Darn,I still haven't got a playstation 3 yet. I got a wii instead, now I wish I had a playstation 3. I'm now going to wait for a playstation 4. Does anyone know if you can play playstation 3 games on a playstation 4 console ?
I would advise against skipping the PS3 for the PS4 because last time I checked ps4 will not have backwards compatibility because it seems financially foolish for Sony to do as the new hardware is more similar to a PC's compared to the PS3's which was specially made different. And they're already dealing with low sales for the PS Vita so its not something they are willing to risk.
But what I've read it seems Sony is reaching to stream games since they are integrating something called, Gaikai into the system so we may be able to play the entire ps3 game library through emulation. We just won't be able to insert a ps3 or ps2 disk into the console and play.
Also, the selection of games for ps3 is much, much larger than what we'll see on the ps4's launch.
You'll find 500gb PS3 bundles for $ 299.99 now (not including tax).