Redesigned model boasts built-in power supply; 25 per cent price drop likely: Thought PlayStation 2 hardware sales were going to quietly disappear after the revenue frenzy of Christmas? Think again – Sony is preparing to introduce a new, cut-price model of the console in early 2008.
MCV can exclusively reveal that this 'compact' PS2 will hit the US at just $99 in the New Year – a reduction of $30 from its current selling price of $129.
If a similar percentage cut is introduced in the UK, retailers can expect to sell the revamped system for just £75 – or maybe lower.
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Rubin: "Thank you! A lot of games, Call of Duty included just focus on how to make the most money possible out of the player base. They rely heavily on FOMO marketing and EOMM matches. But I feel like it used to be just more about the quality of the game which would drive players to play. And that means making the game more player centric. i.e. less engagement based tactics and higher quality experiences for the players. Better maps, modes etc. In other words your game should have a high player count because it's good and people want to play it rather than people playing it because the game has a $250M marketing budget. Everything is just said is very simplified as it would take too long to really go into it. One last simple analogy. Be more like Larian, less like Activision."
Lol the producer of xdviant a cod clone in every shape and way, including the micro & fomo is piss off his game getting shut down.
Yet you work for another scummy company like Ubisoft that fight to flood single player games with useless battle passes, predatory microtransactions and to take away player ownership of the games they pay for.
This twitter post exposed this fool
Ps2 ain't going no where $99 in 2008 and the biggest game library if you don't have a ps2 it's time to get one!
2010 here we come ps2 should be $69 by then.
White PS2 singstar edition 149 Dollar/Euro this Holiday. If you like Karaoke, that's a much better deal. White PS2 + white 360 to own now, white PS3 to buy Christmas 2008 is the best way to go
Its only logical for sony to do this its really helping them make some sort of profit from there gaming devision while the ps3 catches up to speed!
Man, at that price I may buy a PS2 for my daughter's bedroom. She'd love her own little console.
Nice.
Good move from Sony, methinks -- position itself beneath the Wii and draw on its massive library of games. Plus, it kinda makes the BC of PS3 less of an issue (but it is still an issue, no matter what some may say).
Sony would be better off cutting this console out of the picture and supporting the PS2 library on the PS3.