Realize that the companies that make your game that you play are out for two things. Customer satisfaction and money for without these two then the company would have no way of keeping itself afloat. Why do you think they try to make the best games they can? That is why. Your satisfaction. I'm definitly sure they enjoy what they do however don't be surprised if you find one or two in a company who don't. They are not gods so they can only take on one task at a time, expecting them to come out with (place game title here and number that is two or more above the current one that is out example: Star Ocean 10). Because some can get very passionate about this biz it's quite easy for some to feel like there is a power struggle between the big boys but trust me, they are not out to sink the other down into the water. If this were true then there would only be one company making nothing but video games. Scariest thing would be if the game industry just dried up and faded like the hoop thing they use to have in the 70's but that's not possible since this has been around for more than that. Realize that people just want to unwind from a days work or school so by playing a game it helps. Emerse yourself in another realm or play a sport that you can't do phyiscally for certain reason. I already own a DS, now don't label me just yet. I will own a PSP, hopefully. The price is scarey to me but I can afford it. It is not the fact that the price is what it is but rather the question "Why not sell the system by itself?". Well easy answer, they want your money, they want your business. If they can sweeten the deal then add more stuff to it then making it cost more due to the things they added on then fine they can and will do that. If you don't like it then wait for it to lower it's price tag, wait for those very items to be shaved right off of the requirements for buying it. Or find some other way which I'm sure is no safer than buying it at the store. Why do some come into a message board, complain about the price then end up having someone else scold them for doing so? There is a phrase it goes something like this: "If you got nothing good to say, don't say anything at all." It's as easy as that. They want to complain about the price good, ask them why they don't like or tell them that this is just how it is and if they don't like it then don't buy it. No one is forcing them to buy it. That is so anti-PSP, I know but the plain fact is that some people will have a fit over just about anything and it is no good taking anger into yourself and having to deal with it. I use to feel that way, just angry and I still do; it is no place for a person to be. Take Yoga or something but don't have a fit over an overpriced item. You will get it and if you don't then maybe someone up there decided that you weren't meant to. Maybe fate had something else in store for you. I don't know, either way don't fret just enjoy life. :)