PlayStation 2 - the gaming system that has been promising to blow the competition (and the original PlayStation) out of the water upon its release this week - isn’t living up to hype.The PS2, with its improved speed and 128-bit graphic capability, could one day be an awesome time sink. On the outside, the PS2 […]
Playstation fever grips local stores Shelley Canupp Tribune Staff Writer Juan Dale Brown Tribune Photographer Cutline– Fort Pierce Kmart employees Wendy Elms, at cash register, and Lonnie Sass sell a PlayStation 2 that went on sale Thursday morning. The store was one of few that received 10 of the new PlayStations, and some parents waited […]
PlayStation 2 is no longer just a toy. It’s meat, water, shelter. And there’s not enough for everybody.With only 500,000 PlayStation 2s coming to the United States - half of what Sony had planned for yesterday’s launch - it isn’t about video games anymore. Primal instincts have kicked in. Nowhere is that clearer than at […]
The best thing Sony did in creating its new video game machine, PlayStation 2, was keep the controller the same. Small thing, you say?Considering that the original PlayStation is the biggest-selling video game console in history, it only makes good sense to keep gamers using what they’re used to. Combine that stroke of genius, or […]
Playstation 2 is the most highly anticipated video game system to hit the market since last year’s monster hit from Sega, Dreamcast. The wait ends today for Playstation 2 as Sony has shipped 500,000 units to electronics and toy stores across the country. The bad news is most of the units arriving today have been […]
Playstation 2 makes its debut today and stores anticipate an onslaught of buyers. “I think you’ll see this is going to be the ‘Tickle Me Elmo’ of the year. It will be the must-have item for Christmas nationwide,” said Tony James, manager of the Virgin Megastore in the Ontario Mills Mall.This interest in the newest […]
The big news is that the PlayStation 2 is due to arrive in stores tomorrow. Sony had expected to have 1 million units available at launch, but it now looks as though only half that number will be in stores tomorrow.However, Sony hopes to ship 100,000 PlayStation 2 units every week between now and the […]
Console gamers and stressed-out parents trying to get their hands on the latest must-have toy, the PlayStation 2, might be in for a tough time this holiday season.Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., the division of the Japanese electronics giant that puts out the PlayStation and its highly anticipated successor in the United States, had announced […]
Sony’s PlayStation 2 is poised for release Thursday. The question is whether you can get your hands on one.The quest for the coveted and short-supplied PlayStation 2 has retailers scrambling and hardy customers planning to camp outside stores that will be selling the device on a first-come, first-served basis. Other stores have taken pre-orders with […]
If you want a new Sony PlayStation 2 video game console, you better get on those running shoes, have a ready supply of caffeine and be prepared to endure long lines of cranky people.Although the much-hyped $299 game system — a sleek black box that hooks up to your TV set and plays both CD […]