[Beretta55]

I'm no staunch supporter of Sony myself; I don't see them in that good of a light as I did about a couple of years ago. The cutting of the emotion chip that won't play PS2 games for the PS3 in Europe is indeed crap, but I myself don't see what the HUGE deal is. Just keep your PS2 around, besides games like Guitar hero 1 and 2 don't play on the PS3 regardless so it's good to have it around.

This situation of "emulation" is just like the 360 emulation thing, since I own one I can tell you it's a bunch of crap. The first games that get emulated are the ones "easiest" to port over, not in terms of quality. That's why stuff like Barbies Horse Race Adventure and Drake and the 99 Dragons saw precedent over games like Ninja gaiden and Jade Empire etc.
For this very reason I keep my Xbox around. So yeah while it is arrogant of Sony to think gamers in Europe will lie down over there and merely accept this, you can still play the games if you keep your PS2. I'm sure the majority of you doesn’t trade in or get rid of your older systems when you get new ones, you just store them.

So yeah backwards compatibility to me means a lot personally, but that won't stop me from buying a system didn't stop me from enjoying the 360 and its pathetic emulation system. I mean hell I still have my Dreamcast stored in an old box in the instance I ever want to play it again.

Plus the PS2 isn't quite dead yet, a few worthy titles are still coming out, it's not much sure but the GC and Xbox are barren ghost towns, PS2 still has a bit left. You can always go back and buy older titles you wanted to play for the system; I picked up Jet Li Rise to Honor and Genji: Dawn of Samurai on the cheap among others. So get some old titles to fulfill your needs.

Besides all the PS3 has to offer right now that is decent is a shooter and a fighting game, everything else is purely meh material at the moment that's what I think at least.

P.S.
The wii is awesome get that instead.