got mine from GAME, pretty much 100% guaranteed launch day purchase, they will even keep it uyp to three days for me if i decide not to turn up on the 23rd of march
DK got his from PLAY and Amazon are preordering from 15th of Feb... so if you think you have missed out but still want one, go with Amazon, but be quick!!
EDIT:
just an update of my question that everyone is ignoring, lol.... seems that the ps3 is region free if the games are on Blu-Ray... does anyone know? anyone on the PSXE team know anyone with a JP PS3 that they could borrow a game from and try it out?
if this is true, then it rules out JP PS1/2 games, which is a crying shame, but it seems that Blu-Ray doesnt have region coding, thats why it works. or its the other way round? lol... anyone..?