Rumor: A new PS2 in '08 for $99

by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 2nd 2007 at 10:00AM }

MCV is reporting that a new PlayStation 2 model will hit the US in 2008 for $99. This new model will allegedly sport a more "compact" design and have a "built-in power supply." Although we've known MCV to get overly excited in reporting things, they're reporting this as fact. Sony "refused to comment."

According to MCV if the product is introduced in the UK it would be £75 or lower. The PS2 celebrated its seventh birthday last week and Sony has said they expect the console to last ten years.

Tags: mcv, ps2, rumor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

FoxHoundADAM @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:09AM

How can it even get smaller!?!?!? Heck if they do shrink it down they could start competeing with the PSP as people could just pop on one of those tiny LCD screens and BOOM a real portable PS2!

JohnD @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:14AM

Maybe they're dropping the PS2 game compatibility in this as well...

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:30AM

JohnD, you get the stupidest comment of the day award.

Bearxor @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:05AM

I lol'd

t_m @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:54AM

He was joking...

rv @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:05AM

Frankthecrank, you get the dumbest comment of the day award because stupidest isn't a word.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:22AM

Somebody get Frank and enima. He's got something stuck up his ass thats breaking his sense of humor.

borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:26AM

Hell Frank, I laughed at the joke. Just because you love the black monolith doesn't mean you can't take a bit of mild humor. Anyone considering a $99 PS2 isn't going to care.

Jonah Falcon @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:12AM

Sony, let the poor thing die already.

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:31AM

Let it die? Are you kidding, it's still SELLS. Eventually it will die, when it stops selling and third parties stop producing titles for it.

copa @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:40AM

I'm actually surprised Sony doesn't raise the price to $175. Tretton already admitted that one of the main reasons they cut out backward compatibility on the PS3 is because they believe the PS2 is undercutting PS3 sales.

DemonGSides @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:51AM

He meant the PS3.

xSpartanF13x @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:11AM

I cant die, it has a ton of games and it plays dvd's duhhhhh!!

ulovemikeroch @ Nov 2nd 2007 5:28PM

Spartan, just shut up.

Rususeruru @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:16AM

I refuse to accept this as true until Sony denies it all together.

jorojoserojas @ Nov 2nd 2007 12:41PM

I lol'd.

Fish @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:16AM

$99 seems a little steep. It's old tech, there's no reason it should be so expensive *stares at Wii*

David @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:26AM

Considering that the Wii is constantly sold out I know it'll be impossible for them to justify a price cut to their investors or superiors, but as soon as that thing starts to exceed demand, I really hope they cut the price $50-100.

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:33AM

$99 is what the Gamecube used to cost. And now it costs $250.

Hey, Sony....there's an idea for you...take the PS2, reskin it, throw in some waggle controllers in the box and sell as NEXT GEN for $250.

x876543 @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:53AM

FranktheCrank hey that's what Sony did, except its $400 and it's called a PS3. But they forgot to add in backwards compatibility.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 2nd 2007 2:02PM

@x87

That was one of the best comebacks I've seen in Joystiq.

1up for you!!!

samfish @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:16AM

Yippie?

James @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:18AM

This is ridiculous. By all means do it for handhelds, since they age much quicker by design.

Still it's good for me. I'd buy a Ps2 slim thingy but they cost more than a DS Lite here. Screw that. Sell it for £40 and I'll consider it.

Brucie B @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:19AM

Best Selling Playstation Platform!

JodyAnthony @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:22AM

they should release one at $79. I'd pick up an extra for that.

megaStryke @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:25AM

$99? Why stop there? Drop that bitch to $2.50 and shelve 'em right next to the packs of Juicy Fruit and issues of Archie & Jughead at the grocery store.

NATO_Duke @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:31AM

Its about time. There are far too few PS2's out there! /sarcasm.

To JodyAnthony, why would you buy an extra PS2 if it was 79? Its a last gen console, and the word extra implies you already own it. Why waste the money on a second one? I doubt that the general market would act that way.

megaStryke @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:33AM

Isn't it obvious? You get a second one so that the first one isn't lonely.

NATO_Duke @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:22AM

Good point. The other day our cat climbed up on the PS2 and took a nap, causing my GF to scream - "Hey look, at least someone is using the PS2!"

Sad. Poor abandoned console.

Phranctoast @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:46AM

Since cats tend to sleep on things that are warm (drier, cars hoods) it makes you look like a liar.

