PS2?? More like PS None!

You'd think in a city such as San Antonio, finding a retailer that has a PS2 console in stock would not be a problem. We drove all around town today, hitting up the big retailers such as Best Buy and Circuit City. Nada. Smaller stores like EB or Game Stop? Nil.

We had to pawn ours last month due to no money...and now we have money to replace it, so...

Anyone know why the hell I can't get a friggen PS2 in this place???!!???

you can always order online

I realize that. I'm still curious as to why there aren't any stores that have them in stock.

because lots of good games came out recently and it was holidays

That...and a good amount of people don't realize that this system is nothing more than just a smaller PS2 with a network adapter built in and no way to use the HD.

I'll sell you mine, it has a mod chip

This is a busy month for retailers, expect stock to be low. The normal return policies have been extended for all those presents out there.

it's just a case of not enough slim models being produced, and the original models being discontinued. sony's also putting a good deal of their resources into the PSP, which launches here in two months. there'll definitely be more PS2s available by then.

I have always seen them in stock in Wal-Marts when all of the big time electronics stores are out. If you can brave the hell that is Sam Walton's creation then you might have some luck there.

feh. i so want a ps2... doesn't matter if it's old, or slim.

I want a PS2.

I need a new PS2. I've had mine since the very first morning they were released on U.S. shores. Unfortunately it stopped playing dvds about a year ago, and now it's having trouble with PS2 games. It just can't satisfy me like it used to. I'm going to have to replace it with a younger, slimmer model.

yeah, there does appear to have been a shortage of hardware over the past few months. that has hurt sale numbers and angered several investment groups.

if it makes you feel any better, i've been trying to get my hands on a ps2 since before x-mas, so far with no success...

best of luck in your ps2 hunt!

Did you check the pawn shops?

Did you check the pawn shops?

I heard that the boat shipping the new small one from japan wasn't allowed through the Suez Canal for some reason. There were none in the shops for Christmas in the UK because of that.

Could be your answer.

I was right (well, about the UK delay)

Story

why don't they just fix all the broken ones and ship them out

THATS BAD I'M TELLING THE POLICE.

its only to enhance my playing experience AND to allow me to copy the games I have previously purchased so the originals don't get damaged

I was looking for two weeks and finally I called Fred Meyers one day and they had them they said they have them come in quite regularly due to the high demand.

Sony is making them hard to come by to artificially boost the demand before they flood the market with them. Patience, you'll have your PS2 soon enough.

or just slowly phasing them out to intruduce the PS3

That's what they all say....

My brother works for a video game store. He was naturally expecting that they would get a significant shipment of PS2 systems before the holidays, only to discover that Sony specifically chooses to NOT make the systems available, supposedly in order to make it seem more popular and hard-to-find than it really needs to be. This, of course, seems asinine fron Sony's point of view, and from the point of view of retailers who would do a lot more business if there were enough systems to sell to all those who want them.

Bottom line - blame Sony, not Best Buy or any other store. Sony is strict with their inventory, thus screwing both retailers and consumers.