I personally don't have a console, because I never felt the need for one... but as for the CD/DVD player, I bought mine for less than a fifth of the price a console would've cost... And it's also a boombox.. and it has its own little screen. And remote. If I'd have bought a console and expected to surf on it or do some other tasks that the latest consoles have in common with PCs, then I'd have to buy numerous expensive additions that would make my console cost as much as, or more than my PC, and it does only a fraction of the things.
If you want to have bluray, I guess the PS3's the best way to go about it... but why would anyone want bluray?
