I recently got Final Fantasy XIII for free. Our local Best Buy in Toronto was willing to trade 2 qualifying Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 games for it. It just that I do have games that qualifies for the trade-in and voila! FFXIII ending up on my PS3.

After popping it on my console, my jaw just dropped because of the lifelike graphics on my HDTV. I'll post a review after I finish the game.

As for the PS2, mine is 8 years old today and it is perfectly working. It was the first console that I bought with my first pay cheque after college and it is well worth it. I am just amazed how great this system is and its ability to play PS1 games. Looking at my cabinet where I stored all my games, I have almost 4 Xbox 360 games, 5 PS3 games, 10 Gamecube games, 6 Gameboy games, 13 DS games, 4 PSP games. Compared that to 40 games for the PS2 and PSone and it is hard to argue that the PS2 is the best console of all time. It's hard to say it when I'm a Nintendo fanboy from my days of the NES and the SNES.

One word of advise: if you have a child or a nephew that cannot afford the PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, the PS2 would be highly recommended alternative.