I've come close to buying an old PSP a couple of times, but somehow I do not yet have one. I do not play games anywhere but home, so that aspect doesn't even come into consideration. I do have a DS because I wanted to try a couple of classic platformers to see if I like them, or at least why so many people do. SomehOw, I still have not got one of those platformers, but do have a couple of racing games, including NFS ProStreet which I find that I like much better on the DS than on the 360 because there is a quickrace mode and a track editor, neither feature being available on the 360 version. The portable is fun to just pick up and play.

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There is more than economics to consider in buying anything. Tech for tech's sake or just wanting to have the thing with the highest specs so I can feel like I'm on the cutting edge doesn't play into my decisions either. This is one of the reasons I can always consider more than one machine for purchase and more importantly, use. It can certainly give one more options. Sometimes, with a little judicious use of available funds, one can acquire more than one console 'family', and pick the game versions one likes the best, and I never feel like I have to have only the one that is considered [by the majority, or somebody, or whatever] the most 'cool', most prestigious.

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But to continue the discussion of PS3 heat, the 40 GB seems to be the one most often mentioned as cool running. I may not need any bigger harddrive than that, or might not need a harddrive at all considering my current lack of interest in online gaming. But if I got one, and given my past experience with a couple of HD failures, I'd probably want to go with a new one, which just adds to the reasons I already mentioned for probably preferring a new slim PS3 if I get a Sony machine. And I'm hoping Sony will be releasing games on hardcopy.