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Sony modifies PS2, discusses price cut in Europe
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 9th July 2007
Theres still no official word on price cuts for the PlayStation 3 in Europe, but that's not surprising really.
Not only did Sony spend the first part of the week apologising again to The Church of England and slashing the price of PlayStation 3 (despite Sony Japan denying it), but it also managed to streamline the PlayStation 2 somewhat.
Sony has continued to support the uber-popular PlayStation 2, unlike Microsoft who promptly dropped the original Xbox in favour of the Xbox 360, and has also continued to improve on the PS2's design.
The new version of the PlayStation 2 may look the same to the previous versions, but is actually an entirely different animal and is more than a third lighter than normal apparently. The power adaptor too has been dieting, losing 100 grams in all, ending up down at 250 grams.
The new components and weight of the PlayStation 2.1, as we've chosen to christen it, should make for a cheaper console thanks to lower shipping and production costs.
Meanwhile, Kotaku has been asking Sony Europe just how long European gamers will have to wait until a price cut on the PlayStation 3. The result a bit disappointing, but entirely predictable given Sony's history in Europe;
"We have no announcement to make at this time."
Still, as Kotaku points out, the system did arrive five months later in Europe than planned, so we may just have to wait five months for a similar price cut on this side of the pond. On the other hand it may just be a surprise announcement as only hours before the American price cut, the heads of Sony were still denying any such move.
Annoyed at the lack of European price cuts, or is that frustration balanced out by the PS2 improvements? Let us know what you think in our community discussion forums.
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also, even after a price cut, the PS3 is missing 1 critical function for me; Multi-region PS2 support. If it had that, I would be ALOT happier about spending my hard-earned cash on it.
The PS3 is still an overprices games console. Regardless of how much you get for your £400, they're never going to sell well enough until they're within £50 of the 360- a console that can be had with 2 controllers and 2 games for £250 atm. The PS2 does interest me a little bit- I've got an Xbox but would never turn down an addition to the console line up. Just a shame that the slim PS2 is £90 at work (with the 'original' being £40).
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Also the Playstation2 console has been out selling the Xbox 360 console. :)
Smaller and lighter Ps2 makes it an even better choice for cars. Should slid nicely in the pouch on the back of any car seat and still have leg room :)
PS2 is still selling strong and making a S**T load of cash with its console sales and games sales.
the latest information i could find shows we are up to the v15 PS2
V1 - 11 were the old fat PS2
V12 - 15 are the new slim PS2's
however i couldn't find out if the v15 is the newer lighter model or not
however the v15 does have a new
I also couldn't see any mention of a new PS2 version on my usual PS2 forums :|
If it was a PSP weight revision, then it would be something more akin to news, but its a console that sits there on the floor for weeks at a time without being moved. A lighter PS2 just makes it easier to pull off the top of your TV rack and break on the floor.
Though I'm guessing bit tech reported it because it shows Sony are still supporting the console
On the subject of the EU/UK, if we add UK V.A.T. to $500 we get a little under $590, if they leave it at the current equivalent raw $800 ($680 if we peel off tax) it will rather take the mickey.