I want to get one. SMW is a fantastic game, and I love lunar magic. I am sure I could play LBP for years. Also, there are some BD movies I really wnat, and I never had a PS2. So between PS2 games, LBP, a few other PS3 exclusives like Dsigaea, Rachet and clank, and valkryia chronicles, and BD movies, PS3 is worth it.

backwards compatibility Ebay will be ur best bet

I won't be able to buy it for a few weeks. How much longer are those bundles around? The MGS4 costs $500, right? How much does an unopned copy of MGS4 sell for to gamespot? At least $40-$50?

They are $60.

I could sell it on ebay for $50-$55 if its unopened. Gamespot will really only pay $15 for an UNOPENED gamed? Yeesh...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001IZIAK8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

I would be very willing to pay $450 for this if it was BC. thats $100 for a PS2, $200 for a blue ray player, $50 for a game (ouch) and $100 for a PS3 player that plays LBP :D

I originally bought a 20 GB PS3 at release and sold it on ebay to get a 60GB (because I had broken the screws to remove the hard drive and wanted the extra 60GB features anyway). I did this a year or so ago and paid around 400 bucks.

You can probably get either an 80GB motorstorm bundle (had BC), a 20GB release model (just buy a laptop drive with 500GBs of room for 80 bucks and replace the 20 GB drive) or a 60GB release model pretty easily for cheaper then the MGS bundle which is more or less the same thing.

Looking through ebay a bit I found several Backwards compatible systems for 400 dollars and under. A few had 419.99 buy it nows. You shouldn't have to pay any more then a new non BC one would cost.

Ebay, or look in multiple Gamestops/Bestbuys/Wal-Marts Etc.