back and watch to dough come in.

Really, think about it, yeah the graphics might be astounding, but so are the graphics on the one your kid already owns. If you want your child to have a DVD player, then buy one separately...the cost like $50.00 bucks (a far cry from $600.00). So parents when your kid comes to you begging for the new PS3, display common sense and restraint, don't go out and get a sleeping bag or stress yourself out making a thousand calls for a system that was long sold out before it even came out, tell your child the truth, say "Billy, i know you want the PS3 and mommy and daddy want you to have it, but right now it's to expensive and we're not even sure if we'll be able to find one right now, so let's wait till after the new year (when their cheaper and you don't have to hire a private investigator to find one) and then we will look into getting you one". Or even better, "Billy you have a PS2, it's just as good, you and I both have committed ourselves to this system by you asking and us buying a 100 different games for it ,so realize how blessed you are and be happy with the one that you have". By telling your child this, not only will you make Billy a better person, but you'll potentially add years onto your life by doing away with unwanted stress.