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Hmm... How much is a PS2 in Malaysia, in USD? I wonder if I could import it & play it... :wicked:

Also, how much is a Gamecube? Just curious...

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Hmm... How much is a PS2 in Malaysia, in USD? I wonder if I could import it & play it... :wicked:

Also, how much is a Gamecube? Just curious...
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We have no "pirated" PS2's in Malaysia, so it'll probably be more or less the same price. :P
 
Hmm... How much is a PS2 in Malaysia, in USD? I wonder if I could import it & play it... :wicked:

Also, how much is a Gamecube? Just curious...
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We have no "pirated" PS2's in Malaysia, so it'll probably be more or less the same price. :P
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Yes we do have it in Penang, Saint. It costs around RM1300 (~USD 300)
But it has some mods, first is the lens (obviously...) <to play DVD> and a VG mod for the memory card as well lol  :lol:
And one DVD costs RM12 (that would be 3 USD?)
Anyway PS1 games are dirt cheap now in msia... like 0.80 USD for a CD?
However, it has a setback though. Abuse the modded PS2 (i.e like playing 10 hours a day) and I think the modded PS2 will easily wear off in a year or two. Control yourself, and I think it should be able to last for 5 years?..

Aaron:
Yeah, I know VCDs have  lower resolution than DVDs, I am just trying to mean that the quality of the VCD is nearly the same as DVD? (Although they can't be as sharp?)
Kinda hard to explain it to you, ..usually VCDs don't look sharp, ermm..

Anyway .... umm.. PC Games price dropping as well... heh if I'm not mistaken, since I left Malaysia the price has dropped from RM7 to RM6(~1.55 USD)?
 
He means that the pirate vcds in Malaysia now use mpeg4 encoding which makes it fit on a disk, The Pirated Tomb Raider is dvd quality on a vcd disk.
 
He means that the pirate vcds in Malaysia now use mpeg4 encoding which makes it fit on a disk, The Pirated Tomb Raider is dvd quality on a vcd disk.
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Yeah! You catch my drift. That's what I am thinking.... heh thanks for clearing stuff up.
 
Usual... pirated DVD apiece costs bout RM20 and its much more expensive compared to VCDs RM5 apiece.

PC games cost RM10, RM5 or RM8 apiece depending on where u buy it.
 
I thought you could get dvd fakes for about 13rm and games for 8rm? At the klcc.
 
Yes we do have it in Penang, Saint. It costs around RM1300 (~USD 300)
But it has some mods, first is the lens (obviously...) <to play DVD> and a VG mod for the memory card as well lol  :lol:
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Uhm, you sure about it?
Who would buy it if it costs just as much as the original?
 
Yes we do have it in Penang, Saint. It costs around RM1300 (~USD 300)
But it has some mods, first is the lens (obviously...) <to play DVD> and a VG mod for the memory card as well lol  :lol:
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Uhm, you sure about it?
Who would buy it if it costs just as much as the original?
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Well yeah I am pretty sure 'bout it; because I have a friend from Imperial London who has just went back to KL, he bought himself a PS2 (His is original though) and he told me that it is possible to mod it. I've also got a few Penang contacts in my ICQ (my ex-schoolmates) who told me that it is possible to mod PS2 as well.

I don't understand the bit where you say about price.. I mean if it costs RM12 for a game (DVD), wouldn't you save more than buying an original DVD (Probably RM170 for new titles??<Conversion from UK pounds>)

And a PS2 costs RM800 now (that's according to my Imperial friend heh  :) )

Well anyway I won't be back to Malaysia till.... end of next year heh. So probably prices will continue dropping.....  :)

Jari: well, er... yeah true a VCD will never reach DVD quality.... heh

Joey: Pirated DVDs for RM20? hmm I thought it would be RM50...

Zophixan: Well it depends on where you buy your CD though, if its in places like KL probably they will hike up the price a bit.. in my state (Penang), they sell games for like RM6.

Since I've moved to UK, I've stopped gaming. Good news? Yeah. Probably. Thinking of getting a Gamecube here, but er.. I'll just wait.
 
I think its mpeg4, it has dvd like menus though, I'll see if I can take a pic.
 
There is no player (DVD or VCD player) that can play MPEG-4 encoded movies.  Perhaps because, MPEG-4 has yet to be fully standardized.

VCD uses MPEG-1 and DVDs use MPEG-2.
 
Well yeah I am pretty sure 'bout it; because I have a friend from Imperial London who has just went back to KL, he bought himself a PS2 (His is original though) and he told me that it is possible to mod it. I've also got a few Penang contacts in my ICQ (my ex-schoolmates) who told me that it is possible to mod PS2 as well.
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I don't think you quite get what I meant.
If you mean "modded" PS2 instead or "pirated" PS2 then you are right, we do have pre-modded PS2's here in KL as well.
The term "pirated" PS2 refers to a PS2 that was wholly created by a 3rd party and not Sony.
Mind you, "pirated" PS1's do exist in M'sia. They're about RM100 cheaper than the originals.

I don't understand the bit where you say about price.. I mean if it costs RM12 for a game (DVD), wouldn't you save more than buying an original DVD (Probably RM170 for new titles??<Conversion from UK pounds>)
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I meant the price of the PS2, not the DVD's.

And a PS2 costs RM800 now (that's according to my Imperial friend heh  :) )
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And he is right.
 
I just put in the tomb raider disk and checked its properties, its a few gigbytes!!! WTF!! It works in my dvd player btw.
 
Well yeah I am pretty sure 'bout it; because I have a friend from Imperial London who has just went back to KL, he bought himself a PS2 (His is original though) and he told me that it is possible to mod it. I've also got a few Penang contacts in my ICQ (my ex-schoolmates) who told me that it is possible to mod PS2 as well.
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I don't think you quite get what I meant.
If you mean "modded" PS2 instead or "pirated" PS2 then you are right, we do have pre-modded PS2's here in KL as well.
The term "pirated" PS2 refers to a PS2 that was wholly created by a 3rd party and not Sony.
Mind you, "pirated" PS1's do exist in M'sia. They're about RM100 cheaper than the originals.
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Oh .. seems that I've mixed up things here.. I get your point.... yeah there are modded PS2s... ok now I understand about the pirate PS2... well yeah, I don't think there is a pirate PS2 in Malaysia. I didn't even know that there is a pirated PS1..  :lol:
 
Oh dear indeed. The irony of that first sentence is almost too much to bear.

Joey, did your parents sell your brain for extra income or something?
 
So ... we shouldn't trust websites or magazines ... we should believe *you*? Okaaaaaay....

Shall we say, Joey, the term "bullshit" leaps to mind.
 
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