Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: pbureau@odyssee.net (Patrick Bureau) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: Net Yaroze for the PlayStation 2? Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 05:28:33 GMT Organization: SCEA Net Yaroze News Lines: 62 Message-ID: <33e7f499.5335169@news.scea.sony.com> References: <33e6c460.16134731@news.scea.sony.com> <01bca202$c058a340$e44231a2@DonThomas.interactive.sony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a111.Dynamic-IP.Mlink.NET X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 On 6 Aug 1997 00:40:03 GMT, "Don Thomas" wrote: >As you know, there is no PlayStation2 to speak of at this point. Obviously, >any highly successful high-tech company has to look ahead and, rest >assured, Sony has R&D people very busy. At the same time technology changes >very quickly and what people think may happen in the years ahead may be >very far from the truth. Consequently, it is very difficult to discuss >things that don't yet exist in the real world. I was just pointing out what could be done with off-the-shelf components with a 1999-2000 release date and a $300 price tag in mind. I don't wish to take decisions for Sony or to look like I know everything :) Moreover, I'm not attempting to make Sony "spill the beans" about the PSX2. It was only an attempt to give my thoughts about the NY and the PSX future and to bring up a new thread in the newsgroup. Then again, I've got a new reflexion today. I think the main question Sony's debating at the moment is to include a DVD player or a fast cd-rom player in the next PSX. Sure at this moment DVD-ROM players cost around 400-500 bucks. But who knows at what speed prices are gonna drop? After all, two years ago you could get a 2x cd-rom drive or a 2 megs ram SIMM for a little less than $100. Now, for the same price you can purchase a 24x cd-rom drive or a 32 meg SIMM! The other thing is that if Sony chooses to adopt the DVD in their next incarnation of the PSX, it would really push the DVD industry. Imagine, two years after the release of a DVD-PSX you could have 15 million homes with DVD players! > >Regardless of any PSX2 that may come one day, you know that 17 million >PlayStations that are out there now are impressive numbers and that many >people aren't going to swing over to any new system overnight. PlayStation >as we know it today has a lot of life in it for years to come. Just to clear one point. In the latest Next-Generation magazine, at the question: "But you're still involved with PlayStation 2?", Mr. Ken Kutaragi answered: "I am head of the development team, so yes, you could say that I'm still involved." That's why I talked about a 1999-2000 release date. If you take account that Sega will probably release their Black Belt system a year sooner than the PSX2. Sega is in a real bad situation due to the domination of PlayStation sales and they must rush a new product to the market. But Sony can't wait much after that to release their own system because I don't think Sony wants the same fate as the Nintendo64 :) > >Thanks for supporting the world's favorite system! No problem, I gave my support since September 9,1995! Why stop now? :) And as a side note, I know that you can't comment much about the PSX2 or a possible Net Yaroze 2 for security reasons or maybe you don't even know much more than we do about these projects, but I'm still grateful for your participation in this thread. Thanks! Patrick Bureau