I got a PS3 on eBay for $250. It's an older 20GB model, but that model has 4 USB ports (new ones have 2), FULL PS2 backwards compatibility (new ones have NONE, older 80GB models have SOME), and I bought a 320GB notebook hard drive for $70 on Amazon and upgraded it. The ONLY thing mine doesn't have that other models do is Wi-Fi (would be nice, but don't really care), the SD card readers (don't care), and chrome trim (really don't care). If you want those things, get the 60GB model (but those go for quite a bit more on eBay than any other model, since those are the most fully-featured models).