Sony drops price of PS2


	Sony drops price of PS2

David M Ewalt

3-31-2009 1:40 PM

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David M Ewalt says:

This 9-year-old console is still one of the major focuses of Sony's game business --both a testament to the console's power and the inaccessibility of the PS3.

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