@Francostine: I dunno, I think I'd rather cut the costs and just build the thing myself, haha.

I think I saw one of these bad boys at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue... that's the case that a 360 should never RRoD in...

@Ninja_peach: I thought it was from someone recording them off of an HD channel...

@bustedchain: Oh yeah, one of these days I'll finally CFW my PS2 slim, although it's such a pain in the ass to do while I don't have a lot of time to do it. Ah well, when I have the time / dedication, I'll do it.

@YourSaltyPinkDeathNuts: A lot of 3rd party studios will get between 7-12 Gigs, regardless of its release on PS3 or 360 (mind the data compression on 360 releases,) but if you've got numbers for download times on titles like Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, God of War 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, let me know.

@SuddenImpact: You're referring to an HDD loader from PS Freedom, right?

@bustedchain: Hey, back in '95, I thought a 2 gig 3.5" HDD drive was BIG. I know that things will continue to get larger, I'm just saying that piracy on the ps3 is in a different ball park compared to pirating on the 360.

@bustedchain: Thanks, it looks like it's really thick for a 2.5" drive, then again, it probably needs to to be a bit bigger than most. One guy said he had to take his ps3 apart to get it in completely; you never know about the various SKUs on 'em.

@YourSaltyPinkDeathNuts: Yes, there was a HDD loader on PS Freedom, but the fact of downloading a game ISO for 8 hours , then transferring it from one HDD to another before installing it is still not as practical as pirating the game for PC or another system.

@greatsage10001: This is definitely the reply I was waiting for; you're very spot-on with the whole issue of piracy on the ps3. It's a LOT of work to deal with all in order for trackers to notice how much data you've downloaded lately.

@scingram: First rule of Fight Club, dear sir. ;)

@SuddenImpact: Did you read the very last sentence? If you can find better prices, send me some links!

@Zom-B: Heh, I'm guessing that's why Activision is probably sweating over this? XD

@bustedchain: Indeed, the future promises faster downloads, cheaper hardware (as it becomes obsolete,) and so on. However, 20 gigs on a torrent is definitely a long process, and I'm on a 25 Mb. down / 4 Mb. up connection. I doubt that drives and discs will radically drop in price soon, though.

@geowrian: 40 minutes to install EACH GAME is simply not worth it for me, and definitely isn't worth it for the average person that even hates waiting on loading screens longer than 30 seconds, let alone MGS4 game data installs.

@garycecs: Show me the prices, show me the prices! (You had me at hello... *tear* :P )

@Cratilo: I've seen torrents of ps3 games before (my original post says enough about what I think about piracy,) but beforehand, it cost even MORE time and money to get an ISO of C0D4 or whatever.

@c1890064: Show me this $100 terabyte drive; Seagate or WD hard drives only!

@Kazerai: Read the third section.

So many people just don't see the cost behind pirating on the ps3; going the route of burning an image of a game onto a BD disc, or onto an external drive all in order to install it on the hard drive, probably costs more than going out and buying a release title!