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Sony Drops PS2 Price to $129

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-em-while-they're-hot dept.

Conradq writes "Effective immediately, consumers can purchase the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system for a suggested retail price (SRP) of $129.99. Previously the console was priced at $149. The company opted for a subtle reduction in price ahead of this years E3, instead of a more dramatic $99 drop."

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  1. One Word: Dominance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Looking back at the PS2 over the past six years it is staggering just how good Sony is.

    Sony and the PS2 has a chance of hitting 115-120 million by the time the system goes out of production in the next few years. The PS2 will most likely sell more units starting this year until the system goes out of production in the next few years than either the GameCube or Xbox did over their entire lifetimes.

    The PS2 is a technological masterpiece. The PS2 hardware was pretty much finalized back in 1997 and just look at the new God of War 2 footage from GDC:

    http://youtube.com/results?search=god+of+war+2&sea rch_type=search_videos&search=Search

    No wonder Sony's six year old console has been outselling Microsoft's new console by a wide margin in all three regions and this is before the price drop.