PlayStation 2 Linux Kit Reduced To $99

SyniK writes "After buying a PS2 Network Adapter 2 days ago and trying some unofficial media players, turns out I'll be getting a second adapter because the PlayStation 2 Linux kit is now $99 - half of its former price. The kits, which include an internal 40 GB hard drive, a Network Adapter, a monitor cable, a USB keyboard and Linux on 2 DVD-ROMs, are now 'slightly limited edition' as they will not be replenished in the future."

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Re:A Real Solution?

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree with the parent. The linux kit is neat and all but not all that great. One thing that is kind of interesting is that it comes with the majority of the hardware docs that the "real" ps2 developers get.

As an somewhat ironic aside, Since the keyboard that came with my ps2 linux kit is the only usb keyboard I have available, I use it as the input devices for my xbox running linux. now I need to get a Gamecube LCD hooked up to make the set complete :)

And, once again, Sony discriminates Europe.

[MarcOiL]

Just go to a currency converter and enter $99. You'll see that it is about 80. But the PS2 Linux Kit will cost 149, which is around $183. All of this before taxes, of course, so it's not because of that.

So why does the Linux kit cost double in Europe? According to the latest charts, there are more PS2s in Europe than in the USA (remember that, for Sony, Europe includes non-Japan Asia and Africa), yet games are always released later here. Sometimes they are released six months later, and sometimes they are not released at all.

Piracy, they'll tell you. But maybe we resort to piracy because we don't have other options. I would have never thought of modding my PS2 until I saw that I'd never be able to play some games unless I did so. So I modded it, and now I can play Disgaea. I would have bought it, certainly, but it wasn't released here so I had to download it and patch it to PAL. It was worth it.

I'd just like an explanation for all these discrimination that made sense, even if it was from a strictly business point of view.