Sony shipping silver PS2 to the States October 24th?

Sure, most Sony fanboys these days are probably saving all their pennies for one of those shiny PS3s just around the corner, but if they can't quite swing enough hundies to grab a next gen unit along with enough games to keep them occupied, they can always settle for this "limited edition" silver PS2, which looks to be quite shiny in its own right. GameStop has been listing the $130 unit for pre-order for a while now, but now we've got word from a Target employee that confirms the price and date (October 24th) and reveals the quantity of the limited edition run: 500,000. While we'd hardly call that a limited edition with a new console on the way and current-gen sales waning, it's good to have this silver edition finally in the States after eyeing those Japanese units jealously for a year and a half. It'll also go well with that silver PSP we spotted last month, though hopefully we won't have to wait quite as long for that one to get here.

[eric @ Oct 17th 2006 8:58PM]

little late,ya think?

[Dark Morford @ Oct 17th 2006 9:00PM]

Number of silver PS2s: 500,000
Number of PS3s available worldwide at launch: 500,000

Something ain't right here...

[Reginald @ Oct 17th 2006 10:08PM]

Number of silver PS2s: 500,000
Number of PS3s available worldwide at launch: 500,000

Something ain't right here...


I agree. So by their logic, wouldn't the PS3 also be "limited edition" ? Might as well be since so many of us will be limited from getting one due to short supply. [Sigh]....

[Chris @ Oct 17th 2006 9:00PM]

I also work for Target and since today was "Vendor Day" we also heard about the silver PS2 from our vendor this morning along with some stuff about the PS3. In the retail binder for Playstation there is an actual pricing breakdown comparing the PS3 to the 360, which of course points both the $500 and $600 PS3 as a better bargain than the 360. We also got some free stuff which was pretty sweet.

[crypt @ Oct 17th 2006 9:15PM]

Sony Exec 1: "Quick we need to do something about all this bad publicity."

Sony Exec 2: "I know lets repackage a PS2 and make it ummm Silver! Yeah! thats good, ohh and maybe Pink as well"

Sony Exec 1: "Excellent, That way we show the Gamers out there that we are still No. 1, you know... by repackageing a system we produced when we were actually on top of our game. Consumers wont know hit them...."

Sony Exec 2: " Yeah Consumers are stupid"

Consumer: " This sucks"

[Ben @ Oct 17th 2006 10:00PM]

A silver slim PS2? This has been out in Europe for months.. already own one myself! Does this actually mean that us UK people have something before the US? Or am I mis-understanding this?

[Daniel @ Oct 17th 2006 10:03PM]

dugg:
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Sony_shipping_silver_PS2_to_the_States_October_24th

[Yoshi Likes Boys @ Oct 17th 2006 10:32PM]

Fuck yes. And, my wallet just got a little lighter. Dammit. :P If only there was a solderless mod for the slim PS2, I have way too many imports (the reason that I love the PS2, of course, and why I refuse to go 360.)

[threefingeredlord @ Oct 17th 2006 10:35PM]

These have ben in the UK for ages, we finially have something before America! Yay, go Europe!

[Ray @ Oct 17th 2006 11:33PM]

If anyone has info on this please email me at:

[e-mail]

[Murc @ Oct 17th 2006 11:53PM]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh, ummmmmmmmmmmmm, errrrrrrrrrrrr
ok then.
If sony really thinks a new color for an outdated system is going to put some serious coin in their bank...then I think they should fire whos ever idea this was.

[James @ Oct 18th 2006 12:00AM]

They should drop the price to $99. That would get me to buy it. I don't see any incentive here.

The black one looks better anyways.

[Finished Law School @ Oct 18th 2006 1:02AM]

The same number of these as the number of PS3s at launch? What a fucking joke...

[mark @ Oct 18th 2006 1:18AM]

if i had known this was newsworthy i wouldve sent in a month ago when the sony rep at best buy where i work told me about it.

[Gazbin @ Oct 18th 2006 4:13AM]

I know the PS2 slim breaks in about 18 months but Sony has been getting good at making things blow much faster these days.

PS3 should give bad read errors straight out of the box. Sony ships pre-broken with the Blow-ray. So I guess in that sense they are Limited editions: Limited Quality and strictly Limited Warranty.

