Internet Leaks Appear to Confirm $99 PS2 for April 5, 2009

Images leaked on web show that the system will be available for $99 starting on April 5 likely to coincide with April NPD and the DSi launch.

After launching in late 2000, Sony's PS2 looks like it is finally about to dip below the $100 threshold in the United States. Images leaked on to the internet from retail computers suggest that the PS2 will drop to $99.99 on April 5. The date is the start of the first full week in Sony's new fiscal year, the start of NPD's tracking period for April, and the debut for the DSi which Sony will want to offset. At $130, the $30 price drop represents nearly a 25% price drop for the PS2 and may foreshadow a PS3 price cut later in the fiscal year ending March 2010.

Some more proof of this

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356814

[PoSTedUP]

one last push b4 the mighty ps2 gets taken out the game.

great console with some of the most memorable games ever.

*salutes Sony & the ps2*

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

They need to lower the price more. A price of $99 is still not low enough for me to purchase one. I want one! Lots of PS2 games I would like to play.

[PoSTedUP]

i honestly think that thats the lowest its gunna drop to. possibly they will drop it to 75$ like the very last year but i doubt it...

100$ is cheap and the games right now are like DIRT CHEAP.

save your money dog its totally worth it.

[STK026]

If you cant afford to pay 100$ (about the price of 2 PSP/Wii/PS2/PC games)for one if not the best console ever, then what can you afford?

[Dragun619]

Wow, I hope that wasn't the big secret annoucement on tuesday.
http://kotaku.com/5187660/w...

And @IdleLeeSiuLung
Like dude.....how do you not have a PS2? It had the most amazing games ever on one console especially rpgs. hell, if you need it to go cheaper you can get a used one for $70 at gamestop.

[Shadow Flare]

Wait a minute. . . so 9 years on and you still haven't bought a ps2 because it's still too expensive for you? You've just missed out on an entire generation of gaming, nay, one of the best consoles to grace this planet. And its still too expensive for you? When do you plan on getting a ps3, when the internet has articles about the leaked specs of the playstation 5?

Anyway, good news for the ps2. Hopefully a ps3 price cut will come this half of the year

[Aclay]

"They need to lower the price more. A price of $99 is still not low enough for me to purchase one. I want one! Lots of PS2 games I would like to play."

How in the world do you not have a PS2? It's rare that I've heard someone say they didn't have a PS2... seriously, what games where you playing last generation if you didn't have a PS2?... I mean, the last gen. the Xbox and Gamecube only had a pretty limited selection of games.

Anyways, if you want the PS2 to drop lower in price, more than likely it WON'T. Hurry up and get a PS2, you've already missed out on so many awesome games long enough.

[d3vad]

My god, you are one cheap bastard if you can't afford a PS2 at $130 let alone $100. I can't believe you don't own one already!

[TheDude2dot0]

You guys are possibly the easiest people to troll in the world. That guy is obviously being sarcastic. Does everything need to have </sarcasm> at the end for you people to realize that?

[Sarcasm]

I wonder how many "The PS2 is doomed" or "Sony is desperate" articles will pop up because of the PS2 price drop.

[Danja]

great news I might just buy another one...

[WhittO]

i did have a ps2, but didnt play it, i only had like the worst games (like star trek games etc), i didnt know about God of War or any of the other great games to play, so i just sold my ps2 coz i never played it.

Then i started to hear about the ps3 and found out about all these games etc, im so glad i bought a ps3 when it came out, ps2 backwards combatable FTW!!!

[2Negativecool]

I would prefer the PS2's price stay the same to offset any losses incurred by the NEEDED price drop of the PS3.

Just sayin...

[GiantEnemyFlop]

meh , i thought it will be the ps3

oh will, at least the king stile alive after 10 years and going strong, i think it will not die untile the ps4 come out

[PoSTedUP]

i dunno. if the sales begin to decline too much they will stop production. ill give it another 2 years or so. the ps1 i think lasted 11-12 years so ya never know...

[Danja]

actually Sony stopped production on the PS1 in 2001 Because the PS1 was still outselling the PS2 for awhile and they wanted PS1 TO PS2 migration to speed up but 3rd party devs continued to support the PS1 for many years after though

[Arsenal4Ever]

No, Sony stopped production on the PS1 in 2005, that's 11 years from 1994.

[darthdevidem01]

This is big guys

The KING of all consoles is coming back with a FINAL BANG!

[ceedubya9]

It never went anywhere. It just keeps on trucking.

[pwnsause]

i guess this is the news from sony.

[No FanS Land]

I just hope no. But it seems like it. *crosses fingers*

[Sarick]

They can sale a PS2 for $99 but not sale a PS3 with PS2 BC for $399

What does that chip cost to put on a ps3 $10 because I'm sure the controller, DVD drive and power supply have a large percentage of the $99 PS2 cost.

[darthdevidem01]

Further Proof!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

[Leio]

Dam! the beast just wont die

[swiftshot93]

I'm really interested to see how big of push we'll see in PS2 sales...

[darthdevidem01]

ok the images work now on the SOURCE website!

