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Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: THX on September 17, 2004, 06:29:43 PM: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/video_games.jsp

Just a heads up, not insanely huge news. Here\'s an artist rendering:

Link (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QEFD.01-AIGI2YLZJE0LN.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on September 17, 2004, 06:32:32 PM: BUHAHAHAHAHHAHAA..

not funny....
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: QuDDus on September 17, 2004, 06:40:52 PM: It\'s 149.99 now
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: THX on September 17, 2004, 06:45:50 PM: Reason I mentioned the price is because if anything everyone was thinking there would be a price drop for the holiday season. Still may be too soon to know for sure.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Lord Nicon on September 17, 2004, 07:13:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
BUHAHAHAHAHHAHAA..

not funny....
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 17, 2004, 07:41:29 PM: Good idea however I just think it\'s stupid for current ps2 owners to buy these, but I know people will.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Kimahri on September 17, 2004, 09:17:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
Good idea however I just think it\'s stupid for current ps2 owners to buy these, but I know people will.

alot of current ps2 owners have ps2\'s that dont work ;)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 17, 2004, 10:44:58 PM: fix \'em biatch ;)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Kurt Angle on September 18, 2004, 01:09:10 AM: It\'s out the same day as GTA: SA :nerd:
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: L i L K u B B s on September 18, 2004, 06:38:53 AM: I heard a rumor that they might actually bundle the two together.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Lord Nicon on September 18, 2004, 07:15:47 AM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
fix \'em biatch ;)

or buy one from omen :rolleyes:.

:p
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 18, 2004, 04:26:31 PM: ^^
I\'ll make him a great deal ;)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Evi on September 19, 2004, 10:40:21 PM: I\'m slow. I was gonna mention that the artist rendering was incorrect...then I sat in stupid silence for a moment...and then busted up laughing :D
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: THX on September 19, 2004, 11:05:49 PM: ahh finally someone with a sense of humor :D but the article is the main concern here... spammer! ;)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Evi on September 20, 2004, 01:34:55 AM: ^^^^^

Oh yeah :)...spam...*cough* Well I think it\'s a great idea. I wouldn\'t buy it though, as I already have a PS2. People who own more than one and have them in the same area are a little strange...(my friend has 2 in his living room, and they both work). I guess he\'ll probably be getting this one too :rolleyes:

I don\'t think the PS2 really needs to be any smaller...I think Microsoft should focus more on the this...maybe making the Xbox at least 9 times smaller...then it\'d ALMOST be as small as the GameCube and PS2...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: JBean on September 20, 2004, 06:34:57 AM: a lot of olders ps2\'s won\'t play the type of disc that GTA:SA will come on. A dual-layer 9 GB DVD. EA had tons of problems with people returning their Collectors editions of madden \'05 and getting the regular version cause the collectors edition was dual layered.

I can see a similar thing happening with San Andreas. People will buy another ps2 if theirs can\'t play it, it\'s as simple as that.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Evi on September 20, 2004, 12:42:15 PM: ^^^^

I had no idea they were doing that yet. That doesn\'t seem like the brightest idea to me, making a game that\'s only playable on select newer version of the PS2. If this is true, I won\'t be able to play GTA, as I have the first PS2 version that came out, and mine still works great.

I don\'t want to have to resort to buying a whole new PS2. GTA just isn\'t worth it to me that much.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: clips on September 20, 2004, 08:24:50 PM: i may be wrong but don\'t most games come with a feature that automatically updates the laser and such? i could\'ve swore i\'ve heard of something like that in the past...i could be wrong tho...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 20, 2004, 10:42:54 PM: what\'s the diff between a dual layered dvd w/ a movie and GTA SA?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: MAKAVELIUK on September 20, 2004, 10:52:42 PM: Its going to be revealed shortly :D
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: MAKAVELIUK on September 20, 2004, 11:23:26 PM: Sony announce the NEW PS2

http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2&ReleaseID=3282
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: MAKAVELIUK on September 20, 2004, 11:56:40 PM: Look at the size of it its tiny :eek:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg58.exs.cx%2Fimg58%2F4608%2Fps2.jpg&hash=fccaffcb2d3b773efd386612384819858035ac94)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Kurt Angle on September 21, 2004, 01:00:06 AM: It\'s very small indeed, just don\'t drop it for goodness sake!

*smashes into little pieces*
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: THX on September 21, 2004, 01:51:22 AM: Looks cool, I want one :D
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: nO-One on September 21, 2004, 02:11:32 AM: http://img67.exs.cx/img67/6647/ps2_new.jpg

highres pic of it.

no more tray, flip top,
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/slideshow/3322/3.jpg

and it\'s very small
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/slideshow/3322/2.jpg
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: clips on September 21, 2004, 02:53:56 AM: this reminds me of a smaller version of the turbo duo..:p and if it\'s smaller..it has to be lighter than my ps2..sheeit what did they take out to make it smaller yet still perform like the larger ps2? i think it\'s too small...meh i said the same thing about the cube...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: THX on September 21, 2004, 03:04:27 AM: I guess they have an outboard power supply attached to the AC cord, similar to Gamecube\'s. Not a big fan of those but if it cuts down on size that much I won\'t put up a fuss.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: ooseven on September 21, 2004, 03:43:27 AM: Quote
Originally posted by MAKAVELIUK
Look at the size of it its tiny :eek:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg58.exs.cx%2Fimg58%2F4608%2Fps2.jpg&hash=fccaffcb2d3b773efd386612384819858035ac94)

Nah...its just that she is a Giant ;) :p

looking good...errr the console i mean ;)

£80 for a new PS2 ?

