While rumors of price cuts continue to float (or sink), why not reach for an actual floatie? Rentals are picking up as a good option to experience next-gen gaming without waiting for your income to go next-gen - and if can apply to games, why not to the game platforms, too?

Rent-A-Center announces its Rent-It-To-Own-It 60GB PS3 offer. Just like GameSwap's Rent-It-To-Own-It-Game across the water, you get to rent a PS3 from them, which should make it easier on the wallet for a while.

But as any economics student knows, ownership is still the cheapest option (though sometimes not immediately accessible), and Rent-A-Center leaves you the option of purchasing the rented PS3 - when you can - within the first 90 days of your rental, just by paying the PS3's price, minus the rentals already deposited, plus tax.

Hope the math didn't scramble anything up there (there's a little bit extra math, depending on where you live).

(Hope this doesn't hurt, too. ATTENTION: Rent-To-Own is NOT AVAILABLE in MN, NJ, NC, VT and WI. Please call or visit your local Rent-A-Center store in MN, NJ, NC, and VT and your local Get It Now! store in WI for details on the program available there. In Arkansas, the advertised transaction is a rental-purchase transaction.)