Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
For me the backwards compatibility is a large part of the PS3's appeal. I still have plenty of PS2 games to play, and as Kek says there is still plenty of life in the old console yet. This means the lack of new games doesn't matter much to me. If it didn't have backwards compatibility then there'd only be 3 games I want for it and thus I would not buy one.
Ditto here, and as said there is still a lot out there for my PS2. I'm keeping my eye out on future price drops. My best guess is sometime after the xmas push they'll drop again.

Also i bought my PS2 used from a gamestop and never had a problem. Another year or so and I should be able to pick one up there at 25% less then retail new.