Dgc1808 said:
thismeintiel said:
Tridrakious said:
leo-j said:
PS2 will not be discontinued..
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I forgot the PS2 will last forever.
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Yes, forever and ever. Honestly, I think next fiscal year will be the last year we see the PS2 being produced, especially seeing how demand for it has dropped quite a bit.
@ steverhcp02
I think your analysis is probably the real reason there are shortages in the US. It kinda sucks for us here, but it is a smart business practice. Why sell more in a place where they are losing money on every console sold, when you can sell more in countries where they are most likely breaking even or making a small profit? I think that the new model that they are working on, the one that alters components and drops the weight, was probably to address this issue. When they start mass producing them next fiscal year, we will probably be done with these shortages.
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I don't see anything wrong with it's sales.
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They aren't bad considering the consoles age and the fact that this gen has already been in affect for 3/4 years. But they have recently dropped below 50K/week and that is only going to keep going down. So by the time the next fiscal year comes to a close in March '11, they probably won't even be pushing 25K/week. So Sony would most likely see no point in keeping it on shelves (which may bring about a PS2 emulator to the Slims 
). That's why I think it will be the last fiscal year for the PS2.
