Prices of playstation and playstation 2 stuff is going up fast in my experience. Ten years ago I was regularly finding ps2s in goodwill and thrift stores for d

Prices of playstation and playstation 2 stuff is going up fast in my experience. Ten years ago I was regularly finding ps2s in goodwill and thrift stores for dirt cheap (slim ps2 hardware for 10-15 bucks). Nowadays you only find them in used game stores behind glass cases with $100+ price tags. Get them now if you see a deal IMHO, they will never get cheaper. Same story for the good software/games of that era, it's hitting the point where rare stuff is going for hundreds of dollars and people are paying it. As far as modding goes, keep an eye out for one of a handful of games with exploits like one of the 007 James Bond games. There's a software mod exploit you can run that turns a memory card into a mod device effectively, no hardware changes necessary. It's a little fiddly but works great and you just do it once and are good to go playing burned backups, homebrew, etc.