Sony has a long record of assuming consumers are morons. Look at the PSP's buttons and how they would stick.... Sony just said it wasn't a defect and they had meant for it to be that way. They also tried pushing UMD movies as if they were the best thing to come along since sliced bread, but consumers apparently disagreed. Not to mention the SIXAXIS controller, which is the same as past generation PS controllers, but with the new amazing feature of tilt! Wow, Nintendo came up with this 10 years ago for the original gameboy, but Sony spins it off as the greatest innovation in gaming history.
And now they pass off this PS3 feature-cut as a price cut for consumers?! Give me a break... They are just cutting their own production costs to save their own asses.
But then again, I'm not surprised. I've debated with a few diehard Sony supporters, and I couldn't help but feel I was talking to a chimp. They'll undoubtedly swallow this hook, line, and sinker. Same with that Darth Vader PSP. *shakes head in disgust*