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Sony Cuts PS2 And PSP Price

10:01AM Nick Broughall | Apparently price cuts are the new black for Sony. Following the PS3 Slim’s announcement and $200 price cut, the Japanese giant has apparently also dropped the price of the PS2 and the PSP. More »
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Nexilux Guitar Hero Instrument Is Like Assembling A Sniper Rifle

4:20AM Sean Fallon | Sometime early next month, Nexilux is planning to release this mini retractable guitar that works on the PS2, PS3 and the Wii for both Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. Plus, putting it together makes you feel cool. [Nexilux]
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PS2 Compatbility Never Returning To The PlayStation 3

12:10AM Mark Wilson | Sony pretty much implied that backward compatibility was dead when they released the PS3 Slim (without PS2 support), but just in case, Sony’s John Koller put a few nails in that coffin during two recent interviews. More »
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Use Sony’s DualShock On The Wii, Then Giggle Like A Super Villain

10:56PM Mark Wilson | Why buy Nintendo’s fancy Wii Classic Controller or humiliatingly turn the Wiimote sideways when your old PS/PS2 controllers are perfectly fine? Import this DualShock to Wii adaptor for just under $US20 and no one will even notice. [Gametech via Kotaku] More »
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PS2 Casemod Lives Inside Jack Thompson’s Video Game Violence Book

6:00AM Jack Loftus | For gamers well-versed in the antics of former attorney Jack Thompson, this PS2 casemod found over at Kotaku has to be all sorts of Schadenfreude. [Kotaku] More »
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Vista Service Pack 2 Available for Download

9:34PM John Herrman | Windows Vista SP2 is finally available for download, in all its apologetic, bug-fixing, compatibility-boosting glory. Windows Update should do the trick, but standalone downloads are hosted right here, and release notes are over here. [Neowin] More »
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‘Casetation’ Mod Is Defeated By Me Putting PS2 In Bag, Attaching It to Bigger TV

1:00AM Jack Loftus | Recently, I defeated my arch nemesis, the $US250 briefcase-bound Casetation 2. It took a $US99 PS2 (super power: price cuts), duffel bag, and connecting to any TV, because they’re everywhere. $US151 left over. Flawless Victory. More »
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The PlayStation 2 Drops to $US100 for April Fools

11:03PM Mark Wilson | Oh Sony, you fooled the internet! Everyone thought (and still hopes) that you were going to announce something big and important today. Instead, the PS2 will officially drop to $US100 starting tomorrow. [PlayStation Blog] More »
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Sony: We’re Not Cutting PS3 Prices Tomorrow

8:21AM John Mahoney | In response to rumours today that the PS3’s price could get dropped (along with the PS2’s, down to $US99), Sony officially confirmed to Joystiq that they’re not budging on the PS3 pricetag: More »
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PS2 Dropping to $US99 Tomorrow?

2:34AM Mark Wilson | There have been plenty of murmurs regarding a PS2 price drop as part of Sony announcements tomorrow, and now Kotaku looks to have confirmed it with some Kmart SKU data. But Sony, we said we wanted a PSTHREEEEE price drop, not two. [Kotaku] More »