Not only were the understocked to begin with when they came out, but when word hit that it was gonna be the last backwards compatible PS2 version, people started snagging them up like hotcakes on a sunday. I've been keeping an eye on them from ebay and amazon, and the price is steadily going up on them, so you're really better off finding an older ps3 and picking up MGS4 at the same time. Check somewhere like Toys R Us or something, places like that normally have a few of the more rare things cause people tend to not think to go there. Radio Shack, RCA (if you have them up there), so on and so forth all carry it btu most people don't know it.