Still got ours (me and big brother got it together), not played it in awhile though.
It kinda sucked bad when it just suddenly "died" like that.
I'm kinda shocked at how "active" it is over in Japan.
I knew there was still sales and stuff, but god i never knew it was as active as it is.
If they do stop GDRom production, i wonder if they would allow developers to use CDs (since apparently it can read, although some models are not able to, piracy etc)
Does mean less space though, and piracy comes up again. meh