PS2 Going Cheap! Now!
SCEE goes announcement crazy, cuts price of PS2 with immediate effect.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced a new price point for its mega-successful PlayStation 2. The console's new asking price is now £94.99 (€129.99) and the price of an 8MB Memory Card also falls to €19.99, which'll probably round up to £14.99 for us British types. SCEE has timed this well, we reckon, with these pre-pre-Xmas weeks and months revealing a strong line-up of soon-come PS2 software, including SingStar Legends, EyeToy; Kinetic Combat, Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party and Buzz! The Sports Quiz. Canny, eh? If there's a household left in Europe without a PS2, now's the time to buy. Money off…all those games to choose from…'scuse us, we'll be off to the shops, but not until we've heard from David Reeves, president of SCEE, needlessly justying the cut in price:
"With this attractive new price point and a vast portfolio of over 2,200 software titles including social gaming blockbusters such as EyeToy, SingStar and Buzz!, we believe there has never been a better time to join the community of PlayStation 2 users. At this new price point of €129, the market leading PlayStation 2 should remain the computer entertainment system of choice for an even wider and more diverse audience for many years to come."
Hmm, 'Wii' wonder if Nintendo might have something to say about that 'years to come' remark.
"With this attractive new price point and a vast portfolio of over 2,200 software titles including social gaming blockbusters such as EyeToy, SingStar and Buzz!, we believe there has never been a better time to join the community of PlayStation 2 users. At this new price point of €129, the market leading PlayStation 2 should remain the computer entertainment system of choice for an even wider and more diverse audience for many years to come."
Hmm, 'Wii' wonder if Nintendo might have something to say about that 'years to come' remark.
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Ditto 21 Aug 2006 18:36
1/4
Good, good.
Very soon I'll have to decide between a PS2, Wii or DS for a under £150 console.
Decsions, decisions.
Very soon I'll have to decide between a PS2, Wii or DS for a under £150 console.
Decsions, decisions.
Bentley 21 Aug 2006 20:05
2/4
Great scott, so I could get a pink PS2 for a mere £95? A far better option at the moment than the useless wannabe that is the 360.
It's a shame that Sony bang on about the "PS2 Community" without bringing it together with anything more than a half-arsed online service. With that many PS2s in circulation, and more and more homes signing up to broadband, it would have been great to see a PS2 HDD released alongside an XBox Live style service instead of the broken "Central Station" cobblers. And no, that would not mean copying Microsoft, as the Sony online service was being debated when PS2 was still being designed, and XBox was no more than a twinkle in Bill Gates' evil eyes.
But, Sony's failing over the PS2, if anything, has been in supporting the online service- at least, for Europeans. US & Japan got the HDD, right? Yup, I am still banging on about that one. I'll stop now though, I need to wipe my arse before the battery dies in my laptop.
It's a shame that Sony bang on about the "PS2 Community" without bringing it together with anything more than a half-arsed online service. With that many PS2s in circulation, and more and more homes signing up to broadband, it would have been great to see a PS2 HDD released alongside an XBox Live style service instead of the broken "Central Station" cobblers. And no, that would not mean copying Microsoft, as the Sony online service was being debated when PS2 was still being designed, and XBox was no more than a twinkle in Bill Gates' evil eyes.
But, Sony's failing over the PS2, if anything, has been in supporting the online service- at least, for Europeans. US & Japan got the HDD, right? Yup, I am still banging on about that one. I'll stop now though, I need to wipe my arse before the battery dies in my laptop.
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warbaby 21 Aug 2006 21:05
3/4
Why is it then I can already get a slim PS2 for $129 bucks Canadian...
Unless my internal biological currency calculator is out of tune, this doesn't really seem like a price "drop".
EDIT: I forgot about the "Screw the Europeans" charge added to your goods.
Unless my internal biological currency calculator is out of tune, this doesn't really seem like a price "drop".
EDIT: I forgot about the "Screw the Europeans" charge added to your goods.
RiseFromYourGrave 21 Aug 2006 22:00
4/4
warbaby wrote:
EDIT: I forgot about the "Screw the Europeans" charge added to your goods.
i wish the companies that creat and sell these products would too :(