Sony to sell smaller PlayStation 2

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by Warlock

I think i am going to buy me a new v10 before they are all gone.

Yeah me too. I'm going to hold on to one of these V10 pre-mods for my self. With the way PS2's have been selling out around here month to month I can see it wont be long before they are off the shelves for good.

[H|LLJD00]

I'll keep my v7 for a while. But do you think the new console will support the current modchips if u get me, will a hdd work? And is it only gonna have 2 controller ports? If so wat a pain in the ass looks a bit odd to me, lol.. too small

[MoBiUs]

hmm maybe external hdd

[Cyber Akuma]

A normal harddrive will defiantely not work in that thing, theres one of three possibilities the way I see it.

1. They will release an external adapter.

2. They will use a mini harddrive (like a laptop harddrive or the kind used in ipods)

3. There will be no HDD support altogether.

I am guessing #3, Sony really didnt give a damn about the HDD from day 1, at least in the USA. They forced many usa versions of games to remove HDD support and even purposely delayed the release of it so Everquest adventures could gain steam ahead of FFXI. Plus now they can argue that the removal of the HDD was to kill off the HD Loader (if that wasnt the reason behind this mini PS2 in the first place).

[SurfDrifter]

I was thinking external USB enclosures, but that will render the previous released titles incompatible (i guess)

I still believe that HDLoader would need an update, because, even if PSTwo supported one way or another, a HDD, the access would be different.

In PS2, it required to "hi-jack" the Network adapter, which in the case of PSTwo, it has built-in ethernet port.

[H|LLJD00]

oh well I wont be getting one of these anyways, but they better have a hdd in ps3, and be able to save games saves to it!

[lufcfan]

Damn right - but I ain't gonna buy Sony if they don't stop acting like t***s