This is the first time I've been in a store that had PS3s for sale. On a Friday night, perhaps two hours from closing, Toys R Us had three tickets and two big empty boxes just sitting in the main walkway. Not in the video game section. And yes, they were out of Wiis. I even witnessed a distraught old couple asking about the Wii and being told that the store "had no idea" when the next shipment would arrive.

I touched the PS3 tickets. I thought about it. But that price just is not going to happen. Maybe if they had some games out for it.

RELATED ASIDE: I think I'm going to have to buy Kingdom Hearts 2 again, because of the rumored US release of KH2: Final Mix. What makes this a very real need is the addition of a second disk containing a fully PS2-ified version of the Game Boy Advance game, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

I've been through the GBA version, sure, and I even grew to really like the weird-ass card battle system... but I would not mind seeing it on the big screen. And I'll wager this hits at the $30 or $40 level, too.

That would be a nice way to spend the PS3-less times.