Yes many of us are constantly depressed about this stubborn economy but you know even whilst many things are expensive this year like all of the game of the year nominated games, you really have to look past the "box office" hits and check out the prices of last years games, 2008 had many great an d exiting hits possibly more then this year. With release of the game of the year editions of fallout 3 and little big planet you get a nice bang for your buck. Also many low priced remakes and classic titles are showing up on those online stores (PSN and Live Marketplace). Yes the new psp go is a heavy hit if your wanting that but at least the ps3 and 360 went down a good amount and with all these ps1 games being priced at 10 bucks or less a $50 card will get you a long ways now. Hopefully everyone has a good holiday season and best of wish's to all.