Euro PS2 gets pretty in pink
New system colour to debut at Leipzig Games Convention; Sony cuts the price of PS2 throughout the continent.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced the latest member of the PlayStation family on Monday--a limited edition slimline PlayStation 2 in pink.
The new console is set to hit store shelves on November 8, and will only be available from retail outlets in Europe. The new console will be shown off for the first time at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, later this week.
The console will come with two matching pink analog controllers and a pink 8MB memory card.
SCEE said that "the decision to produce a pink console reflects the growing and diverse demographic that PlayStation 2 has developed." SCEE credited franchises such as Buzz!, SingStar, and other "socially interactive" titles for these demographic changes.
This isn't the first time that Sony has released a new colour to try and inject life into its 6-year-old console. The slimline version has been available in both silver and white--as well as the original black--while the original version was released, in various different territories, in Aqua Blue, Midnight Blue, gold, light yellow, silver, Ocean Blue and Zen Black--both of which were translucent--Sakura Pink, Snow White, and Super Red.
In other PS2 news, Sony has just cut the price of the standard slimline PS2 to 129 euros (roughly $170) in the eurozone and £94.99 (around $180) in the UK. Memory card prices have been cut, too--the standard 8MB card will now retail for 19.99 euros (around $26).
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448 Comments
When can we get the pink PS2 for the girls here in The United States?
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Very cool
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Im buying it
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oh look, sony thinks it's nintendo again! bah!
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omg ... they made a DS'ish trend!!!
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Why would they do this now?
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now gay people can enjoy playing a ps2
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ok, does it matter what color a console is? don't get me wrong, I'm definatly a pink-hater, but i doubt you'll be enjoying the color of the controller in your hands and console when playing the lastest game. it could be leppord skin for all i care. HEY.......
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what the hell??!!
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that's a nice ass pink.
I'll buy it for my GF....
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LOL it is soooo cute!!!!!! I love it!
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Does it come with a Barbie Malibu Dreamhouse?
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Is not my favorite colah..LOL
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who will buy it ? "THE PINK"........... When U used it ( THE PINK ) SHOOTING......WOW !
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I'ts good to see that they realize not only men / boys play games, women/gils also play. But I don't like the Stereotype that girls are pinky...
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It sort of looks like a piece of hard candy or something.
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You guys dont understand, its a very manly colour, the color of labia.
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OMG ...it's SO PRETTY~~~ *_*
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man thats a gift my girlfriend might like
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At least the slimline PS2 is a bit cheaper now, but I wonder if it will be the same for the old bulky PS2. I'm not so sure about buying one of those slimlines. =|
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the previous new gen winner console has gone pink .. ugh
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That look so UGLY
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They trying to attract chicks or something?
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hmmm... i can't say bout, but if europeans want it then hav it... no ones stoppin' them
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"PINK IS PIMPIN!"
Im buying that!
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OMG!!!!....Wow! Pink's not my favorite color but I would get it just for collector's purpose.
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PINK????? WTF.....OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!, I'll think about getting it for my gf!
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ghetto
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wow, just wow.
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pink .... you gotta be jk
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Yeah spray painting I dont know why I never thought of that I think I might do that if I ever get another console. I currently only have dreamcast and n64
my ps2 broke a few months back
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what the ....?????
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one word...WHY?
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this thing could not be better than the psp if it can have music stored on it, Id would still prefer the big ps2 more than the ps2 two, it has way better venalation
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Hmm, that would be nice as a gift to my girlfriend..
i know she will really like it, but it's just too expensive..
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its still better than the psp!!!
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maybe this will cause people to spray paint they're ps3's the colour they want. It would be pretty easy, a little tape here and there, and spray the rest. Nevermind chrome trim, ill spray the whole thing chrome!
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sweet now i can watch my lance bass videos in style...
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Why didnt they first release the PS2 in pink,it would have sold trillions,I want one but already have 2 of the crummy things,anyone want to trade?
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I hate pink! But on another note why in the hell does Europe pay more 4 games! I mean R they're living expenses low or somethin?
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I think my gf would like one of those..
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There are websites outhere that will do the same thing and you get to choose the color...
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if only the ps3 would come in pink, id so buy that
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Thats hot ,but $180 is a lil too much for that.
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iz der some homos down at sony? jus askin
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...
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i think paris hilton came up with the idead
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great, lets all go buy a nice pink and frilly ps2 and throw in RE4 and go slaughter some genado bastards...
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