Engadget reports on a looming release:

GameStop has been listing the $130 unit for pre-order for a while now, but now we've got word from a Target employee that confirms the price and date (October 24th) and reveals the quantity of the limited edition run: 500,000.

The goofy, vaguely maddening thing about this is, of course, that the PS3 is launching with 500,000 units as well. And apparently Europe has had this forever, making it even weirder that it's launching right now.

Sony seems like a many-tentacled hentai beast, in which each pseudopod is completely ignorant of what the others are doing at any given time. Playing piano? Reaming a schoolgirl? Spelling dirty words in cursive? It is a mystery. Thanks Shannon. Eliza Gauger

Silver PS2 Shipping October 24th? [Engadget]

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