....ok, let me further clarify my point:
You originally referred to the PS3 as a "game", yet Stanford U. for example is still using many of them in their labs. Install Yellow Dog along with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse and you essentially have a Linux-based "PC" that was comparable in both features and performance to many desktops and laptops (minus portability) at the time of its release.
Hence, my reference to it in a price comparison, which was meant more as sarcasm than anything in the first place.
The sarcasm wasn't very obvious, lol.
What happens in kid's bedrooms, much like what happens in Stanford's laboratories, isn't a good analogy when trying to debate brand costs of modern life necessities. Video games have come a long way, but it remains, at this time, that video game consoles are bought, sold, and used primarily for entertainment.
However, it does bring up the point of what the future holds: Between personal computers, laptops, powerful video game consoles, and cellphones -- will they all merge? What about size problems involving keyboards?
I loved playing Nintendo when I was a kid. It's amazing how far we've come in such a short period of time.