You don't NEED bd-live to play blu-ray. It already can. Unlike 360 which forces you to by a HDDVD drive to play HDDVD which has completely lost the war to blu-ray. And the 40gb is made with the same materials as the 60gb. It may feel cheap but the ps3 is the toughest console of all of them. They have a .5 percent chance of breaking and the 360 has a 33% chance! And the ps3 can be dropped from a very high distance and still work.