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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Chrono on May 20, 2002, 04:57:29 PM

Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: Chrono on May 20, 2002, 04:57:29 PM: Sony annouced a new recomended game price of 39.99, down 10 dollars.

"Earlier today Sony cut the recommended retail prices of software for its PS2 game console in the U.S. and Canada, a massive move that could have great implications for rivals Microsoft and Nintendo... not to mention the industry as a whole."

VERY awesome news! :D

http://www.psxnation.com/news/newsstory?idnumber=001161
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: mm on May 20, 2002, 05:04:15 PM: oh good god, m$ is going to pour so much money into the xbox its disgusting
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: KillaX on May 20, 2002, 05:45:13 PM: cool! it wont cost so much to get a new FFX disk if I cant fix mine!

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Post by: Chrono on May 20, 2002, 05:49:32 PM: "cool! it wont cost so much to get a new FFX disk if I cant fix mine!"

Check your manual, some comapaines will replace your game if you dammaged it, only a small fee and shipping to and from
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Post by: KillaX on May 20, 2002, 05:56:27 PM: yeah it is like 15 bucks............

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Post by: Kimahri on May 20, 2002, 06:54:40 PM: hmm seems to be a lot of price cutting going on... I hope this isnt Sony, Nintendo and Microsofts only way of competing with eachother... I mean the price drops are great and all but come on, Just make better games!!!
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Post by: videoholic on May 20, 2002, 07:02:49 PM: How about if they just make better games cheaper.
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: clowd on May 20, 2002, 08:09:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by KillaX
cool! it wont cost so much to get a new FFX disk if I cant fix mine!

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whats wrong with the disk?
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: Kimahri on May 20, 2002, 08:19:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Videoholic
How about if they just make better games cheaper.

OMG.....why didnt someone tell me Vid was smart?:D
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: ddaryl on May 20, 2002, 08:27:32 PM: Sweet sassy molassy
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Post by: GmanJoe on May 20, 2002, 08:35:29 PM: WOOOOHOOOOO!

At $50, it would take me 10 work days of slipping $5 lunches! Now at $40, it\'ll only be 8 days of skipping lunches! :p

AHA! :D
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Post by: SwifDi on May 20, 2002, 09:45:14 PM: First TS2 is online, now this?

Guys, I just splooged in my drawers....
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Post by: Azeroth on May 20, 2002, 11:16:41 PM: Is the price drop only in USA or what?
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: GmanJoe on May 21, 2002, 03:00:22 AM: Yes. And games developed by Sony.
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Post by: Ethan_Hunt on May 21, 2002, 05:33:51 AM: I don\'t see this as that great of a move, why cut the cost on new softeware??
Just make a range with the older games, that is like $29.99 by that time you would have made most of your money on the game, and can then get a few more sales of the game, because people see it is cheaper.
People would still buy the game if it is $49.99 so why cut the price if you don\'t have too? I mean sony is so far out in front that it just doesn\'t make an sense to me, does that now mean that all the console that sony brings out after the PS2 will have software for $39.99? because if it hasn\'t then it is going to make the games, seem expensive agian!!
But now who is loseing the money Sony or the developer?

I know i should be moaning and i am not really, i just can\'t see the idea behind this move, i mean i can understand cutting the price on the hardware, because that has been out for 2 years, but i just don\'t see the software side, but hey it might make importing cheaper so yay!!

p.s is this for all developers or just sony games?
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Post by: GmanJoe on May 21, 2002, 05:38:07 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ethan_Hunt

p.s is this for all developers or just sony games?

Here\'s your answer :

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Sony has recommended to retailers that the price of software developed by Sony be cut to $39(US) from $49(US).
Title: Feel the love, PS2 Games now 39.99!
Post by: nfusion on May 21, 2002, 09:03:13 AM: I heard if a PS2 game sells a certain amount of copies, Sony makes it a \'classic\'? and pulls down the price around 19.99$!
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Post by: kopking on May 21, 2002, 12:51:14 PM: any idea if the price will go down in uk/ europe??
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Post by: clowd on May 21, 2002, 12:54:50 PM: Quote
Originally posted by nfusion
I heard if a PS2 game sells a certain amount of copies, Sony makes it a \'classic\'? and pulls down the price around 19.99$!

It has to be out for 9 months and sell 400,000 copies to become a classic.
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Post by: KillaX on May 21, 2002, 01:04:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Clowd

whats wrong with the disk?

It was Locking up right before the battle with OIverdrive sin (right before the FMV....it took me 5 or 6 runs on the Game DR, 2 rund with the lens cleaner and one vent dusting just to get to the battle, the FMV\'s are choppy and the only way it will play the FMV\'s is if I had it on Diagnostics....... I think there is a DEEP scratch...........

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Post by: clowd on May 21, 2002, 01:09:23 PM: If there is circular scratches go to hints and questions and my post shows you how to fix those.

I was about to get a new FFX before I figured out how to fix those circular \'scratches\'
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Post by: KillaX on May 21, 2002, 01:22:40 PM: it isnt circular it is a straight scratch....I\'ll probaly try running it a few more time with the GAME DR and see if it helps...or go out and buy a scratch repair kit.........

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