Target sales person: do you want oven mits with that PS3 order?

[Elias @ Oct 18th 2006 4:48AM]

sony is still selling more ps2 in usa than xbox1, gamecube AND xbox360 combined.

Plus FF XII is releasing at the end of the month, which will boost sales.

Get your MS and Nintendo fanboy heads out of your asses and accept the reality.

[zune @ Oct 18th 2006 5:03AM]

$130 sounds not to bad....

http://www.zuneiscool.com

[GhostDoggy @ Oct 18th 2006 6:21AM]

They can include a 'We're sorry for not having the PS3 ready' card in the Silver PS2 boxes.

[Simon Johnson @ Oct 18th 2006 7:38AM]

Maybe they think that everyone will think the PS3 has been released ansd this is it, you know with there now being silver versions of both, oh and us European idiots have had those for coming on to a year now if not so. surely some of you internet people have seen thses "puppies" going on ebay for a pretty price.

Now Sony can release a pink version across the world and do a Nintendo and rake in the cash from the ladies/girlies/puffs. And then Microsoft will copy that too.

[Tyler @ Oct 18th 2006 7:31AM]

Apparently they had a 1st gen PS2 Limited Edition...

http://www.us.playstation.com/store/purchase.aspx?id=97008

I never remember seeing that...

[BrotherEstapol @ Oct 18th 2006 8:15AM]

This was release aaaaaaaggggees ago here in Australia...good to know that we get some stuff before you yanks. :P

[Joel Haasnoot @ Oct 18th 2006 8:41AM]

This so so not news.... This has been out in Europe for atleast 1 year, if not two. There was an aqua PS2 Normal (i.e the fat one) that was also billed as limited edition, with only 500,000 I think...

[tiuk @ Oct 18th 2006 10:01AM]

Funny that I see this. I was at Toys 'R' Us yesterday, and I swear I saw one of these. I remember briefly thinking "Hmm, didn't know they had silver" but I've never reallyed followed the PS2 (or PS, or PS3), so I figured it had been out a long time. I'm in Canada if that helps.

[tiuk @ Oct 18th 2006 10:05AM]

Just did a little checking, the silver slim ps2 is listed on the toysrus.ca website, couldn't find it on toysrus.com

http://www.toysrus.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10054&langId=-1&productId=104386&N=26+51020034+3000132+&nvalue=26

Wasn't Toys 'R' Us the place where a bunch of people got the new xbox webcams weeks before they were supposed to be released? Wonder if this is a similar case, cause as I recall they had a large stack of the silver PS2s available.

[Artr @ Oct 18th 2006 10:10AM]

Uh..... this has been in Australia for at least a year and a half...

[Cutty @ Oct 18th 2006 12:14PM]

Europe have had Silver Slimline PlayStation 2's for quite some time now, and I don't think that they are limited edition. It sits proudly under my (rather crappy) TV looking gorgeous.

It's rare when Europe get something good before America so we can appreciate this.

[srw985 @ Oct 18th 2006 12:14PM]

Big wow, theve been here in the UK for years

[tho @ Oct 18th 2006 4:41PM]

wth, i've had a silver slim PS2 for almost a year now..

[Mark @ Oct 18th 2006 6:32PM]

They are listed on the bestbuy website here in Canada as well.. almost the same price as the US.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10078938&catid=21464&PCName=

[Loc @ Oct 18th 2006 6:55PM]

I think this Silver PS2 will sell well, better than the xbox360 (well the PS2 already does that). Why? Because MOST (read: 70%+) of the Xbox360 games suk. People who care about the quality of the games will probably snap one of these while waiting for the PS3 to become more widely available.

[Jico @ Oct 18th 2006 7:03PM]

Well Murc, i'd be willing to bet that they'll sell all 500,000 of these. And at this point, selling that many ps2s at $130 a pop adds up to some decent profit.

Anyway, when will the ps2 drop to $99? Christmas?

[Daniel @ Oct 18th 2006 11:55PM]

Ha, even us here in New Zealand have had these things for months now. And thats something.

[jtanz0 @ Oct 19th 2006 2:55PM]

us brits have had a silver one available for ages, we have the great pleasure of having a pink one released over here for christmas - oh and we are not idiots (the french are but not us)