Impulse Buy

I woke up today and found out that they were doing a promotion for the sexy Slimline PS2 at £50. I have actually been waiting for such a promotion for quite a while now. You will be hard pressed to even find a pre-owned one at that price. I told my self a long time ago that if the PS2 is sold at £50, I will go pick one up.

In case anyone was wondering. I am not buying this PS2 for myself! I am buying it for my ahem nephews and niece. You see, I had even had the option of choosing a bundle for ages 12+ or 3+ at the price. I elected to buy the one for ages 3+ since two of them are almost 3 and the other one is just in school. So, for anyone who thinks that I bought it for myself, that is just nonsense ahem.

Aside from the sudden promotion, the thing that made me decide to get a PS2 instead of a GC is mainly the game library. There is very limited choice when it comes to getting GC games while most stores are fully stocked with PS2 games. So, it would be possible to quickly build up a fairly sizable game library for the PS2. I had recently bought a brand new copy of Viewtiful Joe for £1 and pre-owned games start at £2 per game.

So, the next thing that I’ll need to do is to build up a library of games. I think that I will budget £50 for a variety of games. Some of the titles that I am looking at are popular PS2 titles like Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto and various other major franchises. Alright, maybe these games are more suited for late teens and adults like me. Alright, I should not forget my niece and nephews too. So, I will need to get some games suited for kids under 12 as well. Then, they can play some fun and educational games.

Oh, and accessories. I will certainly need to get a memory card for the PS2. I think that most pre-owned ones come at £5 each. One unit will do as I do not intend to keep any saved games permanently.

As for pirated games, I will be hard pressed to get legal ones back home and my PS2 is not modded to play pirated ones. I have told a friend of mine that I intend to give up my old decadent ways and only buy original software and DVDs from now on. I already have a 30kg collection of original DVDs that I built up while I was here and I think that some of the online stores deliver to Malaysia. It will also reduce the amount of games that I will end up buying for the system, which can only be a good thing.

PS: This is my first ever game console. I used to play games on the PC. But as I grow older, the PC seems to be more a work machine than a gaming one. So, I’ll probably stick to consoles for gaming in the future. But this PS2 is for my niece and nephews anyway. I’ll get something else for myself later. Maybe a Wii or PS3.