PS2 and PS one price drop official

Hell yes! I'm not concerned about the PS2 price drop because I already have one, but I for one am extremely happy they dropped the PSOne down to $49 :D I thought it would just be dropped down to $79, but for $49 I'll definitely be picking one up ASAP. I've had one before, and besides being so damn cute, I NEEEEED one of them PSOne LCD Screens! I tried one at Toysrus a few days ago and DAMN! The resolution, the portability, the sheer fact that I can play any of PSX's RPGs, Metal Slug X, the Tony Hawks, the Gran Turismos, Einhander, the Medal of Honors, the Ridge Racers and so many others in all of their portable glory :D

I was about to post the same thing.

The Playstation 1 at $49 is an absolute steal.

I'm gonna pick one up.

Well it looks like my prediction was off by two weeks. Can I get half a cookie?

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Originally posted by Mode7
Now all I need is a way to play imports on the damn thing and I'd be good to go.

You can play bootlegs and imports with the help of a gameshark. Ask Ethugg on this , he probably knows the code.

Thank god they finally had some sense and dropped the price but Im still not sure if I want me secondary system to be Xbox or PS2.....(Assuming Xbox follows suite)

Taken from Associated Press

Underlining its faith in the video-game business as an engine for growth, Sony Corp (news - web sites). slashed the price of the PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) console in the United States Tuesday to dlrs 199, underpricing its biggest rival, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox (news - web sites), by dlrs 100.

The price cut was part of a business plan outlined Tuesday by the Tokyo electronics and entertainment giant. Sony's PlayStation 2, which has now sold more than 30 million worldwide, had been selling in the United States for dlrs 299, the same as the Xbox.

Under a strategy for the fiscal year that began last month, Sony hopes to turn around its troubled electronics sector by connecting more products with its game and entertainment businesses as people increasingly use gadgets as network-linking tools.

Sony is now banking on its movies, encouraged by the refreshing box-office success of "Spider-Man" after years of putting out flops. The film has received positive reviews since it started showing earlier this month and is virtually assured of becoming one of the top-grossing movies ever.

Sony also set up a new company called Network Application and Content Service Sector that will work as a bridge over its three "core" businesses — electronics, games and entertainment.

The new company will work on creating strategic links in services that bring the three areas together and come up with new services and products for what Sony envisions as the "broadband network society" — homes filled with Sony gadgets such as TVs, mobile phones and personal computers that link not only with each other but also to the Internet.

"It's been 'Spider-Man' everywhere," Chief Executive Nobuyuki Idei said at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel. "Our aim is to have Sony recognized as a company with three core sectors — electronics, games and content."

If all works out as Sony hopes, people will be using Vaio computers to link up gadgets to download music by Sony performers such as Jennifer Lopez, looking at previews for Sony films on Sony mobile phones and watching Sony Pictures DVDs on huge Sony "home theater" TVs.

PlayStation 2 will be a key Net-linking machine as online games and other downloads become available later this year in Japan, Sony said. Sony has not said when such services for the PlayStation 2 will be available in the United States.

Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, who was also at Tuesday's announcement, said PlayStation 2 controls 82 percent of the market, soundly beating its rivals, the Xbox and Nintendo (news - web sites)'s GameCube.

Microsoft has said 1.5 million Xbox have been sold and it plans to ship 3.5 million or 4 million by June. Microsoft recently lowered the price of the Xbox by about a third in Europe but has kept its price in Japan and the United States unchanged. Xbox sells for 34,800 yen (dlrs 270) in Japan.

"There are no plans now to lower the Xbox price. But as a strategy, lower prices are always a possibility," said Midori Takahashi, Microsoft spokeswoman in Tokyo.

Nintendo, which makes the Mario and Pokemon games, also denied any plans to cut prices. "No chance at all," said Yasuhiro Minagawa, Nintendo spokesman in Kyoto.

Game Cube, which went on sale in the United States in November, sells for dlrs 199 and has sold about 4 million worldwide so far.

In Japan, the PlayStation 2 has been selling for 29,800 yen (dlrs 230). Kutaragi said the machine will now go for an "open" price here starting Thursday. That means it will likely be discounted at some stores.

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Originally posted by bahn
Taken from Associated Press

In Japan, the PlayStation 2 has been selling for 29,800 yen (dlrs 230). Kutaragi said the machine will now go for an "open" price here starting Thursday. That means it will likely be discounted at some stores.

Maybe this will help drop import PS2 prices.
- Kabuki

Heres an article from USA Today regarding the price drop for the PS2 and PSone.

Heh, it's all over.

I hope this means import systems are dropped as well, if so I'll finally be getting a PS2. (and a PSone to replace my modded PSX, yay) Psyvariar here I come.