I really dont see the point in running out to buy one of these unless they drop in price in a big way and someone has a nice fat coupon to add onto the price drop, or until some of the really sought after games are released...since oddworld inhabitants - makers of Abe's Oddysee, etc. was seduced to the Dark Side (read: Microsoft threw an enormous amount at them to develop for XBox) that throws a wrench in one of the reasons I couldn't live without a PS2 (Munch's Oddysee). Though to be honest, If I could find one of these for 200 bux somewhere i'd get one. The DVD player + gaming ability is worth that at this point.