Sony shrinks PlayStation console/Redesigned $149 PS2 to launch November 1

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The best-selling PlayStation 2 games console has been given a makeover, with a new slimmed-down, lightweight model due to go on sale in November.
The new PS2 is about half the size of the existing model and will sell for the same price of 149 euros (£99).

Sony has launched it in an attempt to widen the console's appeal and prolong its shelf-life. Sales of the original PlayStation were boosted when Sony introduced a smaller version, dubbed the PSOne.

The redesign is part of Sony's strategy to maintain the PS2's lead over rival consoles. Some 24 million machines have been sold in the PAL territories - Europe, the Middle East and Africa - since its launch November 2000. But traditionally console sales start to slip after they have been around for a few years and the PS2 is no exception.
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Read More/Source: bbc.co.uk

Dom

Wow! It's tiny!

Shinjikun

Damn; I might have to get one once FF XII is available.

No_Style

Although it said as recently as last Friday that rumors of a redesigned PlayStation 2 were "pure speculation," today Sony unveiled a radically redesigned version of the device. It was, however, not named the "PStwo" as many had expected. "The new version will go by the same name as the old version," a Sony representative told GameSpot. "The current model in the market will be replaced by the new PlayStation 2, and at the same suggested retail price of $149.99."

The new PlayStation 2, model number SCPH-70000 CB, has a "completely new look" compared with its predecessor, the SCPH-50000. Actually, "radically" might be a bit of an overstatement, since, by the company's own admission, the new PS2 does have the "the basic functions and design philosophy of the current PlayStation 2."
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Read More/Source: GameSpot

Nuke209

how is hd gonna fit?

No_Style

Still wondering that myself..