It has been coming in/out of stock for awhile. As for Sony, you can see on SonyStyle the PS3 page, when they show the unit spinning it has 4 usb, maybe a new unit?

EezyBeezy said:Rumor from Sony is that the newer ps3's have the ability to play ps1 & ps2 games. It's a matter of time if they want to include a BC in a update.

All PS3s are backwards compatible with PS1 games, but if the PS3 model you have isn't backwards compatible with PS2 games it will never be, the way it works is through a chip so they can't just have you download an update for it. If your PS3 doesn't have the chip for playing PS2 games you are SOL

this was the last and probably only PS3 that has backwards compatibility so to be able to even find it, plus get free shipping and no tax (for most people) is a pretty nice deal.

I completely regretted my Wii purchase, and even though I don't game much, I'm very happy with the 80gb PS3 Metal Gear Solid bundle. It's media capabilities is awesome, even despite some streaming issues. Blu-Ray movies are still too expensive for me, but even regular DVDs look much better when upconverted through the PS3.

If you're a gamer, you'll definitely enjoy MGS4. I'm more of a casual gamer nowadays (I like playing flash based web games to kill a few mins), but I still enjoyed MGS4. The last Metal Gear game I played was the original Metal Gear on NES when I was just a kid, and I didn't even like it much back then. It's definitely a quality game. I just wish I had the time to play it.

Those that got in on the HP MediaSmart Server deals should definitely consider picking up a PS3 to take advantage of their Hi-Def TV and the server & ps3's streaming capabilities.

that's wrong... b/c to lower cost on the manufacturing of the ps3, the new 80gigs don't have the emotion chip... this chip is what make the ps3 Backward Comp...

i got lucky and got a ps3 60g last year ...it will play ps1 ps2 and ps3 games

kombatmud said:MyNameisTiM said:that's wrong... b/c to lower cost on the manufacturing of the ps3, the new 80gigs don't have the emotion chip... this chip is what make the ps3 Backward Comp...

The 60GB has the emotion chip, and full BC with almost every game. The old 80GB (the one in the MGS4 bundle) had software emulation BC just like the Xbox 360's BC. It doesn't work with every game (I've heard numbers from 50% to 80% for the PS3, I tend to believe that it's closer to 50%), but since it's using the PS3 hardware to do it, it might (I'm not sure) be able to upscale the games so that they look better (like the 360 does). The current model 80GB (and 160GB) PS3 includes no BC for PS2 (It does play PS1 games ), not even software emulation.

Actually 60 GB had both emotion chip and the PS2 GPU. The old 80GB used software to emulate emotion chip but it did have the GPU where the newer 80GB or the old 40GB had neither and thus unable to play PS2 games.

I just bought the last one. thanks.

I already have a PS3, but I plan to keep the MGS4 version and give my other one as an Xmas gift.