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Dude, just go buy it now.
Dude, just go buy it now.
As was rumored earlier in the week, Sony just lowered the price of the PlayStation 2 to a scant $99. The announcement was made by John Koller on the official PlayStation blog. There's a lot of back-patting in the announcement but one does have to be impressed at how long this sucker has been around now. Outside of Persona 4 from last year (it might take you awhile to finish I've heard) there's still a decent amount of original content coming out with a new Ghostbusters and MotorStorm game hitting shelves soon. And of course there's nothing to stop you from picking up the slew of music- and sports-related titles that will continue to hit the system till its deathbed.  

According to Koller, this year will bring the game catalog up to 1900 PS2 total games, 250 of which are "Greatest Hits." That's 13% of the catalog being packaged as the best of the best. While I know it's mostly marketing, doesn't that percentage seem a little high to anyone? Any way you look at it though the PS2 price-cut is still a big deal for the simple reason that this means Sony plans to continue to support the console for quite a while. And why not? Activision made more money last year on the PS2 than it did on the PS3. While that's not likely to repeat again, the PS2 is still going to push enough games this year to still be relevant in the market.
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#1  Edited By snide
Dude, just go buy it now.
Dude, just go buy it now.
As was rumored earlier in the week, Sony just lowered the price of the PlayStation 2 to a scant $99. The announcement was made by John Koller on the official PlayStation blog. There's a lot of back-patting in the announcement but one does have to be impressed at how long this sucker has been around now. Outside of Persona 4 from last year (it might take you awhile to finish I've heard) there's still a decent amount of original content coming out with a new Ghostbusters and MotorStorm game hitting shelves soon. And of course there's nothing to stop you from picking up the slew of music- and sports-related titles that will continue to hit the system till its deathbed.  

According to Koller, this year will bring the game catalog up to 1900 PS2 total games, 250 of which are "Greatest Hits." That's 13% of the catalog being packaged as the best of the best. While I know it's mostly marketing, doesn't that percentage seem a little high to anyone? Any way you look at it though the PS2 price-cut is still a big deal for the simple reason that this means Sony plans to continue to support the console for quite a while. And why not? Activision made more money last year on the PS2 than it did on the PS3. While that's not likely to repeat again, the PS2 is still going to push enough games this year to still be relevant in the market.
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#2  Edited By comradecrash

Cool! I can now get another one if my PS2 of six years finally dies on me...

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#3  Edited By VWGTI

Careful, Teddie will consume your soul!

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#4  Edited By ElectricHaggis

I probably will pick up Persona 4.  Although it will be after my exams, when I have time to play a game that's capable of bringing all other  aspects of your life to a standstill.

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#5  Edited By k9

PS2 has one of the best catalog of RPGs. Try out Shadow hearts covenant if you haven't already. Very funny game that interestingly enough, has a very sad storyline, depending on the ending you get.

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#6  Edited By mysteriousfox

*yip*.

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#7  Edited By Splitterguy

Dude, I fucking AM playing Persona 4 right now. =)

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#8  Edited By chaser324  Moderator

Now maybe I'll finally replace my old launch PS2 which has been dying a slow death over the course of the past couple of years. It can play most games fine, but it really struggles on some of the bigger dual layer DVD games. No matter how clean that laser lens is, it just can't manage to get me more than half way through God of War 2.

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#9  Edited By Death_Burnout

Well, i'm not picking up persona 4 mainly because i can't be arsed to go through everything the endurance run has been through.

And err...i don't like looking at that picture. seems spoiler-ish.

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#10  Edited By luthorcrow

Weird my launch PS2 is still going strong.  I thought the Playstation was bullet proof.

And yes, I am playing PS4 already.

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#11  Edited By PhilESkyline

Dude why did you post that picture. Spoiler alert or something? What happened :(

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#12  Edited By ahoodedfigure

Is this why they're cutting out backwards compatibility on the PS3?

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#13  Edited By Dauragon

I might just pick a new one up now. My old one is on its last legs.

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#14  Edited By Six

It's about time.  It has been at 129 for how long?  too long.  If I can find a few good games for it also, I might pick one up.

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#15  Edited By Civraz

As of now, I only play my PS2 for FFVII. And I cant' find persona 4 at any of my local outlets.

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#16  Edited By snide

Ha, sorry about the image. Too quick of a click in the image editor :D

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#17  Edited By Media_Master

my ps3 is backward compatible

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#18  Edited By Coltonio7

Man...PS2 was so amazing...

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#19  Edited By DeavonW

Great! Ill by a second and keep it in my closet. Too bad most ps2 games are considered rare now because of the demand.

