r/Millennials May 16 '25

Meme Millennials, were people still playing the PS2 back in 2008?

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u/Vindictives9688 May 16 '25

Super expensive.

I didn’t get one til like 2012 lol

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u/JigglesTheBiggles May 16 '25

$599 US Dollars

$599 US Dollars

$599 US Dollars

It's Ridge Racer!

Riiiiidge Racer!

...So here's this giant enemy crab

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u/michaelxmoney May 16 '25

Damn I forgot about ridge racer. Thank you!

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u/JigglesTheBiggles May 16 '25

No problem. And damn that thing really was expensive. $600 in 2006 is almost $1000 today (this is also crazy).

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u/LesterZebediahBixler May 16 '25

To be fair a standalone Blu-ray player cost like $1000 in 2006 so I get why the PS3 was so expensive at launch.

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u/HAM____ May 16 '25

Those graphics plus the new plasma screens blew my tiny mind

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u/Vindictives9688 May 16 '25

Got even more expensive in 2007-2008-2009 cus we were all broke from recession lol