This comic was made around the time of the PlayStation 3 launch. Earlier in the year, then-president of Sony, Kaz Hirai, was at a press conference and exclaimed that the PS3 would be available for the “low” price of $599 USD. This became something of an early Internet meme for a while, so we did our own version of it here.
I don’t know what year you’re reading this in, but let this comic be a warning that topical pop culture reference humor is not always the best choice for a long-running comic series.