JodyAnthony @ Nov 2nd 2007 12:23PM

because my launch fat PS2 has seen better days and I'm starting to get DREs (7 years later!)

NATO_Duke @ Nov 2nd 2007 12:34PM

Phranctoast - yeah ok man, whatever. Cats sleep on everything they can, warm or not. Interesting observation and attack though.

Sam @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:37AM

ok, this has to be pretty stupid on Sony's part. Here they are, having a 7 year old product with 1000s of games selling for an extremely low price point, but at the same time, trying to sell the PS3 for 400 bucks with less than 100 games. Sony, you should kill your legacy hardware and support the software in your next gen hardware a la xbox. Does any of this make sense to them?

FrankTheCrank @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:42AM

Microsoft killed XBOX 1 cause it wasn't selling and they had to revamp their failing games division.

XBOX 1 tapped out at 24 million units in 4 years. PS2 has sold over 125 million units in 7 years. And it's STILL SELLING well. Why would you stop making something that actually sold?

Sam @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:48AM

well yeah, the PS2 is extremely successful, but does make sense from a business point of view to sell it on the same shelf as the PS3 while trying to promote the PS3 as the superior platform. And don't tell me that it is, because from a gaming point of view, having 1000s of titles to choice from, as well as PSOne support is a bit better than the less than 100 games the PS3 has to offer.
Also, this isn't set in stone because eventually the PS3 will have a ton more games and they'll stop selling the PS2.

glitched @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:52AM

Ok, so wait, people actually think that MS did the RIGHT thing when they killed a platform after 4 years? and that sony is doing hte WRONG thing by supporting a platform for more than 7?

what has this world come to?

FidliousWong @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:56AM

The main reason is fairly simple. Go to EBgames website. Notice anything in the listed systems? Like which ones are missing versus which one is STILL there. PS2 STILL shifts units and game sales. Until that officially dries up and starts disappearing from consumer electronics websites, pushing the PS2 format makes sense.

Akamaru @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:01AM

That's why Sam doesn't work for Sony!

Not everybody has a HDTV and 7.1 (5.1 for the eks bawks) surround sound and $400 to spend on a console that has $60 games.

The $99 PS2 is gonna make a bunch of my little cousins and nephews happy this christmas since I'll be picking up a couple along with some of the $20 greatest hits games.

jopojelly @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:47AM

You get 2 so that you can DUCT TAPE THEM TOGETHER! WAHAHA

zhine @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:49AM

z0mg but its a last gen system FTL!!

PS2 rules. For the consumer who isn't into all the specs and HD and online etc. like we are, a $99 PS2 can't be beaten. Sure, it seems redundant (who doesn't have a PS2), but the thing is still selling, so there must be some market out there for it.

Andy @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:53AM

I admit it. I don't have a PS2. I had one back in the day, but got rid of it when the xbox came out. Halo hooked me, and I never looked back. System link Halo was far to superior to anything on the PS2 for me to care about.

xXFenixKnight13Xx @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:51AM

Milk it baby!! haha!

ulovemikeroch @ Nov 2nd 2007 5:28PM

Thats what your fat poor excuse for a mom said. I mean come on, who can raise someone as stupid as you?

t_m @ Nov 2nd 2007 10:57AM

Seems like a bad idea for sony to me. I know the PS2 is their best defence against the Wii, but its also likely to harm any attempts to sell the PS3.

I know for sure i'd rather buy a cool, tiny, cheap PS2 than a PS3.

Alienhead @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:01AM

The P3 is dead.

Shockgamer @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:05AM

Like there's anything to play on the PS2 in 08' besides THQ Spongebob garbage and kids movie tie-ins.

michas_pi @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:08AM

Exactly! I mean, seriously, who would even think of playing God of War II, Okami, or Shadow of the Colossus because, you know, they're such shitty games.

xSpartanF13x @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:17AM

You avatar scares me

Shockgamer @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:26AM

Anybody who gave a crap about those games (especially niche titles like Okami and SoTC) would've played them already; you know, back in their respective years of 2007, 2006 and 2005?

I'm pretty sure I was talking about 2008. Wait hold on.....I'm looking.....yeah, I did.

NATO_Duke @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:39AM

michas_pi - though I agree that there are lots of great PS2 games out there, his post did say in '08.

The games you listed are no where near '08 games.

Anyone voting you up on your comment must be fanboys - because we all know those games you listed are older.

(Double post due to this damn reply system!!)

| 1 | 2 | Most Recent | Next 50 Comments