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"PS2 for under £150?"

'davyboy' posted a message in the FOG Chat forum about PS2 dropping in price on 1st May.

I asked him where he heard it, but at the time of writing he hasn't replied - so I went looking on the PlayStation.com website and forums.

Check this out:

http://en.forums.playstation.com/4/ OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=8454074051&f=8004045051&m=1084060191

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Okay, so anyone can claim to know someone who works at Sony, but it's something worth keeping an eye on.

sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> I hope sony take a leaf out of microsofts book next time they lower
> the price of their future consoles to compensate the people who pay
> full price


It would be nice, but it won't happen. The PS2 has been out for far longer, and therefore Sony don't need to compensate people. Prices drop all the time, but people don't get compenstated.

Microsoft have only done the compensation thing because they lowered the price without warning only weeks after release. As the 'new kid on the block', lack of any compensation would almost certainly have lost them any credibility as a major player in the console market.

AßsoluT Ne0 wrote:
> would a price reduction mean a refund to us?
>
> just a thought :D
>
> it wouldn't be feasible.


I hope sony take a leaf out of microsofts book next time they lower the price of their future consoles to compensate the people who pay full price

would a price reduction mean a refund to us?

just a thought :D

it wouldn't be feasible.

It happened with games for the psx so it's bound to happen at some time with the PS2.

As you say wookiee, if they did put the price of the games down it would really stir things up with Nintendo and Microsoft because they need to recoup the costs for producing these new consoles and if they had to put the game prices down as well it might just kill them of.

Now that would not be good for the future of consoles...

I'd say dropping the prices of the games would be far more appealing than a drop of the prices of the console. I think it would attract more people to the machine.

What would be interesting is if they left the console as it is, and dropped the games to £29.99 - the same as most PC titles.

I can't see it happening because of the licensing issues, but it really would put the proverbial cat among the pigeons.

But if they drop the price of the console, I'd have thought it less likely that they would like to drop their share of the profit on the games. They have to make money somehow.

I'd be much happier if sony cut the price of games, now that would benifit us ps2 owners more. £40 is allot of money.

Hopefully, the prices of all the consoles will continue to drop even further, as in the end it's us the consumer that benefits from all this undercutting and price war stuff.

I think most of us here own a PS2, so this price drop doesn't really mean anything to us. WòókieeMøn§†€® you should post this in FOG or prime.