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Sony cuts price of PS2
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article published on 31 March, 2009
Sony America has announced that they will be cutting the price of the aging PlayStation 2 console by over 20 percent to $99.99 USD beginning tomorrow.
The company hopes the new deal will help push the lifespan of the console, which has sold almost 140 million units since its launch in late 2000.
The PS2 will now retail for $300 USD less than the cheapest PlayStation 3 model, which ... [ read the full article ]
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31. March 2009 @ 16:30 |
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Um...Okay your a bit late though Sony, it next gen already.
maybe you could lower the price of the PS3.(the idea suddenly fades as the sound Sony Executive's laughing hysterically in the background are heard)
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31. March 2009 @ 16:33 |
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Sony is currently undergoing a major restructuring and is expected to announce their first net loss in 14 years.
LOL when I first read this, I thought that it meant, "Sony is currently undergoing a major restructuring and is expected to announce their first net loss 14 years from now." I was scratching my head for a few minutes before I finally got it. :-D
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korgoth3
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31. March 2009 @ 16:48 |
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first net loss for when? quarter 4 figures were already out for 2008 and they were positive, do you mean for this quarter?, because i remember afterdawn saying the same thing about a month or two ago.
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31. March 2009 @ 16:57 |
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Originally posted by korgoth3:
first net loss for when? quarter 4 figures were already out for 2008 and they were positive, do you mean for this quarter?, because i remember afterdawn saying the same thing about a month or two ago.
For the fiscal year ended March 31. :)
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31. March 2009 @ 16:58 |
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News Flash! Microsoft to counter Sony's move by reintroducing the Xbox!
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31. March 2009 @ 18:28 |
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Originally posted by spartybob:
News Flash! Microsoft to counter Sony's move by reintroducing the Xbox!
Why would they do that....they have no reason to, xbox was discontinued the moment the 360 showed up.
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bomber991
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31. March 2009 @ 18:52 |
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Jeeze, what was the previous price of the PS2? I remember back in January 2006 I bought my 2nd PS2 cause my original one died. I remember it being something like $120. I thought these things were just $90 for the past year? I guess not.
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31. March 2009 @ 19:01 |
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i buy used, i had a SCPH10001 when it first came out it lasted 3 years till the mystical thief fairy made it magically disappear. then i bought a slimline and it broke in the first 3 months. slimline's are landfill waist not even worth 50 bucks. i then bought a used SCPH39001 and its worked 3 years and counting.
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31. March 2009 @ 19:12 |
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Yeah Xbox owners kinda got hosed when M$ dropped Xbox right away when the 360 hit. A four year lifespan is pretty low whereas the PS2 might last nine or even ten years. It's no surprise that the PS2 is still ticking. The PS2 has an amazing gaming library that you might not be able to play with certain versions of PS3. If you don't have a PS2 already, you might as well drop $100 so that you have access to the PS2 library before Sony discontinues the console. It's nice to go back and play older gen games on occasion anyway. Sony could have dropped the PS2's price earlier but the sales were so good up until now at $130 that they probably didn't see a need to do so.
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31. March 2009 @ 19:14 |
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I can't believe it. Im a fan of both systems as I have a PS3 & 360 elite. Microsoft was very smart about phasing out the original XBOX within the first year of the 360 release. PS2 should have been GONE over 2 years ago.
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31. March 2009 @ 19:25 |
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Originally posted by Blackloz:
I can't believe it. Im a fan of both systems as I have a PS3 & 360 elite. Microsoft was very smart about phasing out the original XBOX within the first year of the 360 release. PS2 should have been GONE over 2 years ago.
There was no need to phase out the PS2, they used the PS2 to soften the blow of the PS3's Loss Per unit. it also provided the chance for devs get some good games out. while they where busy trying to figure out how to code for that overpriced Nuclear Missile Tracking System.
Sad part is allot of devs didn't quite get it or was to expensive to develop for so the PS2 Still lives.
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31. March 2009 @ 20:29 |
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I have been awaiting a good reason to supplement my pc gaming by getting a PS3..and Im not seeing any such reason. There are only a handful of exclusive PS3 titles that are "must-have" and sadly, Sony is not realizing that we are in a recession now. PS2? Who the hell needs a price reduction for the pS2???
PCSX2 (ps2 emulator) runs FF12 at 1920x1200 on my e8400..something that even the PS3 cant do! Unless Sony gets off their fat Japanese asses and lowers prices drastically..they are TOAST.
