Sony Announces New PS2 Bundle

Thanks to Yahoo!/Reuters for their story describing Sony's amended PlayStation 2 hardware bundle, explaining :"...the $199 PS2, with a network adapter that allows users to play games online... [will now be] bundled with the game 'ATV Offroad Fury 2'." Sony also said "it would continue to sell the PS2 without the online hardware for $179", although it had expected to phase out this deal. However, "...demand is currently running about 20 percent for the online bundle and 80 percent for the stand-alone unit", and GameStop executives quoted in the article "... noted that they thought the $199 PS2 online package had not been selling as well as they believed Sony had planned" - seems Sony are trying to sweeten the online bundle deal.

Comments

Re:Because....

[Webere]

Most people still have dial up, remember that. These people aren't going to get broadband just to hook the ps2 up to the net.

The PS2 network adapter includes a modem, you know. Actually, you probably didn't know that. Sony seems to keep it a secret for some reason, when they should be making it well known, since, as you pointed out, much of their market probably doesn't have broadband.

Re:That's great, but...

[the_riaa]

I haven't purchased a game this year for that reason, I would rather rent what will probably be blah for 6.50 than buy for $50+.

As a GC owner since February, I don't really understand this. This year alone, Zelda:TWW (and the OOT bonus disc), Mario Golf, F-Zero GX, and Soul Calibur 2 are all rediculously fun games. (I imported the latter two) - 2003 has been quite a good year for us GameCube owners.

While I will agree with you that by far and away, most games are bland and boring or pure shit, there are definitely some worthwhile titles out for the GC this year. The only two games I really wanted to play but ended up renting were Wario World (extremely fun, really short though) and Enter The Matrix (movie themed horseshit in a dvd-case), good rents in both cases (spent $13 instead of $100).

If Donkey Kong Racing was something you were really looking forward to, then the combo of Kirby's Air Ride and Mario Kart:Double Dash, both of which are set to hit American shores later this year, should hit the spot for your racing needs. That, or the Midway title 'Freaky Flyers', which is supposedly a good deal like Diddy Kong Racing, but without the odd (yet fun) Kong licensed characters.