Toxin: You're touting Sony's LAZINESS as a feature? First of all, I am not 4 years old so the PSX controllers are way too small for me. And for a guy I don't even have that big of hands. Sony got lazy and kept the same mechanics for their controllers so they wouldn't have to do any real work. So you get the same 2 ports and same horrible, horrible controllers.
I never used to be an N64 fan, but a lot of the games that are 4 players are fun as hell. Get some friends and you'll know what I mean

You can say to buy a multi-tap, but no one ever does since they're 30-40 bucks and the only games that ever end up supporting them are football, hockey, basketball, and soccer.
As for the Dreamcast controller, I just bought a system this weekend for 150 bucks. I bought two Interact controllers and they're a bit bigger but feel a LOT better than the stock DC one. Cheaper too.
There is no way I'd ever pay 300 for a POS sony. Not in this market. If I plop down any money for a better system it'll be for Nintendo's because I think they actually have a pretty clear vision for the future. Hopefully sony doesn't play a little b!tch and buy off game developers to have exclusive games.