Comments on: Sony PS2 finally hits the $100 price point

As of April 1, the price of the PlayStation 2 will go from $129 to $99.99. Now let's see if Sony does anything with the price of the PS3.

[shaq273]

Long live the PS2 , for all those gamers who don't have 200 to pay for a faultly xbox 360 or an expensive 400 ps3 , the PS2 at 100 is a great start considering all the games and how inexpensive the games are. I think its a viable option dor those looking for a reliable, cheap gaming experience especially in these tough times. . Tell sony gets it right and drops the price of the PS3 or microsofts fixing the problems with the 360.

[funk_ninja]

Geeze, Sony must be retarted. No one even buys anything for PS2 anymore much less would anyone buy a PS2...I don't even think I've seen one on the shelf in several years...then again, I certainly wasn't looking. Instead of dropping the price on the PS2, why not save some money and stop producing hardware that no one buys and use that revenue to drop the price on the PS3 to increase your sales. There's no doubt the PS3 is superior to the XBOX360 (And I say this being an XBOX360 owner) but very few of my friends are willing to fork over that kind of dough all at once for a requirement the XBOX360 adequately meets. Sony, if you want to dominate the market, meet Microsoft at their price point. 90% of the population can't afford a Rolls Royce, but if it were priced like a Ford, we'd all have one.

[shaq273]

I agree 100% with you ....

[nejl20]

actually, sales figures shows that ps2 sales are still rather strong. so are ps2 games.

[eason_chan]

maybe it is just another show to tell people that their product can last at lease 10 years, which means they want you to think that PS3 worth 399~

[jwilson61904]

I hear that Microsoft has a big anouncement scheduled for tomorrow. Rumor is that they will be discounting all copies of Windows 2000!!!

I just don't understand Sony sometimes.

[grilledcharlie]

There has been so many rumors of Sony dropping the price of the PS3 for 6 months now. At this point, anyone that plans to buy one is waiting for a price drop anyway due to all the rumors. How can Sony not see that? If they would just drop the price, the PS3 would suddenly start selling like hotcakes.

[Mike+1]

I have been hearing the rumors about a PS3 price drop, started by would-be buyers since at least last October. Compared to other systems and with the blu-ray, etc, the PS3 is not a bad deal at $399, but would a $50 price break really increase sales that much? A $100 price break probably would increase sales, but Sony cannot make the console for $299 without using cheaper parts and removing features, but not blu-ray since that is the game disk format. All of that already own a PS3 would like to see price reductions in the games and blu-ray movies, but that is where Sony makes money.

[beej90]

I've got to be honest here. I think the PS 2 is by far the best game system out there. It's insanely cheap, has a huge catalog of titles, & is super portable. What more could you ask for?

[douggdangger]

It would cost a person about $500 just to buy a PS3, game and an HDMI cable.

I can walk out of a store with a 360 and a game for about $260.


And no, I don't need a wifi adapter, blowray player or online gameplay.

Sony doesn't have a console that caters to people like me with minimal needs.

[jwilson61904]

Sounds like the PS2 would be perfect for you. After all, you could walk out of the same store with a PS2 and game for $150, and the PS2 has a much larger gaming library than the 360. Congratulations, you just hit the jackpot!!!!

[nejl20]

whether a $100 ps2 is a great value or not is rather subjective. so is the price of ps3. fans of sony will pay whatever the market bares for the system. the issue here is why make such a big deal of the ps2 price drop. it seems to me that are hanging on strongly to their intention to support the platform for at least 15 years, as announced earlier. I can't blame them to continue to support the ps2 if the ps3 isn't selling. ps2 sales continue to be strong and new games are still being published for the ps2. even at the $100 price level, i'm assuming that they are making money on the hardware. hopefully, the intended surge in ps2 sales will supplement the ps3 long enough to bring that price point down to a more competitive level. sony needs to make money and ps3, psp, movies, hdtv, and vaio doesn't make enough anymore.

[nejl20]

sorry, that was 10 years that they intend to support the ps2, until at least 2010.

[MrMurder]

Nah, I already got one of the early "fat" models.

[spartanbob]

I used to be a big supporter of Sony. But what has happened to this company? They make stupid decisions and my last experience with their customer service was a walk into hell. Who cares about the PS2, It's outdated and has run its life cycle. What's next? Sony announces price cut on all their CRT tube Televisions. Get your act together Sony before you become irrelevant. News flash! MS counters Sony's move by bring back the Xbox!

[spartanbob]

I used to be a big supporter of Sony. But what has happened to this company? They make stupid decisions and my last experience with their customer service was a walk into hell. Who cares about the PS2, It's outdated and has run its life cycle. What's next? Sony announces price cut on all their CRT tube Televisions. Get your act together Sony before you become irrelevant. News flash! MS counters Sony's move by bring back the Xbox!

[BCF1968]

No one complains about the Xbox 360 Elite. It's $400 and it doesn't even come with wi-fi let alone a blu-ray player. The wi-fi is an extra $100. Yet I do not hear anyone complaining about that. And I don't want anyone bring up that you can get a 360 for $200. Comparing a $200 360 with no HDD to a 80 GB PS3 is a joke. Sure the 60 GB version is $300 but once again no wi-fi and that's $100 making it a $400 system still with no blu-ray and 20 GB less HDD space. Of that's no even mentioning that if you own the 360 for say 6 years you'll end up paying $300 just to play online vs ZERO for a PS3.

