Why i Came Close to Buying a PSP

i haven't owned a Sony video game system since the PlayStation One (PSX).  However, this week i strongly considered buying a PSP-3000.  The thing that cuased me to take notice was the price drop to $129.99.   i also looked a little at the PS2, but was somewhat disauded by how hard it is to find some of the RPGs -(my favorite genre)  i was curious about (and that they were marked up online). 

i was going to use a PSP mostly as a device to play PS One Classics on the PlayStation network.  This was also going to be a chance for me to play some of the earlier JRPGs that i hadn't before (and those i had).  However, the start-up costs are still a little higher that i want.  What i am talking about here is $129.99 for the PSP, probably about $50 for an 8 GB memory card, $50 or so in PS network "points".  Then maybe i would get a game or two (or 4).  It is still about $30-50 more than i want to pay without any games (and not considering almost 10% sales tax). 

So what was i interested in that is playable on the PSP (basically some Tri-Ace games)?
* Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
* Star Ocean: the First Departure (i kind of like the 4th one and was wondering about the rest of the series)
* Star Ocean: the Second Evolution
* Lunar Silver Star Harmony

Now for the second part: PSOne Classics
* Grandia ($10)
* Alundra ($5.99)
* Final Fantasy VII ($10)
* Final Fantasy VIII ($10)
* Oddworld: Abe's Oddysse
* Oddworld: Abe's Exodus
* Parasite Eve (Rumored)
* Spyro the Dragon ($5.99)
* Spyro the Dragon 2: Ripto's Rage ($5.99)
* Spyro the Dragon: Year of the Dragon ($5.99)
* Suikoden
* Wild Arms ($5.99)
* Xenogears ($10)

If Sony really wants me to buy a PSP-3000, there is one really strong thing they could do: release Lunar 2: Eternal Blue as a PSOne downloadable title (preferably $10) in the US. i would probably buy at the current prices for that.  Lunar: Eternal Blue is my favorite video game of all time (last i played it at least).  i do not have access to the PS One version (and my alleged brother's Sega CD is not reliable).  Lunar is one of those series where the games are typically listed on-line with significant mark-ups (especially the PlayStation versions).