kombo.com - 3/31/2009
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Sony has gone and shocked the whole world with the global announcement of a PS2 price drop to $99 dollars.
Amid all of the rumors and speculation about what the announcement could be, it looks like Kotaku had it right. Sony also announced that in Europe the price would drop to 99 Euros, while in England they would see no change in price.
It makes sense to finally lower the price, as most consoles usually end up at the magic $99 and PS2 had been hanging out at $129 for a long time, but I wonder how ...
PlayStation 2 now $99
joystiq.com 3/31/2009 —
As expected , Sony Computer Entertainment has lowered the price of PlayStation 2 from $129 to $99, as of today. The move comes as the console enters its ninth year on sale in the US. That's a heck of a long life for a console, and the price drop ...
Wii to Lose Market Share to $99 PS2, says Sony
gamedaily.com 3/31/2009 — Hardware marketing director John Koller tells us that Sony believes it will steal some share from the Wii with the new $99 price point on PS2. We also chat about PS3's pricing.
Sony Announces a Price Cut
digitalsomething.com 3/31/2009 — Sony announced today that effective tomorrow, the PlayStation 2 will be available for $99.99. Not exactly the price cut anyone wanted, but the PS2 is still getting games and it is still selling strong around the globe. And why wouldn't it? There are a ton of great games on the ...
Why Free PS2 Compatibility Won’t Happen
playstationlifestyle.net 8/24/2009 —
Despite the amount of praise Sony recieved for making the PS2 fully backwards compatible with PS1 games, and the PS3 initially compatible with most PS2 games, the Japanese gaming giant made a full 180 degree turn last year when it eliminated all PS2 compatibility from its future systems. ...
Blog Archive » RUMOR: PS2 Emulator Downloadable For the PS3?
gamersplatform.com 10/3/2008 — We all know that the only PS3 consoles that came with full PS2 backwards compatiblility were the launch consoles, the 20GB and 60GB, which are now unavailable due to manufacturing costs. A lot of Playstation fans are disappointed because the 40GB, ...
Sony reveals $99 PS2, Microsoft doesn’t care
thatvideogameblog.com 3/31/2009 —
Earlier today Sony revealed their big announcement was the previously rumored $99 PS2. The new price goes into effect on April 1. Sony thinks this new price will introduce new consumers to the PlayStation brand, most notably families and people who weren’t alive when the PS2 came out ...
PS2 To Go $99 [Rumor]
kotaku.com 3/30/2009 — A friendly tipster has passed on this shot of Kmart's retail database. To translate, it shows the PlayStation 2, and it shows that next week the console will be reduced to $99. The move will also, apparently, be first advertised by Kmart in a ...
PS2 Games - Playstation 2 Video Games - EA Games
ea.com 9/5/2009 — PlayStation 2 Games Sony PS2 Games After the release of the Sony PLAYSTATION 3, it was assumed that PS2 games would quietly fall off the radar in a few short months. It has yet to happen. Still running strong, PlayStation 2 games offer a wide variety ...
PS2 Capabilities May Be Returning To PS3
pressthebuttons.com 6/30/2009 — The Internet is buzzing with news that Sony has filed a patent regarding the method used to make the PlayStation 3's mighty cell processor interpret directives originally designed for the PlayStation 3's Emotion Engine. The upshot on this is that the PS3 could soon be able to play PS2 ...
Rumor / PS2 dropping to $99 in April
thatvideogameblog.com 3/30/2009 — Sony promised it would have a big announcement on Tuesday and seeing how there was no PS3 price drop at GDC, one would believe that would be the announcement. At least that’s what we thought until pictures of a computer screen suggesting a PS2 price cut appeared online. If these photos ...
Sony Cuts The PlayStation 2 Price To $99.99 —
G4 TV - TheFeed 3/31/2009
As Stephen surmised yesterday , Sony has dropped the price of the PlayStation 2 to $99.99. The price is effective starting tomorrow, April 1, 2009. On the PlayStation Blog , John Koller, director of hardware marketing, said:
"Why is this ...
Microsoft laugh off PS2 price cut —
play.tm 3/31/2009
All about the Xbox 360, says MS exec Microsoft have dismissed Sony's PS2 price cut today, describing the reduction across North America and Europe as to be expected as Sony's last-gen system fades out.
"This move from Sony at the end of the ...
Microsoft on PlayStation 2 Price Cut: "Bah, LOL" —
Kombo.com 3/31/2009
Sony made news earlier today as they rocked the industry -- eh, sort of -- as they finally brought down the price of the PlayStation... 2. Well, they said they weren't cutting the PS3's price, and they stuck to it, so we have to give them that. I ...
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