Not bad....

I take it it has a Power pack ala Gamecube ...

*edit*

Feck me.... the new model has Broadband built in....
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: !~! on September 21, 2004, 04:34:00 AM: wow it nice mmmmmmm......i get if money good
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: GmanJoe on September 21, 2004, 05:49:12 AM: Perfect timing. But I do have a problem with the lack of internal HD support. I suppose it\'ll utilize a USB connection.

My HDLoader is the best purchase for a PS2 evAr! I have two extra copies. :D
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: fastson on September 21, 2004, 06:20:48 AM: Too sexy for its own good.

Im going to get one on release-day.. My PS2 is three years old, while it still works the startup time when loading a game has gotten longer.
Also, ever since GameCube I am a fan of the good old load top loading should make the PS2-2 (:p ) as quite as a mouse.

So, perfect timing. :)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: GmanJoe on September 21, 2004, 07:36:14 AM: Quote
Originally posted by fastson

So, perfect timing. :)

THAT\'S WHAT I SAID! Anyway, My PS2 won\'t play DVD movies...but will play games on DVD discs. I wanna kick someone.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: JBean on September 21, 2004, 07:44:16 AM: I want one of these tiny bitches! Makes the old ps2 look fat and bloated.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgfx.dagbladet.no%2Ffredag%2F2004%2F09%2F21%2FIMG_9844_panoartikkel.jpg&hash=c3a18ea910f9f3b91234a31283f3421280612f30)

wow... just a little bit bigger than a standard DVD case
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg67.exs.cx%2Fimg67%2F9749%2Fdvdcase.jpg&hash=5c56b886cf63240954adce146334f92b7dfa183c)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Titan on September 21, 2004, 11:29:02 AM: Damn that thing is small. I guess it would fit perfectly in a car. I still am gonna keep my fat bloated beast. So, how many of those can fit in an X-Box? ;)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 21, 2004, 12:16:11 PM: anyone answer my question? If a old PS2 can play a DVD 9 w/ a movie, why not GTA SA?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Unicron! on September 21, 2004, 12:23:38 PM: btw where do you stick the HD?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: JBean on September 21, 2004, 12:39:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
anyone answer my question? If a old PS2 can play a DVD 9 w/ a movie, why not GTA SA?

If it can then consider yourself lucky. I believe most older ps2s will be fine, I have no idea how many will have problems though. Seemed like 1/4 of the people who had an older ps2 had problems with the DVD 9 disc madden CE came on.

So again, most people with older ps2\'s should be fine.

Quote
Originally posted by Unicron!
btw where do you stick the HD?

no HD support as far as i\'ve heard.

:confused:
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Unicron! on September 21, 2004, 02:29:04 PM: huh?Thats stupid. :confused:
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: fastson on September 21, 2004, 02:58:03 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Unicron!
huh?Thats stupid. :confused:

Fear not.. The PS2 HDD would not make it out in Europe anyways.. Unless you are using HDLoader? ;)

Btw, I read on Gamereactor that Sony is releasing a 64MB Memory-card to "compensate" the missing HDD.. So you will still be able to download online updates (I know SOCOM 2 will have online updates).

I\'ve already made some plans for the new PS2.. If I use the Vertical Stand with the new PS2, perhaps I can fit my decoder next to the tv so it wont have to sit on top of the DVD (=it gets quite warm underneath the decoder, and even more when the DVD is playing.).

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamereactor.se%2Fmedia%2Fnyaps2_16756.jpg&hash=5ee469785fedfcf5d220ed18c9015f01fe845d49)
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamereactor.se%2Fmedia%2Fnyaps2_16759.jpg&hash=170519e7828abd5f1f9e4e322b5f95e3f8e0a9f5)
Note: This is a PAL system, so it only has the broadband connection.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamereactor.se%2Fmedia%2Fnyaps2_16768.jpg&hash=39739c6517d3acffb9a95504f9379339114e2e7e)
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamereactor.se%2Fmedia%2Fnyaps2_16763.jpg&hash=444d72ee107a3da7ab9dfe99a1d1ba7012e1eef6)
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Unicron! on September 21, 2004, 03:13:26 PM: You mean no FF11 for Europe?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: fastson on September 21, 2004, 03:40:39 PM: That is what I heard.. Am I wrong?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Unicron! on September 21, 2004, 04:29:36 PM: Its just that I didnt know they werent planning to release it in Europe.I think its unfair that European gamers wont have the chance to play FF11
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: clips on September 21, 2004, 04:54:22 PM: hmm...when this thing acts up will you have to turn it on it\'s side or turn it upside down to get games to play like how we had to do with the psone? :p
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Lord Nicon on September 21, 2004, 07:29:57 PM: :eek: :eek: :eek:

SOOO SEXY!!!!!

