What model are you going for? Slim or one of the old one and most importantly the storage, what do you plan on getting?
In general PS3 is one hell of a gaming machine, totally worth it IMO. I'd recommend one of the older models if you find any, they're pretty solid (more so than the new ones for some reason) and better priced too. You should get those with around 50-70$ cheaper than the new models but it would have a smaller storage, around 40-80GBs which is more than enough unless you're a 24/7 multigamer
Oh and the cool thing about a PS3 is that you can already kick ass online with no need of another yearly subscription card or whatever. You're already subscribed the moment you buy the machine AND you can have about 12 different accounts too, so it's multiuser friendly.