In its ninth year of sales the Playstation 2 has had a very long life. Sony is looking to make it a bit longer with the announcement that the PS2 will now retail for $99 (starting April 1st). The console recently reached the 50 million units sold milestone and has a collection of over 1,900 titles including 250 of those as Greatest Hits.

This year will see more PS2 releases, and some big ones at that, including MLB ‘09, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Motorstorm: Arctic Edge. This is a great reason to head out and pick up a Playstation 2 if you have never owned one, or are just in need of a new one. The Playstation Blog has more details.