In a move recalling the dying days of the first, persistently long-lived PlayStation, Sony has announced that the Platinum series of games on PS2 are having their prices slashed for summer.
Games are set to be reduced to a £14.99 price point, with some going as low as £9.99, at the discretion of retailers. The Platinum selection is pretty large these days, and includes such stellar titles as Gran Turismo 3, Dead Or Alive 2, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy X, Hitman 2, Moto GP3, Pro Evo Soccer 3, Jak (& Daxter 1,2 and 3, Ratchet and Clank 1,2 and 3, Killzone, Crazy Taxi and GTA's 3 and Vice City.
It’s a very aggressive strategy, and Nintendo and Microsoft have said that they will be making no comparable reductions to the prices of their equivalent back catalogue budget lines. Everyone’s missed a few big games over the last few years, and here’s the opportunity to buy them at a price that even undercuts what you’d pay second-hand.
A word of advice though: if you’re a PS2 owner with your heart set on a PS3 purchase next year, you might be wise to put the money you save in your piggy bank, as it’s looking like the next gen Sony console will be fairly pricy.
Games are set to be reduced to a £14.99 price point, with some going as low as £9.99, at the discretion of retailers. The Platinum selection is pretty large these days, and includes such stellar titles as Gran Turismo 3, Dead Or Alive 2, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy X, Hitman 2, Moto GP3, Pro Evo Soccer 3, Jak (& Daxter 1,2 and 3, Ratchet and Clank 1,2 and 3, Killzone, Crazy Taxi and GTA's 3 and Vice City.
It’s a very aggressive strategy, and Nintendo and Microsoft have said that they will be making no comparable reductions to the prices of their equivalent back catalogue budget lines. Everyone’s missed a few big games over the last few years, and here’s the opportunity to buy them at a price that even undercuts what you’d pay second-hand.
A word of advice though: if you’re a PS2 owner with your heart set on a PS3 purchase next year, you might be wise to put the money you save in your piggy bank, as it’s looking like the next gen Sony console will be fairly pricy.
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Coxy 5 Jul 2005 21:00
1/3
My bargain-sense is tingling!
schnide 5 Jul 2005 21:09
2/3
I just got Killzone and while it's got obvious flaws (mainly the odd bug and technical problem) I think it's a really, really good game. The fact that they've even got it running on the PS2 is amazing, why didn't this game do better?
config 6 Jul 2005 08:41
3/3
schnide wrote:
I just got Killzone and while it's got obvious flaws (mainly the odd bug and technical problem) I think it's a really, really good game. The fact that they've even got it running on the PS2 is amazing, why didn't this game do better?
While it is truly technically astounding, and ticks all the boxes that qualify it as an accomplished FPS, the game is tedious and repetative. The narrative plods, paced too slowly to provide a decent sized "carrot" for the player. The enemy too similar - even if troops are typically dressed the same, do they really all utter the same dozen phrases?
I really tried to like Killzone; to the point where I came back to it after a month-long hiatus. In the end the guarded plot and MTV-like repetition crushed my will to play on.
edit: Strangely, I never encountered any bug are technical issues.