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« **on:** May 20, 2002, 02:29:15 PM »

80USD! Thats about €100!

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PS2 Hard Drive Priced?
Those sneaky real journalists may have uncovered the HDD\'s US price point.

May 17, 2002 - The PlayStation 2 hard drive will be priced at approximately $80 when it launches, according to a report today by the San Jose Mercury-News. The Silicon Valley newspaper, a noted source of tech news, dropped the figure amid a general story covering the online strategies of all three major console makers.
SCEA has long since released details on the PlayStation 2 network adapter -- it will hit shelves in August for $39.99 -- but the hard drive has remained an unknown quantity. When contacted for comment on the story, SCEA representatives reiterated that no official information has been released regarding the price or release date of the hard drive.

An $80 price point for the American HDD would be substantially cheaper than its Japanese counterpart, which was made available in limited quantities for the equivalent of about $150. However the details actually shake out, look forward to more details on Sony\'s peripherals and online plans for PlayStation 2 at E3 next week.

Its like I said.. I said the price would be 80-100USD!! :fro:

« **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2002, 02:35:19 PM »

what is the HDD for anyway - apart from playing music from and saving games?

« **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2002, 02:39:45 PM »

You\'ll (supposedly) be able to download game updates and movies/move previews.

« **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2002, 02:41:26 PM »

Now we just need it in 2002.

« **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2002, 03:44:02 PM »

bah, HD = gimmick

the xbox proved that

« **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2002, 03:47:24 PM »

I think is a good price. Has the size of the HD been confirm?
I think Sony will make a move and offert a bundle containing a PS2 with Network adapter and Hard drive for $299

« **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2002, 03:48:53 PM »

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Originally posted by PSXXX
I think is a good price. Has the size of the HD been confirm?
I think Sony will make a move and offert a bundle containing a PS2 with Network adapter and Hard drive for $299

Its 40GB, 5x the size of the Xbox one

« **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2002, 04:06:27 PM »

Thank\'s fastson! 40G for $80 USD sound good 2 me! I just hope developers will be using it!!!

« **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2002, 04:33:56 PM »

it is about time we find out the price.......now a release date would be nice too.....

:hat:ScottyJ:hat:

« **Reply #9 on:** May 20, 2002, 05:27:21 PM »

sounds like it will b quite good

« **Reply #10 on:** May 20, 2002, 05:33:05 PM »

I\'m just hoping some sort of FFXI HDD package deal will be announced.

You know they\'ll have some sort of game+HDD package deal, you\'re gonna get something for free when you buy that thing.

« **Reply #11 on:** May 20, 2002, 05:42:23 PM »

Can I d/l pr0n on it?

Something without Samwise in it?

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #12 on:** May 20, 2002, 05:57:41 PM »

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Originally posted by mm
bah, HD = gimmick

the xbox proved that

a gimmick that will let me play Final Fantasy XI

« **Reply #13 on:** May 20, 2002, 06:01:54 PM »

100 pound, thats like over 140$ (rough guess) U.S.. Way to much money for me and I doubt it will get very many buyers. The fact that you have to pay already just to play FFXI and now this. I don\'t see FFXI doing very well at all.

« **Reply #14 on:** May 20, 2002, 06:05:50 PM »

ehhe, is that why they sold what, 400,000 units instantly in japan?

the ps2 HDD will be a blazing success elsewhere

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