PS2 price cut coming soon

By Kristan Reed Published 4 September, 2003

£129.99 within the month, and bundles aplenty on the way too...

£129.99 is set to be the new PlayStation 2 price within the next three to four weeks, sources told Eurogamer today, while a number of excellent value bundle deals are being lined up from early October all the way up to Christmas as the battle for consumer wallets intensifies.

All the packs are to be official Sony bundles and will be available while stocks last. The first pack will hit European shelves on October 8th, and will bundle the console with EG favourites Pro Evolution Soccer 2 and GTA: Vice City for an incredibly good value 229 Euros, or roughly £159.99 - a saving of up to £100 based on the full SRP of current high street prices.

Next up, on November 13th the Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time pack will emerge blinking into the daylight, and will also be priced at a tempting 209 Euros price point (approx £144.99), and demonstrates Sony's faith in the title as a killer app. We were certainly impressed when we saw the game at ECTS last week, although the camera needs to be sorted out, Ubi!

Another pack which will prove incredibly tempting to the mass market is the Eye Toy pack, which bundles the current Eye Toy pack, along with the forthcoming second volume of games, all for just 229 Euros (approx £159.99).

Finally, providing Polyphony can finish the PAL conversion in time, December 10th will see the release of a Gran Turismo 4 pack for just 209 Euros (£144.99).

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Kristan is a former editor of Eurogamer, dad, Stone Roses bore and Norwich City supporter who sometimes mutters optimistically about Team Silent getting back together.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 9 years ago

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  • templar-wizard #1 9 years ago

    good god!

    will this madness stop. :) for some, it must really piss them off, owning all 3 consoles (me also) and seeing the temple topple over. if only games would come down....

  • Blerk #2 9 years ago

    Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price! Cut the GBA price!

    /holds up placard

  • krudster #3 9 years ago

    Why? You still not got one? You can get the original GBA for £49.99 now you tightwad!

  • Blerk #4 9 years ago

    You can get the original GBA for £49.99 now you tightwad!

    Will they pay for my eyes repairing as well once I've used it? Eh? :-)

  • DevilsKebab #5 9 years ago

    Good timing, just when my current PS2 has been destroyed (by some company who was supposed to chip it for me!).

  • lost_soul #6 9 years ago

    The GT4 pack is tempting...

    Come on Nintendo, respond!
    A MK:DD pack for £99 would probably be popular.

  • Killerbee #7 9 years ago

    It's funny how Sony is sticking quite rigidly to the usual price cuts one would expect over the lifetime of the console. You'd think they'd take notice of MS's move to £99, but nope - they're sticking to the next price point down and making it £129.

    It's almost as if they just don't care what their competitors are doing at the moment. I can't imagine this practice will be able to continue in the next console generation, particularly if MS put their new baby out at or around the same time as the PS3.

  • Blerk #8 9 years ago

    It's almost as if they just don't care what their competitors are doing at the moment.

    I'm sure they don't. They're well ahead, they know they're well ahead, they don't see it changing any time soon... why lose out on profit?

  • mal #9 9 years ago

    £129 quid is low enough for me to pick one up. That new model with the inbuilt network adapter and stuff was meant to have a quieter drive/fan, wasn't it? Is that out yet?

  • lost_soul #10 9 years ago

    I wonder if otto'll buy one now?

  • Killerbee #11 9 years ago

    £129 quid is low enough for me to pick one up. That new model with the inbuilt network adapter and stuff was meant to have a quieter drive/fan, wasn't it? Is that out yet?
    iirc it should be by the time this price cut comes into effect. But watch out 'cause the retailers will be clearing out all their old stock first and it maybe won't be that easy to tell which you're ordering. One sure way is to get a silver one, as all the silver ones will definitely be the new type.

  • jaa #12 9 years ago

    I wonder if otto'll buy one now?

    Do you really think it's just a matter of money? :)









    Mrs. otto... can he?

  • Pirotic #13 9 years ago

    the PS2 already has a extremely high market saturation, im guessing that they'd have to drop it to below 100 notes (£99) if they really wanted to capture the more hard-up gamers among us.

    its cheaper to manufacture than the gamecube and xbox, i think sony are just trying to rake in the cash to make up for the terrible performance of sonys other divisions lately

  • Tipsy #14 9 years ago

    Pretty sure I saw PS2 + Vice City + Eyetoy in my local Virgin Megastore for £169.99, which seemed quite good to me anyway :)

    Friend of mine had a go with the eyetoy thing in Woolworths and looked a right arse dancing around - and it was even funnier when he realised he could use his tongue to hit objects ;)

  • BLACKSHEEP #15 9 years ago

    £129 quid is low enough for me to pick one up. That new model with the inbuilt network adapter and stuff was meant to have a quieter drive/fan, wasn't it? Is that out yet?

    I'm gonna get that model 50000 or something but it don't have an internal network adapter, just improvements to the DVD e.g. better disk compatability, quieter fan and progessive scan for NTSC films.

    Now i'm sure a NA bundle is coming, there is one in the US or planned. What i'd really like is the PSX :D

    Oh and the new model is out around october. It's the one without the firewire/i-link port, instead an IR receiver.

  • Nemesis #16 9 years ago

    Will they pay for my eyes repairing as well once I've used it? Eh? :-)

    Get the Player instead then!*





    *assuming you've got a GC of course. You could just go get both.



  • Blerk #17 9 years ago

    I would like a player, but that sort of cuts out the whole 'portability' thing. I want an SP. But they're too expensive to just buy 'on a whim' and still hope to retain the wedding tackle when I get home and the missus finds out. :-)

  • Whizzo #18 9 years ago

    No I think it more likely that Sony are preparing for yet another bumper Christmas.

  • BLACKSHEEP #19 9 years ago

    Why would Sony panic? GTA3/VC are old games, they have the new GTA & Manhunt which will be top sellers!

  • mike_ns15 #20 9 years ago

    I hope Playstation would consider making a PS2 bundle pack with True Crime: Streets Of LA. I would definitely get that. The SCPH 5000 (silver ps2) is getting released on 26 September if Gameplay's prediction is correct.

  • silentbob #21 9 years ago

    Erm, I thought that these price cuts were in anticipation of the new model, which will sell at a higher price. That would make 'Sony' sense to me.

  • Skeeve #22 9 years ago

    "I cant believe people who consider themselves gamers do not have a ps2 yet... "

    What a narrowminded view you have, congratulations! If somebody has enough games on the platofrms they do own then why should they bother buying a ps2?

    Using my own situation as an example, when they came out the dreamcast had better games, then my flatmate had one so I didn't bother then either and when I moved out I looked at just how much more I got for my money and ended up getting an xbox instead.

    The alternatives at the time were an xbox, 5 games, xbox live and a second controller was a ps2, 2 games, a memory card and an extra controller so it wasn't that tough a choice. The main things that put me off getting a ps2 was the price compared with its rivals, the extortionate price of the unavoidable memorycard and that crappy bundle that dissuaded stores from doing their own offers for so long.
    Edited by 1 at 05/09/03 @ 18:57

  • Legendary #23 9 years ago

    I am hoping the price cut include new silver PS2 as I want one of those and hopefully it is chippable so I can play NTSC games to go with my modded spice gamecube and US XBOX.

    Shame the high street doesn't have a clue when it is out :(