Well I doubt I will be planning on picking up a PS3 anymore. Backwards compatibility was a huge incentive to me, especially since Microsoft let me down with their limited backwards compatibility (which Sony chastised them for). I would play more regular Xbox games on my 360, but I have to go check the compatibility chart to see if I can play whatever title popped into my head, and that's just a hassle. But I have to say, this Sony situation rubs me the wrong way because they just decided to stop making b/c units. It doesn't seem like it drove the price down too much when systems are still 399 and up. I don't know if cutting costs buy removing features, ports and capabilities from a product that has already been on the store shelves is a good strategy at all. If i bought a PS3 today and it had fewer ports and played fewer games than one from a year ago, I would consider that the new one inferior to the old. Jack Trentton admitted that b/c wasn't even that costly. If it doesn't drive up the cost, then there is no reason to remove it. It's just another incentive that can persuade people to purchase a system--and that's not a bad thing considering Sony is still playing catch up. I'm sure it will all work out for Sony though. Maybe I will get lucky and they will change their minds again in another year.