I think ill pull an omen and sell a couple of ps2s and buy this sexy little thing. Mmmm... Reads DVD-RW nice.

It is kinda lame that the old multitap wont work with this one though. I dont have one but i know people that do.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Evi on September 21, 2004, 11:35:48 PM: 2 words...

Oh my mother fu... god d... piece of sh.. of all that is unholy and wrong b*tch t*t flying hoot owl crapcakes!! That\'s small :D

:( :( Ok...now I want one. I had no idea it\'d be THAT friggin small. That\'s the coolest thing ever. Mine still works though, so BLAH!!
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: THX on September 22, 2004, 12:58:45 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Lord Nicon

It is kinda lame that the old multitap wont work with this one though. I dont have one but i know people that do.

Doh! Where does it say that? :( Do we have to buy a whole new one or what?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Samwise on September 22, 2004, 02:42:59 AM: Mmmm, sexay. I\'ll be getting one for GT4 and GTA: SA. :D
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: JBean on September 22, 2004, 04:25:58 AM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.cox.net%2Fgoreomedy%2FPSTwo.jpg&hash=c7a8d2823681372f825a1834dfa7802655c9b5d7)

:laughing:
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Post by: Paul2 on September 22, 2004, 06:01:08 AM: ^^^

ROTFLMAO.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: GmanJoe on September 22, 2004, 06:06:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Unicron!
btw where do you stick the HD?

It\'s going to be an extrenal hard drive. Via firewire or USB.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Black Samurai on September 22, 2004, 06:59:35 AM: I\'ll be getting one. My PS2 crapped out almost a month ago and I\'ll be damned if I get that thing fixed again.

Its good that it comes out with GTA:SA because I was waiting for that to come out before I got my new PS2.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: L i L K u B B s on September 22, 2004, 07:33:10 AM: I hope they package them together b/c with my luck I know my PS2 probably won\'t be able to play it. It\'s not even one of the first ones but I just have a feeling I\'m going to be shelling out cash for this.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 22, 2004, 11:29:50 AM: they won\'t because of it\'s violence, packaging GTA with it would hurt sales with the under 18 crowd
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Evi on September 22, 2004, 01:30:43 PM: ^^^^^

Exactly...not the best game to package with a system with such a broad range of the age of gamers...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on September 22, 2004, 04:16:53 PM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
they won\'t because of it\'s violence, packaging GTA with it would hurt sales with the under 18 crowd

But.. you would still be able to buy it without the game, would you not? :confused:

Besides, isn\'t the under 18 crowd the ones who want to play the game the most?
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: theomen on September 22, 2004, 04:27:26 PM: well if they had a gta bundle and a non gta bundled system they would have two different prices, and that would somewhat defeat the purpouse of a bundled game. I could be wrong, but I just don\'t see a GTA SA bundle coming out.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 27, 2004, 12:22:10 AM: I will buy one, due to the fact I gave my old launch system to my father for he can play Madden.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Ginko on September 27, 2004, 04:47:07 AM: It looks kinda sleek...looks kind of cheap too. Especially that flip top...

My PS2 is old and worn out, if it craps out on me I\'ll get one of these.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Eiksirf on September 27, 2004, 08:20:32 AM: I haven\'t seen the flip top in the pics I looked at... Does that mean it won\'t be too useful standing on its edge?

-Dan
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Lord Nicon on September 27, 2004, 09:35:36 AM: Yeah i didnt think about that. Why would they offter a vertical stand with a pop top console? I mean i guess people were having problems with the ejection system and the poptop is also cheaper. Oh well. If you like it you like it and vice versa.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Eiksirf on September 27, 2004, 02:46:11 PM: I like it, but not if I have to take it from where I have it standing and turn it sideways to load a game. In my set up, having the PS2 on edge lets me tuck it in a tight space by the tv. This new design won\'t lend itself to that...

It\'s no big deal, the thing is still sharp, but for me I\'m better off hoping they drop the price on the clunky one... if it\'s still available when I go to buy it.

-Dan
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Paul2 on September 27, 2004, 09:05:36 PM: From $149.99 to $129.99 would be nice for this new version...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 28, 2004, 12:02:36 PM: I\'m definitely getting that. It makes my fatboy PS2 look like a damn POS.

Too bad it\'s flip top.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: QuDDus on October 02, 2004, 04:26:18 PM: @99.99 they would not be able to keep them in stores.
Too bad sony doesn\'t realize this.
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: Knotter8 on October 02, 2004, 07:04:15 PM: It\'s so tempting to buy one ...:nerd:

Mmm... then I\'d donate my current PS2 to my brother...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: CHIZZY on October 07, 2004, 06:08:35 AM: mine\'s been making grinding noises after being on for an hour or so.... might just bring it to the studio and get a new one...
Title: PSTwo: 30% smaller and $149 on Oct 26
Post by: JBean on October 07, 2004, 10:53:48 AM: mine has made a slight grinding noise when ejecting a disk. It\'s been doing it for years... but if not i\'ll get me one as well