I've never heard of anyone with a 7200rpm drive having heat problems. Sure, in theory you would, but in practice, no one has ever had a problem.
And yes, it will cut a second or 2 off of some loads. Someone did a test comparing a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive. Of course, YMMV.
Seriously. I wanted one the week after Christmas and wanted a piano black, but had to settle for a Daxter that I found at Best Buy (only store within 8 miles of me with ANY PSP's and they were all Daxters).
I read somewhere that Rockstar said LA Noire couldn't even be done on the 360 because the game takes up more than 1 DVD (similar to MGS4). And I wouldn't want a multi-DVD GTA-type game, I don't know about the rest of you.
Yeah, Rockstar/Take Two's finances are a mess right now. They haven't had any big selling games since GTA:SA. It wouldn't be surprising if Sony was able to buy exclusive rights to all/many of their future games. They need the cash, and now.
Even if they don't plan on dropping the price to $299 right away, they need to do it by the summer. Theres a HUGE amount of PS2 fans still loyal to the Playstation brand will would definitely buy a PS3 at $299, though are still wary to spend $399. The longer Sony waits to drop the price, the...