PS2 90000 (even slimmer) spotted in-store (US)

I saw these at Target last week and didn't even realize these were the new models. Had they come out a few months ago, I would have bought one. Now, I can't really justify it when a 360 is going to be only $70 more.
 
[quote name='Strell']IT'S NOT QUITE OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!

But almost![/quote]
That's where you're wrong. Look again.

Vageta, what does the scouter say about his series level?
IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!
What‽ Nine thousand!

The news that the 90000 models are going standalone combined with Okami GH make me a happy panda. :bouncy:
 
I was waiting on this to insure my PS2 games collection. Considering I have more than $1000 worth of PS2 games, it would be a shame if my old fat PS2 fails. Oh and PS3's backward compatibility of PS2 is a joke.
 
I might grab an extra one of they hit $100 or $50 PSOne Level, whenever my fat PS2 decides to fail.
See, if the 360 was $100 I wouldn't mind the failure rates cause we could always easily buy another one. But the PS2 is a god send for the low prices It's going for now. However, It shouldn't be more then $100 at this point.

Also, while the 360 is hitting $200 thats still $70 more then the PS2 plus it doesn't even come close to the gaming libary and cheap used prices of PS2 games. Yeah It's not next gen, but I'd recommend the PS2 to a new gamer over the 360 anyday.
 
The new PS2 boxes are different from the old ones, you should be able to tell if you've seen any PS2 box in the past 5 years. Blue box sounds like a PS2 original fat model, but that doesn't make sense. There's a picture of the new box in the Kotaku link.
 
Do these have tray lids that actually pop all the way open automatically instead of having to lift the lid? The original slim models seemed to have this problem.

Also, doesn't this model have even more PS1 and PS2 incompatibilities than the 70000? I can't seem to find the official list right now.
 
Is there a side by side comparison of the slim model and the newer slim model? I doesn't really seem worth it for $130 to get another PS2 unless there's a significant improvement. I still wish they'd release a PS2 with upscaling abilities... I'd pay money for that (I know there's the 20/60GB models but I can't get them new, and the 80GB model only supports some PS2 BC).
 
Damnit, and I just bought one a few months ago. I knew about the 90000 when I bought it, but every news post about it said it wasn't coming to the US. Damn dirty liars.
 
[quote name='VioletArrows']Damnit, and I just bought one a few months ago. I knew about the 90000 when I bought it, but every news post about it said it wasn't coming to the US. Damn dirty liars.[/quote]
It was announced to be coming to USA since E3, before then?
 
[quote name='Zing']I am still waiting for the real "PSTwo" combo with an attached LCD screen.[/quote]

Small LCD worked for PS1 games but good luck reading any texts with that on PS2.
 
[quote name='JMEPO']Cool but I'm gonna have to wait for the PS2 Slim 12345678910 with upscaling and a free burger.[/quote]


AND a burger? That's asking to much.
 
[quote name='neverletthem']AND a burger? That's asking to much.[/quote]

That is the only way I will buy it :nottalking: It can only be White Castle. And I'm not talking no gift certificate, No I want 6 sliders hand delivered to my household. By Batman himself.
 
[quote name='JMEPO']That is the only way I will buy it :nottalking: It can only be White Castle. And I'm not talking no gift certificate, No I want 6 sliders hand delivered to my household. By Batman himself.[/QUOTE]

I think that's part of the upcoming Lego Batman bundle. I'll post on here when mine arrives. Maybe make a video.
 
[quote name='Zing']I am still waiting for the real "PSTwo" combo with an attached LCD screen.[/quote]I don't think they'll do that any time soon, because a portable PS2 would be extremely similar to the PSP. Once the PSP has been replaced by a new, much more powerful Sony handheld, they could release a portable PS2 and it wouldn't compete directly.

Now, if they could come out with a way of playing PS2 games on the PSP (maybe a cheap PS2 attachment that would enable wifi remote play on the PSP, or some method of burning emulated PS2 games to UMD), that would be badass.
 
[quote name='Halo05']I think that's part of the upcoming Lego Batman bundle. I'll post on here when mine arrives. Maybe make a video.[/quote]

I might think about it than.
 
I'm hoping these carry a new DPCI at Target and then the old slims and maybe even the Singstar bundles will get clearanced out. Then I can finally snag a new PS2 cheap. Any sightings at Target?
 
Doubt it. The 90000 is the same size as the slim. The internals are changed to probably combat modchips and give enough room to remove the external power brick.
 
Looks cool, as others said $99 would have been an awesome price point, I could see it outselling every system but the Wii if it dropped to $99.

I would have considered getting it but I picked up the Cermaic White PS2 bundled with Singstar Pop for $105 from ToysRUs.com a few months ago.
 
[quote name='laaj']I was waiting on this to insure my PS2 games collection. Considering I have more than $1000 worth of PS2 games, it would be a shame if my old fat PS2 fails. Oh and PS3's backward compatibility of PS2 is a joke.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, exactly. I don't think I have quite that much into mine, but hell, I wanna backup. C'MON $100 PS2!!!
 
