E3 - Sony Drops PS2 To $149, Shows PSP, Hints At PS3

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday May 11, 2004 @08:15AM from the many-pee-ess-es dept.

JSDopefish writes "Not much of a surprise, but Sony announced today at their E3 press conference that they're lowering the price of the PlayStation 2 console to $149, including the network adapter. That matches the already in-place $149 price of the Xbox system. The GameCube remains at $99." Elsewhere, jasoncart writes "Sony has just unveiled their Playstation Portable specs to the enthralled masses at their pre-E3 conference in LA. The result is the first photographs of the new device (alt. link), confirmation of the impressive specifications (Wi-Fi ahoy!) and hints on the games we'll be playing on the PSP, including 'clips of Gran Turismo... Wipeout [and] Metal Gear Solid'." 1UP also discusses mentions of the PlayStation 3 in the press conference, including "some rather grand predictions for the future of Sony's game console efforts."

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ps2 network adaptor? by lawngnome · 2004-05-11 08:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Why are they including this now? I understand why you would want it for certain games like EA's sports line or FF11 but is there really such a huge market to include it?

Not to bash the whole digital convergence thing, but Ive been very happy with my "old school" non connected ps2...