So let's see over a 6 year period

80 GB PS3 $400
wi-fi inlcuded
online play free
blu-ray player included

total cost $400

60 GB Xbox 360 $300
wi-fi add-on $100
6 years of XBL $300
stand alone blu-ray player $200

total cost $900

[grilledcharlie]

Everyone has heard this argument too many times for too long. Even though you are correct, it obviously hasn't made a difference to the average consumer. So, what if someone doesn't need wifi, or XBOX Live, or a bluray player? What if someone just wants to play video games? Then your price comparison falls flat. Having said that, if you really want to have a good time on your console, then you should get online. So, the Playstation Network is free, but it is pretty subpar compared to XBL. After all, you can get free television programming with some rabbit ears and over the air signals. However, if you are willing to pay, then you get a much more entertaining experience. Obviously M$ is spending my $3 and change per month on developing Live, which I gladly pay.

[milfweed]

I agree with Charlie. People (mainly Sony fanboys) keep harping on the "no wifi" and "no blu-ray" Xbox 360. Give it up already. Obviously, these so-called inferior aspects of the 360 simply haven't deterred millions of folks from purchasing the 360...even with the rrod fiasco. Not everyone needs wifi, blu-ray or Xbox Live. Isn't it possible for a dude to just play VIDEO GAMES only...on a VIDEO GAME console??? And for any 360 owner that does need the extras, there are low cost ways to obtain them, contrary to the same ole argument of "no this and that" and $1000 extra for this" constantly repeated by Sony fanboys. You can purchase the ORIGINAL XBOX wireless adapter, that is 100% compatible with the Xbox 360, for about $30 online or at a Fry's store. No need to spend $100 to go wireless. Or just go caveman style and plug in the included ethernet cable and guess what? You're connected to your modem for free! And you could get a whole year membership to Xbox Live for a mere 29 bucks (= 2 bucks and change a month) if you do some online surfing. I actually got that price at Best Buy about a month ago.

The PS3 is a nice piece of hardware, but $399 is fairly steep if you just want to play the latest video games. IMO, the one thing that Microsoft has done right and trumps anything PS3 has done, is Xbox Live. The fee is well worth it. Especially when it allows you to update your system almost instantaneously, unlike the PS3 and its dreadful "I could do my laundry faster" updates.

I'm not so upset that Sony hasn't dropped the price of the PS3 as I am that they made this 30 dollar drop for the PS2 out to be news!!! ARE U SERIOUS!!!!

[ean_kile]

This is great news for people with uncompromising budget integrity who decided they will pay no more than 100 dollars for the PS2. Their nine year wait is finally over.

[daveb85]

Yeah Sony really listens to us, thats why they still haven't replaced backwards compatibility. Microsoft extended their warranty, and Nintendo finally fixed the "storage problem", and they're out of touch? Right, keep on tooling you ******* fanboy.

[repete66211]

This is the "big" news?????

I can understand Sony wanting to move more of these, but how many people have been holding out for a $100 PS2? Anyone who wanted a PS2 already has one.

Lowering the price of a PS2 to $100 is no different than lowering the price of DVDs to $10. All it does is make people say, "Why would I spend so much on that overpriced PS3/Blu-ray when I can get a PS2/DVD for so much less?" In other words, it will only further delay the adoption of PS3/Blu-ray.

Stupid Sony.

[douggdangger]

"After all, you could walk out of the same store with a PS2 and game for $150, and the PS2 has a much larger gaming library than the 360."

I wouldn't go back to a PS2 from a 360 even if you paid me.

Again, Sony fangirls dwelling on the past... how pathetic.



I laugh everytime a sony fangirl gets their calculator out and do their comparison about adding accessories on the 360 that majority of buyers DO NOT NEED.

If the 360's lack of wifi, blowray player, built in rechargeable batteries... were such a big deal... then people wouldn't have bought it over the PS3.

The fact that people bought 360s OVER the PS3 DESPITE having less features built in is a testament to the fact that people DO NOT CARE about wifi, blowray and rechargeable vibrators.

Get over it!

[jwilson61904]

Nice job taking my quote above out of context. The quote above about buying a PS2 would be perfect for you was in response to your quote below. I just assumed that since you were so concerned about cost and weren't interested in playing online that the PS2 for $110 less than your quoted 360 would better meat your "minimalist needs". I was just trying to help. In fairness, you should have probably mentioned that you wanted to save money on your system as long as it had the word "XBOX" somewhere on it.


"It would cost a person about $500 just to buy a PS3, game and an HDMI cable.

I can walk out of a store with a 360 and a game for about $260.


And no, I don't need a wifi adapter, blowray player or online gameplay.

Sony doesn't have a console that caters to people like me with minimal needs.

[mamyint]

To all of the people who claim to have minimal needs...I guess online play is also a minimal need. I guess that eliminates the need to pay $50/yr for Xbox Live. Minimalists would go the free PlayStation Network route rather than subjecting themselves to a monthly fee.

[grilledcharlie]

Yeah, I can get over the air tv for free with a pair of rabbit ears, but I'd rather pay for a higher quality, more entertaining cable or sat package. I have no problem paying $3 and change per month for the far superior XBOX Live over the sub par Playstation Network and ridiculously useless Home.

[cabrillo24]

The PS2 price drop is part of a larger strategy. They hope this does spur PS2 sales, as it would help compensate for a future PS3 price drop.

[1eye1]

What larger strategy? Oh yeah, the one where they dominate the video game industry by continuing to flog a 10 year old console. I don't know how the PS2 is still producing unreal sales numbers. I think that they are taking the total amount of PS2's ever sold and dividing it by the number of years its been around to get its yearly sales totals. Its either that or there a lot of parents out there that can't tell the difference between PS2 and 3. They should track the numbers of PS2 sales that were returned because people thought that they were buying something cutting edge. Anyway, here's what they should have done, make it 29.99 and shove a Dora sticker on it. They could selll these things for another 10 years easy....