PlayStation 2: Game Over?

• Author: Jayatilleke, Ruwan
• Position: Availability and marketing of video game console - Brief Article

You may be dying to play PlayStation 2, but Sony is still playing catch-up. Thanks to a parts shortage, October's first shipment was only half the planned 1 million consoles. Those sold out almost immediately, despite a $299 price tag. Now Sony is scrambling to produce 100,000 each week before Christmas, claiming the shortage is legit and not a marketing ploy to create a Tickle-Me-Elmo-style feeding frenzy for the holidays.

Gamers who have gotten their thumbs on a PS2 are praising the next-generation system's lifelike graphics, lightning-fast processors, built-in DVD...