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#20  Edited By metal_mills

If there was Persona 4: Jeff and Vinny version(full commentary), I'd play the shit out of that game. I'm dead serious. If I played it just normally it wouldn't be nearly as fun.

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#21  Edited By Moonshadow101

My PS2 is in the closet and it's not coming out, so no Persona4.

The endurance run has, however, made me look at SMT: Devil Survivor for the DS, so that's something.

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#22  Edited By dudacles

Must... Get... Persona 4! Agh!

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#23  Edited By LordAndrew

I got mine in 2006, and already have more than 50 PS2 games. There's still a glut of good games available, so anyone who doesn't have a PS2 yet no longer has any excuses. ;)

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#25  Edited By Crono

Wow I got my PS2 back in 2001 and it still runs perfectly today.  Crazy to think that this system is only $99 - it is a steal at that price and with all those "Greatest Hits" titles and the price point those are usually at (not to mention they are usually quality games chosen) someone could experience a lot of amazing games from the past for a relatively cheap price.

According to the PS2 wiki page the console has sold over 140-million units since launch.  Imagine what that number may swell to now that the price has been cut once again to an amazing $99.

Either way, this is another milestone in the best-selling console's life.  Hard to think it is still around after nearly 9 years.  I wonder what they will do next year on it's 10th year anniversary...

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#26  Edited By MeatSim

Man that's cheap.

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#27  Edited By TheHBK

Oh I do think that Activision will make more money on the PS2 than PS3 again, the PS3 is looking good but most of that is exclusives and games that are gonna sell more on the 360 that are multiplatform.

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#28  Edited By Jost1

Persona 4 owns

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#29  Edited By FuzzYLemoN

I'm playing Persona 3 FES right now...
PERSONA 3 FTW!!1!1

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#30  Edited By ReyGitano

Couldn't have come along at a better time. Now it's time for me to go grab a PS2 and start buying games from Amazon starting with Persona 4! The world is mine! muhahahahahahah

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#31  Edited By wrench

i like to think that the PS2's longevity is partly due to the Dreamcast's failure to resonate with the mainstream. and yeah, already played Persona 4, so my PS2 Fat is stored up. unless of course, i find a cheap copy of Yakuza 2  ...

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#32  Edited By C0V3RT

Cool!  I was actually looking at getting one since my PS3 isnt backwards compat (which is stupid!).  Shadow of the Colossus - here I come!

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#33  Edited By ValkyrieGoddess

Still love my PS2. Though i've heard that the slim has quite a few problems i haven't had any.

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#34  Edited By VWGTI

@ ValkyrieGoddess

What problems are those? I've had a slim for years and never had a problem. I'm curious as to what those might be.

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#35  Edited By StarFoxA

Sweet! I should probably get one now.

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#36  Edited By Reverseface

PERSONA !

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#37  Edited By Destroyeron

Maybe that just says how much the PS3 blows?

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#38  Edited By shockwave

Just admit it -- you guys have some kind of marketing deal with Atlus, right?

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#39  Edited By ValkyrieGoddess

I bought my slim at Christmas. My best friend from up North had a slim and she said that after a few weeks of play it got loud and then wouldn't read her disc. She tried to run a disc cleaner through it but it didn't help.
Also hear that they heat up fast.

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#40  Edited By dagas

About time! Been 129 since 2005. While I still got a working old PS2, a new slim version would be nicer.

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#41  Edited By cipri

there is a possibility that Persona 5 might come out on the PS2 as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#42  Edited By LaszloKovacs

Just FYI, a "Greatest Hits" label doesn't indicate exemplary quality, it just means it sold over 400k in 9 months.

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#43  Edited By zerok

I guess it's now time to get myself a backup PS2 just in case my 2001 one finally really decides to die. 

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#44  Edited By AutomaticSnake

i'll play Persona 4 on my BC PS3!

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#45  Edited By WilliamRLBaker

The system has been 129.99 since 2006 it should have dropped to 99 long ago.

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#46  Edited By natural_deadhead

Duuuude!

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#47  Edited By Zatoichi_Sanjuro

The best reason to own a PS2:

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#48  Edited By xionpunk

I actually just picked up FFX for my PS2 over the weekend. So many great games.  I am convinced that the PS2 is the best console ever made.


However, it took a little work to get FFX working on my PS2. THe thing has been beat to hell so I had to open it  up and adjust the laser so it would read the disc. Fortunately its pretty easy to do.
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#49  Edited By Fosssil

My launch PS2 stopped working some time ago and I never bothered to replace it, so I think I'll pick up a new one now. I've been wanting to replay Shadow of the Colossus and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater after reading BoG's top 30 blog recently.

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#50  Edited By maxszy

Under $100 is big, really big. I need to pick  up another PS2 at some point, just where did that job of mine go...