http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/ Engadget Comments for Compact $99 PlayStation 2 rumored to land in 2008 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
Kill the Wii at the low end
Kill the 360 at the high end.

At the minute they are suceeding in both.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
I reeeeeeeally hope that was sarcasm...]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/ps3 = girlfriend without a job = draining your wallet]]>Nov 2nd 2007 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 4th 2007 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 3rd 2007 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 6th 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
@Paul

If you are a broke college student, and have the Xbox 360 Elite and HDTV..

..Well, I think you know why you're a broke college student.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
This is a bad message to send to people. Imagine if Apple came out with a new iPod every 18 months and didn't talk about all the ways it was better than the previous generation, and then sold, and continued to develop, the previous generation at $100. How many new iPods you think they would sell?

Get your new 6g iPod - for $299 at 80GB. Or get the 5.5g iPod for $100 at 80gb, now with brighter screen and 20% lighter!

Who's going to buy the new one? People for whom money is no object.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
Xbox 360 came out a full year before the PS3 rather than come a full year after.

Wii brought in a whole new novelty to gaming at an relatively lower price point.

Just like in any competition you have to think 2 or 3 steps ahead. ]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
The PS2 should not even be a focus with Sony right now, other than maybe just making it cheaper to try and counter act the so-far failure of theirs, the PS3.

Seriously, though- just shut up. You're just a dumb fanboy. The PS3 is a good console, Sony just failed, and their priorities are making it worse.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
There have been PS3's available in plentiful supplies since launch....It's just no one wants one so far.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
Perhaps this link might be the wakeup call, that the PS3 is doing nothing different in it's early years, than the competition decimating PS2..

http://www.forbes.com/2001/01/25/0125disaster.html]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
I just may buy this new version just for fun. ]]>Nov 2nd 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
Really, the console is still good, FFS some of the best games for the PS3 are PS2 games ;).

But really, this is a good move, budget-tech is a niche market, one that has few name brand products. The PS2 is still a good system, thats why i still have mine plugged into my TV (along with my N64, for when i get nostalgic and want to play goldeneye or mario).

Add to all of that the fact that there are still games bieng made for the PS2 (Guitar Hero III) and you've got the workings of something that will probably turn more of a profit than the PS3 by Q1 2008. Speaking of the holiday season, if this drops before the end of the month, it's going to be a very sony X-mas season for the little boys and girls not yet rockin' a PS2.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Is it also they are still shipping them because they pulled the PS2 compatable engine out of the new PS3? This would keep the PS2 library active since new PS3 cant play them anymore?]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/I've still never owned a PS2.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/]]>Nov 2nd 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
Even if only the 0.5% of ps2 games was worthy, then we are mentioning from 20 to 45 games, fairly better that wii, xbox360 and ps3 together where the number of good games are still dim.

Also just day ago was launched PES2007.

In my case i bought one last month because was more cheap to buy a ps2 rather to upgrade my graphics card.


]]>Nov 2nd 2007 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
But there are TONS of people still using a PS2.. They should just keep there black and white one and focus somewhere else.. OH... how about upping their crappy game selection on the PS3? OR.. how about making ALL PS3's backwards compatibile?

PLEASE..somebody buy out the rights to XBOX, PS3, Wii and make one fracking console!!]]>Nov 2nd 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/
I dunno though, I still like my fatass PS2, The smaller one I worry about falling off the shelf. Shelf components should always be at least a certain size I think.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/02/compact-99-playstation-2-rumored-to-land-in-2008/Nov 2nd 2007 3:54PM