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1. April 2009 @ 00:55 |
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Fat...Japanese...no way...
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1. April 2009 @ 04:52 |
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WARNING: Possible April Fool's joke -- There MAY be a Sony press release today saying that the 80GB 'base' model has been discontinued but will sell for $299.99 starting 4/6 until they sell out and a new 160GB model w/ the return of software-based PS2 backward compatibility (~80%) will soon be available for the $399.99 price (possibly bundled w/ RESISTANCE 2).
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1. April 2009 @ 08:13 |
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Originally posted by windsong:
I have been awaiting a good reason to supplement my pc gaming by getting a PS3..and Im not seeing any such reason. There are only a handful of exclusive PS3 titles that are "must-have" and sadly, Sony is not realizing that we are in a recession now. PS2? Who the hell needs a price reduction for the pS2???
PCSX2 (ps2 emulator) runs FF12 at 1920x1200 on my e8400..something that even the PS3 cant do! Unless Sony gets off their fat Japanese asses and lowers prices drastically..they are TOAST.
Does it run flawlessly? As far as I was aware, there is no PS2 emulator that can run any commercial game perfectly and by perfectly, I mean no voice glitches, no rendering issues etc. AT ALL! :-)
If it indeed can, I may need to revisit this emulator... Otherwise I would prefer to play it on my PS2 console. I much prefer the graphical improvements my PC can make when rendering PSX, N64 games via emulators over the original console but last time I tried a PS2 emulator they were still far too buggy. I prefer to play a game without bugs rather than one that looks nicer WITH bugs.
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1. April 2009 @ 09:37 |
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Sony have, as per usual decided to rip off Great Britain!
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/03/31/sony_ps2_price_cut/
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Sony has treated PlayStation 2 buyers in North America and Europe to a console cost cut. But the electronics giant has confirmed that UK consumers won?t see any reduction.
A spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment told website MCV that ?neither [the European or North American price cuts] affect the UK ? the price will remain the same here?.
Sony hasn?t given a reason for its decision not to cut the PS2?s price in the UK, which currently carries a recommended sale price of £95 ($136/?102).
In North America the price has been cut from $130 to $100 (£70/?75). The aging console will now also cost ?100 (£93/$133) in continental Europe.
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1. April 2009 @ 11:14 |
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Sony heres a clue...."Ur doingz it wrong!!"
If anything they should have raised the cost of the PS2 to 150 or 170, and lowered the price of the PS3.....
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1. April 2009 @ 11:41 |
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Pretty pointless.
And to make it worse, this price drop is excluded from the UK.
Was seriously hoping for a PS3 price drop.
All my friends are heading towards the 360 because of money problems.
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neo1000
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1. April 2009 @ 13:30 |
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THAT THING SHOULD COST LIKE 20 BUCKS ALREADY
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1. April 2009 @ 13:31 |
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I wonder if sony ever gets out of the gaming business. who will take there place Apple or will Sega Comeback To give it another Go.
i find it very ironic Sega was brought down by bad timing, Sony picked a bad time to release a Power House Console so will the same happen to them.
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1. April 2009 @ 16:13 |
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Sony didn't pick a bad time... It was a little late but they're picking up ok...
Sega picked a really REALLY bad time lol
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inagasake
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1. April 2009 @ 17:27 |
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Even if Sony drops the PS3 price now, how many fence sitters are left for Sony to pick up now? It's too little, too late. Didn't this gen reach 100 million consoles faster than last gen? And most consumers only get one console per gen.
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1. April 2009 @ 17:48 |
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Know your history.. sega got well and truly crapped on by sony after doing 90% of the development on the ps1
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Morreale
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1. April 2009 @ 19:37 |
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Originally posted by inagasake:
Even if Sony drops the PS3 price now, how many fence sitters are left for Sony to pick up now? It's too little, too late. Didn't this gen reach 100 million consoles faster than last gen? And most consumers only get one console per gen.
No, like I have a PS3 and a Wii and I'll be getting a 360 just to hack and save some money on multiplatform games...
Many people this generation have more then one console, or all of them. They're all very different and close. Last generation was a different story cause PS2 was superior.
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1. April 2009 @ 19:50 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
Know your history.. sega got well and truly crapped on by sony after doing 90% of the development on the ps1
Yeah...So whats your point?.
regardless of history lessons, the Dreamcast Was a pinnacle of engineering cast out by very bad timing.
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