I wanna get one of these and mod it, so I have some place to play all my imports... it's not like I'm gonna stop playing PS2 anytime soon.
 
[quote name='Chacrana']I wanna get one of these and mod it, so I have some place to play all my imports... it's not like I'm gonna stop playing PS2 anytime soon.[/quote]
I wanna do this, too. Having a domestic fat PS2 as well as an import fat model... both with HDDs.. takes up a lot of space and are kind of heavy stacked on top of each other.. lol
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']PS2 isn't going anywhere any time soon. There's no need to buy a backup system until you actually need it.[/quote]

What if that's 5 years from now? PS2 won't be around then. I have gone through 3 PS1s because optical drives aren't as robust as old cartridge based consoles.
 
[quote name='laaj']What if that's 5 years from now? PS2 won't be around then. I have gone through 3 PS1s because optical drives aren't as robust as old cartridge based consoles.[/quote]That's why I said "any time soon." :) If we begin to see signs that Sony is about to stop manufacturing and selling the PS2, then yeah, buy a backup or two. For all we know that might not be until 2011 when it will cost $50 and be the size of a CD Walkman. That's why it's silly to hoard backup PS2s in 2008. There is absolutely no indication that the PS2 will be rare or hard to find any time soon.
 
[quote name='Monsta Mack']I might grab an extra one of they hit $100 or $50 PSOne Level, whenever my fat PS2 decides to fail.
See, if the 360 was $100 I wouldn't mind the failure rates cause we could always easily buy another one. But the PS2 is a god send for the low prices It's going for now. However, It shouldn't be more then $100 at this point.

Also, while the 360 is hitting $200 thats still $70 more then the PS2 plus it doesn't even come close to the gaming libary and cheap used prices of PS2 games. Yeah It's not next gen, but I'd recommend the PS2 to a new gamer over the 360 anyday.[/quote]

THe $50 psone was due to the $50 Dreamcast.

You're right the ps2 shouldn't be over $99 but why should the wii be $250 when it's an enhanced gamecube and the 360 is state of the art and is $199??

The good ps2 games aren't cheap. probably 500 ps2 games flat out suck and the good ones keep their value.

I'd probably recommend the ps2 to a 'new' gamer as well because then they could get a 360 later on. I wouldn't recommend a 360 to a new gamer because they would have nothing revolutionary to look forward to.

but the 360 has at least 30 great games as of right now. More than enough of each genre.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']I don't think they'll do that any time soon, because a portable PS2 would be extremely similar to the PSP. Once the PSP has been replaced by a new, much more powerful Sony handheld, they could release a portable PS2 and it wouldn't compete directly.

Now, if they could come out with a way of playing PS2 games on the PSP (maybe a cheap PS2 attachment that would enable wifi remote play on the PSP, or some method of burning emulated PS2 games to UMD), that would be badass.[/quote]

if sony made a new handheld it would probably have the capabilities of an advanced ps2. At that point people will find ways to copy ps2 ISOs. The psp can't many ps2 games exactly without visual sacrifice. You seen how the ratchet games look in comparison to the ps2 games, same with games like GOW. While the psp also runs at 300mhz, it's lacking lots of power compared to the ps2.
 
[quote name='Casiotech']I'd probably recommend the ps2 to a 'new' gamer as well because then they could get a 360 later on. I wouldn't recommend a 360 to a new gamer because they would have nothing revolutionary to look forward to.
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I agree with you but I'd say with the exception of a new gamer with a HDTV. I'd never recommend a PS2 then. I love the PS2 library but most of it is damn near unplayable on anything but an SDTV.
 
yeah I want to hook up my GC, Wii or PS2 to a small LCD but damn, it's so blurry and pixelated that it looks better on a SDTV.
 
Actually I've found that some GameCube games look pretty great on an HDTV (played through a Wii with component hookup). PS2 games can be problematic though.
 
[quote name='laaj']I was waiting on this to insure my PS2 games collection. Considering I have more than $1000 worth of PS2 games, it would be a shame if my old fat PS2 fails. Oh and PS3's backward compatibility of PS2 is a joke.[/quote]

+1


40GB PS3 w/ $100GC + PS2 90000 ftw
 
[quote name='Casiotech']but the 360 has at least 30 great games as of right now. More than enough of each genre.[/QUOTE]

Interesting. I went through the top 100 metacritic games and saw maybe 6 games. Which just happens to be how many Wii games I own.
 
Do I have to pull up a top xbox 360 list? Just because you only like 6 doesn't mean the rest aren't acclaimed games. There are at least 30 games rated 8 or higher. 8+/10 would constitute a great game.

not to mention a wii game rated 8/10 is compared to ps2 games or other games of the same platform, if you rated a wii game against a next gen game, the scores would be very low not just in terms of graphics..
 
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