[Firstkn1ghT]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuum, wrong console Sony. :/

[darthdevidem01]

We still have the PS3's special announcement on 31st March

that may be the PS3 Price cut!

[icup2]

I highly doubted Sony can afford ps2 and ps3 price cut it would be crazy.

[tdogchristy90]

sadly darth,

I fear that the announcement on the 31st will now be the ps2 price drop, it was just leaked early. I will keep my fingers crossed that the announcment on the 31st is a ps3 price drop, if not then I will go ahead and buy one at the current price given this leak says that a ps3 drop isn't till the end of the year. But like I said I fear that this leak is the announcemnt from the 31st. I'll wait until them but I fear otherwise.

[rhood022]

@ above

Except that the announcement on Tuesday is related specifically to the PS3. At least according to the press release.

[MGOelite]

the next stop is one free with a fillup at a gas station

[icup2]

Why price cut the ps2 instead of ps3?

is not like ps2 needed the price-cut

Sony is crazy sometime.

[pwnsause]

because PS2 sales are declining. its Sony's job to maximize profit on a console that has matured and declining naturally.

[icup2]

I think after 9 to 10 years on the market everyone and their mother have got ps2 by now, i really doubted ps2 high priced are keeping the consumers or gamers from buying the ps2 "lol" and "roll eyes".

[crck]

Because Sony makes money on each PS2 sold. They can afford to drop the price on it and still make money on it. Same can't be said for the PS3. Sony sold over 5 million PS2s last year. So obviously there are still plenty of people who do not have one.

[frayer]

excellent move

[BIOSHOT]

a price cut for the ps2 means more sales and they will get back the money they will lose from a ps3 price drop.

[XDF]

Now with the PS3 at $400 and the $100 PS2, you will get the total PS brand experience for the price of $500.00. You know the PS3 cannot play PS2 games.

J/K.

[callahan09]

I understand that you were trying to be a troll with that comment, but you said nothing that isn't factual, so I guess I'll toss you an agree. But don't get used to it. 500 dollars for a PS2 and a PS3 is a great deal despite the fact that the gaming media would have us all believe that the PS3 is overpriced.

[ZuperAmazingCooKie]

And drop the price of the PS3 by a $100. That would be awesome

[raztad]

If this is true, count me in. I want to play DQVIII, Persona4, Rogue Galaxy and FFX. 400$ PS3 + 100$ PS2 === 600$ BC PS3 :D.

Thinking a bit about the ps2 price drop, this is most likely the upcoming announcement from Sony. It is not big enough to be done in GDC but good news nevertheless.

[Master X 24]

I leaked the info and didnt get any credit!

Heres where I leaked it at
http://forums.highdefdigest...

[Master X 24]

I leaked this and didnt get the credit!
http://forums.highdefdigest...

[XDF]

You know how N4G rolls. Now, if you have a KZ2, or a Morganfell avatar, then it will be approved and credited within seconds.

[r2kcipher]

i said this a week ago and no one cared lol.

http://n4g.com/up/ActionRed...

[ballsofsteel]

finally my PS2 broke so long ago and there are still a whole hell of a lot of games i want to play and since they took BC out of the PS3 i've been left in the dark and have just been waiting for the price to drop.

[Dogswithguns]

April's fool. they wont drop the price until the end of the year, xmas.

[Blasphemy]

I thought they would never drop PS2s price to $99. Jack Tretton did say it was coming though.

[kewlkat007]

....These should be Hawt since BC was stripped on the new PS3's..

[nefertis]

the ps2 has done a nice job.

[Captain Tuttle]

Told you so
http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[knightoftears]

I will be buying 2 of these bad boys to replace my older one, and give one to my nephew. PS2 was the RPG king and I still have all my games. Not worried about a PS3 price drop since I already have one. But I see one to follow shortly.

[ceedubya9]

I would seriously look into getting this......but I already have a 50 gig PS3. Although, it does need to be fixed. I would seriously get this, But I think it would be smarter for me to get my PS3 fixed instead for about 50 bucks more I suppose.

[Braineater2448]

Epiiiiic.

[TheJadedGamer]

I am so underwhelmed.

[papero2]

This is not a deal for us who visits any gaming site. xD

But take it from a new gamer/dad perspective.
You can go into a gamestop and get this. And for 30 buck get, FFX, God of war, Gran turismo 4 and MGS3. Plus you get the guitar/madden games.

[Minted]

ummmmmmmmm, great?

[earwax]

Who still buys this thing? they can't sell PS3's or games so they try and drum up sales with the PS2? SAD...........I play the old games on my BC 60gb anyway

[elcompa425]

....oh man...i remember the first time i bought a PS2. It was when GTA3 released. The endless days and nights of gaming. Then it gave out on me. Fixed it because I was addicted. Then the Slim came out, I bought that baby and played endlessly once again especially with the coming of SOCOM, then SOCOM TWO...THEN SOCOM 3. oh jeezz the nostalgia is too much, but im definitely going to buy one of these soon, with or without the price drop. Event hough I have a ps3, some PS2 games you just can't go without playing them. The memories are just TOO great.