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| Tue, September 21 2004 | 12:23PM | PermaLink |
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The best-selling PlayStation 2 games console has been given a makeover, with a new slimmed-down, lightweight model due to go on sale in November.
The new PS2 is about half the size of the existing model and will sell for the same price of 149 euros (£99).
Sony has launched it in an attempt to widen the console's appeal and prolong its shelf-life.
Sales of the original PlayStation were boosted when Sony introduced a smaller version, dubbed the PSOne. But traditionally console sales start to slip after they have been around for a few years and the PS2 is no exception.
Sony Computer aims to sell 14m PS2s in the year to March 2005, down from the peak sales of 22.52m units sold in 2003. Sony is expected to unveil its next generation PlayStation at the annual E3 video games trade show in Los Angeles in May 2005.
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