OMG not only do I remember going through this with Sega CD/32X but also Atari Jaguar, 3D0, Sega Nomad, countless other consoles and Tiger hand held games. Ahhhh I'm old. I'm not surprised if this is a last ditch move by Sony.
I'm not sure if this has been posted or not but as I was checking bensbargains.com and came across this:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-Live-Starter-Bundle/15561435
12 month xbox live gold card + 1600 MS points = $60.00.
You know actually I was able to beat Beavis n Butthead for the Genesis. And seeing how i'm from Richmond, VA I ran into Dave Brockie from GWAR and he and I actually had a talk about that game.