@foleyjo
Fair enough, I never said they were memory cards, I said Card readers. Card reader, flash readers, all semantics. I think people knew what I was getting at. There was support for the Sony Memory stick too. Anyway, it's not important. I liked not having to tie up the USB ports to have them available, and removing the other 2 USB ports, eek. I already use that for a keyboard/mouse, printer and I want to get a camera too. 2 ports is not enough, yes I could get a hub, but it's convienece.
As for saving games, I did this no problem. There is a reader for PS2 game memory cards but it's not relevent for the PS3 any more as the latest models won't play ps2 games. I still play Sons of Liberty on my ps3. I am glad I don't have to have a seperate PS2 console for this and with such a huge library of PS2 games and lack of in PS3, I thought this to be a mistake. Perhaps Sony believes everyone has a PS2. I sold mine. Anyhow, I like the PS3. I bought one after getting no love from AMIGA and the BluRay is fantastic.