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No PlayStation 2 price cut for the UK News
PlayStation 2 News by Ellie Gibson
Sony has told Eurogamer there will be no reduction in the UK price of PS2 - despite the fact it's being slashed in the rest of Europe and the US.
As reported on the PlayStation blog, the US price of PS2 will be 99.99 from tomorrow. That's equivalent to GBP 70 / EUR 75.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has also released a statement saying the Euro price of PS2 is being reduced to EUR 99 (GBP 93).
But a spokesperson for Sony UK told us, "There no plans to reduce the price of PS2 in the UK."
In a post on the US PS blog Sony exec John Koller wrote, "In the gaming industry, the typical lifecycle for a console is around five years, but because we build each of our platforms for a large and diverse consumer base, we design our platforms differently.
"With the original PlayStation and now PlayStation 2, we’ve proven that consumers can rely on our platforms for their gaming and entertainment needs for at least a decade."
Koller went on to point out there are nearly 1900 games available for PS2, with new titles due this year includeing MLB 09, Ghostbusters and Guitar Hero: Metallica.
"PlayStation 2 is a great option for families looking for ways to share their entertainment experiences together; they can rock out to Rock Band, test their trivia knowledge with Buzz!, or simply use the PlayStation 2 as their DVD or CD player," he added, clearly unaware that kids today couldn't tell the difference between a piece of physical media and a crisp packet.
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Physically_Insane
31/03/09 @ 12:27
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I was waiting 10 years for this price cut and they haven't done it!!!! Ah well, I'll wait another 5 years to see if drops. |
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kinky_mong
31/03/09 @ 12:27
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PlayStation 2 is a great option for families looking for ways to share their entertainment experiences together
Poor gypo families to be specific. |
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RobertFoster
31/03/09 @ 12:29
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I thought the PS2 was €105 or something for ages already? Big whoop, €5 to spend on something else!
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dirtysteve
31/03/09 @ 12:35
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The acid test for this euro bollox is to watch for the price cut in ROI. Guaranteed, we wont get one either, despite being in the eurozone.
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Sony loves the uk so much
Hey UK, heres another big FUCK YOU, because we know your country is filled with fucking tits who continue to buy the PS brand seriosuly, sony is just going to keep fucking the UK over, because the UK keeps lapping their shit up and coming back for seconds And before anyway starts, i wont even bother explaining my contempt for all the main land european countries, or my own shithole island of ireland |
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coolbritannia
31/03/09 @ 12:49
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Another stunning victory for Sony PR. How anyone can claim Sony have nothing but complete and utter contempt for the UK is beyond me.
/XBot |
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Thank god one of the first corporations I've noticed not lumping us in with europe. The only thing we have in common with Europe are were all on the Eurasia tectonic plate and we have more poles than polland.
Now if only Nintendo and MS realised we actually weren't in Europe maybe we'd get more features for the 360. |
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tomkuryakin
31/03/09 @ 12:58
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"The longevity of the PS2 is purely down to the games, not the crappy hardware, by a long stretch :P "
So that's where Microsoft got the idea from! |
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tomjoadsghost
31/03/09 @ 12:59
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Is this the big sony announcement that everyone's been blathering on about?
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Nothing to do with the PS2 price issue but I think, when it comes to releasing games, the UK should be part of of the US/Canada region rather than Europe. I mean, the PAL conversion problem is irrelevant nowadays since virtually everyone runs their games at 60Hz and, most of the time, the reason we wait so long for some titles to arrive over here is because we're waiting for it to be translated from English into a dozen other languages. Just give us the US English-only version!
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@Linkified
Yes, that's right, that's ALL we have in common. Not economic policy, not language (being, as it is, derived from Roman Latin, Norman French and Saxon German), not history, not culture, not sport, not food. None of that. Step across the channel and there is literally nothing you'll recognise. And for the record the country is called 'Poland' and we are in Europe. By every discernible measure, we are in Europe.
