GamerNode: News - New PS2 coming to Europe and India this fall

New PS2 coming to Europe and India this fall

Category: PlayStation 2, Posted: 07/03/2008 at 11:28PM EDT by Eddie Inzauto, GN Director

Apparently working its way west, the new model PlayStation 2 that hit Japan last November will be coming to the European and Indian markets by late October of this year. It will precede this year's Diwali festival, which takes place on October 28th, said SCE India manager Atindriya Bose.

The new model will be slightly lighter and slimmer than existing PS2 consoles, and will also do away with the bulky external AC adapter of those models. It will cost 6990 Indian Rupees ($163), which is the same price as the systems that are currently in stores. Pricing has not yet been announced for the European release.

Regarding the Indian gaming market, Bose said, "We feel PS2 has the potential to penetrate further into the Indian and Russian markets. Console gaming is in its nascent stage in India. These are untapped markets and are new to the gaming world, hence we have no plans to phase out PS2 anytime soon."

[via NextGen]

Posted by rtanger on 07/04/2008 at 11:59AM

Slightly lighter and slimmer than the Slim, or a regular one? Cuz that Slim is already pretty damn tiny....

Posted by Garcian Smith on 07/04/2008 at 02:08PM

I've heard it's so small, it can double as a postage stamp.*

*Lies.

Posted by Eddie R Inzauto on 07/04/2008 at 05:47PM

...than the slim

=-o