FilaBrasileiro on 07 December 2008
| KBG29 said: No PS2 still has a long time to live. Its days in the US, and Japan may be numbered, but it has tons of room to expand. Courties with lesser incomes will see the PS2 released, and Sony will begin to create a fan base in those locations. The PS2 hardware is extreamly cheap to make, and is perfect for parts of south america, africa, and india. It gives the people in those areas a chance to experiance an amazing device that is a very new experiance to them, at a low price, and it has a huge library of games that Sony can sell them at a very low prices, all while making a nice R&D buget. I do think in the upper tier countries like the US, Japan, some parts of Europe, and Austrailia we will see a shift in attiontion from Sony. With the PS3 becoming profitable next year they will have less of a need to sell PS2's to make up the differance. This will allow them to give the PS2 its one last price drop to $99 USA. If Sony has any brains in the company they are going to have PS2 emulation at some point next year to help consumers confedince in purchaseeing from PS2 - PS3. The PS2 will be in the US for at least a couple of more years. As long as Sony is making money on it, it makes no sense to cut it. The system is perfect for parents getting a console for their kids bedroom. At $99, with a large library of high quality $9.99 games like the entire Jak series, The Ratchet series, The Metal Gear series, Gran Turismo 4, and more, it is the perfect gaming device. |
They really should have most PS2 games priced at $9.99-$14.99, I mean they already made a shitload of money on the software enough to recoup costs and stuff so now all it costs them is to actually manufacture the DVD/manuals and cases. This is the same reason why, if they do want to combat piracy in countries like Brazil, they should have the games at those prices at the very most, I can easily find a new PS2 game for $5 in Brazil. Most people I know would rather play the original copy, but when the original costs $80 and the pirated copy costs $5, it's a no brainer.