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neonemesis
31/03/09 @ 13:23
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1) Who even knew they were still selling PS2 hardware brand new these days?
Anyone with an Argos catalgoue. Always makes me laugh when people come out with the whole "PS2 is old so who cares" thing. The machine served you well for many years and there are still decent 'gamers games' (Persona 4, SNK Anthologies, Mana Khemia etc.) being released for it. I for one would buy another (though not necessarily brand new) if mine dies because the PS3 is too expensive/lacks PS2 BC and the 360 doesn't interest me in the slightest. I have to go with Erebu on this one. Join the Euro, and then you can whine if they don't lower the price. Nintendo just raised the hardware prices to compensate for the weak pound, Sony just adjusted it in a different way. You have only yourself to blame for fucking up your economy. I can't argue with the Euro issue but it's not the ordinary guy's fault that the economy is in such a mess. Last time I checked, I don't work for a bank or the Government. |
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DjchunKfunK
31/03/09 @ 13:32
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Those of you claiming the UK should join the Euro if they want to see the price cut are missing the point totally. The UK was paying more than Europeans for the PS2 in the first place due to the strength of the pound. Sony are just using the fall of the currency as an excuse, PS2s probably cost next to nothing to produce nowadays.
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WillyWanka
31/03/09 @ 13:33
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Don't you see you Euro skeptic pigs?! If we joined the Euro we'd have cheap PS2s in 2009! Oh I bet you're feeling sorry now!
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"@DFawkes - Unfortunately you had your chance to join the Euro, but decided not to take it. Would result in the fall of the Queen apparently. Well you can't complain now that your currency is going down the toilet.
" It all goes in cycles. The pound will be up again one day and the euro down. I wouldn't crow too much. |
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To those of you moaning about the UK not joining the Euro; the point of us not joining was that our economy was in a stronger position than all you work-shy unemployment ridden countries with seistas and 30 hour working weeks. Now that we have been dragged down to your (collective) nadir, it is the perfect time to join. As proven by the shocking price of a vin chaud when I was heli-boarding last week in the french alps - I shall now return to my Neo Geo.
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neonemesis
31/03/09 @ 13:43
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@Erubu
Do you know my age? Back when that vote was open, I wasn't legible to vote so I didn't have the chance anyway. |
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For the benefit of oriellymj and Erebu, the UK has not had any sort of a vote or referendum on joining the EU. And by the looks of things, we're not going to have one any time soon; I strongly suspect the UK economy is now not in a viable state were it would be allowed to join. So the very idea that anyone on this board from the UK could have been paying for things in Euros but chose not to is entirely spurious.
Sony could cut the UK price to the equivalent of the Euro price but they have chosen not to, at least up until this point. There are many possible reasons for this, currency fluctuations being one and "can't be arsed" being another. The one thing that is certain is that the internet was the one that was hyping this 'global announcement', not Sony. Jon |
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The_Programmer
31/03/09 @ 13:46
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How about adopting the EURO?
We'd be better off joining the Dollar then we could just use games straight from the USA. No need to wait for stupid language translations & we'd get the games quicker with better prices. |
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spamjavelins
31/03/09 @ 13:48
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Who's still buying PS2s anyway? This price cut means nothing to the majority. Well done Sony.
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@Fixxxer : Fuck off you euro centric twat. Seriously we aren't in europe. Europe is France, Germany and all those other shiity countries that are backwards. WE are the UK. I'm glad Sony understands this now if other companies in this industries and other industries understood this we as a country would be much better off.
N.B . Olde english is dervived from what you were on about and modern english is derived drom olde english. |
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chessboxer
31/03/09 @ 13:51
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You can buy a PS2 for under £93 brand new from Argos and various other sites, which is cheaper than RRP and matches the new price cuts in the US/EU.
Why are so many people here crying? At least they didn't put the price up. |
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