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Read the fine print. Sony has the right to remove functionality from the console as they feel necessary. You bought hardware that can access services which are not guaranteed. They could just decide to stop providing an online service tomorrow and there would be nothing to say that they can't.
The only way you're "paying" for PSN is when you buy something PS3 related and some fraction of that goes back to Sony, and some fraction of that goes to keep the servers turned on and the staff paid.
Regarding those costs for PS3 components...tell me where a consumer can go buy a Cell Processor and the RSX. Those costs won't be totally accurate, in fact they probably would change on a weekly basis, but to think that's not a wholesale price is silly.
Read the fine print. Sony has the right to remove functionality from the console as they feel necessary. You bought hardware that can access services which are not guaranteed. They could just decide to stop providing an online service tomorrow and there would be nothing to say that they can't.
The only way you're "paying" for PSN is when you buy something PS3 related and some fraction of that goes back to Sony, and some fraction of that goes to keep the servers turned on and the staff paid.
Regarding those costs for PS3 components...tell me where a consumer can go buy a Cell Processor and the RSX. Those costs won't be totally accurate, in fact they probably would change on a weekly basis, but to think that's not a wholesale price is silly.