Tue, Mar 31, 2009 | 13:14 BST
No UK PS2 price cut, European machine drops to €99
SCEE’s just confirmed to VG247 that the UK will not see a PS2 price cut, despite the fact the machine has just dropped to $99 in the US.
PS2 will now cost €99 in Europe, SCEE said today.
“The price of PS2 is not being reduced in the UK,” said a rep.
“For the rest of Europe it has been dropped to €99.”
UK PStwo bundles go from £100 on GAME.
SCEA’s said today that the machine will go on sale at $99 in the US as of tomorrow.
23 comments
#1
JonFE
31/03/09, 1:13 pm
Never mind – you corrected it.
#2
Patrick Garratt
31/03/09, 1:14 pm
Ta. Edited.
#3
SticKboy
31/03/09, 1:23 pm
Un-fucking-believable. Why should it just be that the UK gets screwed over?
#4
Heitzu
31/03/09, 1:24 pm
At least they didn’t increase the price for the UK…
#5
[maven]
31/03/09, 1:25 pm
MEGATON!
#6
Hero of Canton
31/03/09, 1:28 pm
And on that bombshell…
#7
desiredtime
31/03/09, 1:34 pm
If this had happen and the £ wasn’t weak, then I’d be annoyed.
#8
ShakaCarnage
31/03/09, 1:47 pm
Bored. Next announcement please Sony. Oh, is that it?
#9
freedoms_stain
31/03/09, 2:05 pm
A UK price drop would be welcome, I’d like to replace my ancient release day purchased PS2, it’s having issues with purple game discs again :s
#10
crackdude
31/03/09, 2:47 pm
What?
The PS2 is already 99€ in Portugal since January. Were we the only ones? I had no idea lol
#11
locus2k1
31/03/09, 2:58 pm
So… this was the worldwide announcement, but UK aren’t included?
UK is out of this world?!?
#12
Retroid
31/03/09, 3:00 pm
Wonderful.
>:(
#13
Captain Fruitloop
31/03/09, 3:20 pm
Sony to the UK: “Suck my fat one, Brit scum!”
Again.
#14
locus2k1
31/03/09, 3:27 pm
guess it doesn’t help with the pound being so weak at the moment, lets get the hell out of this recession.
#15
Whizzo
31/03/09, 3:37 pm
When the eventual PS3 price cut appears I wouldn’t get too hopeful of it being applied to the UK purely down to the fact that the Pound has tanked so much.
#16
Shatner
31/03/09, 3:51 pm
Isn’t it funny how nobody seemed to give a shit about this price cut but now it seems they’re exempt from something they couldn’t care less about they’re now getting all whiney about it and playing the victim card!
Really people, that act is a bit transparent. Grow up.
#17
SticKboy
31/03/09, 3:56 pm
Yeah, and getting all up on your high horse at every given opportunity is dead mature. Cheers, Shatz.
#18
Shatner
31/03/09, 3:59 pm
Someone has to school you SticKboy, might as well be me. No need to get all sniffy about it.
#19
El_MUERkO
31/03/09, 4:54 pm
as an aside, i still haven’t bought a PS3 game at retail this year
#20
Monk
31/03/09, 5:25 pm
and that the big announcement ?
-___-
#21
Syrok
31/03/09, 6:31 pm
Because the PS2 has been around €99 in the UK for the past few month already.
#22
Mike
31/03/09, 7:02 pm
@ELM: Me either.
#23
Cort
31/03/09, 7:05 pm
Post letters of complaint to:
Rt Hon Gordon Brown PC MP
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AS
I would have put the Chancellor at Number 11 but we all know he has fuck all to do with this mess and does what he is told.