Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: Net Yaroze for the PlayStation 2? Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 20:02:31 GMT Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 100 Message-ID: <34a16a33.4774844@news.scea.sony.com> References: <33e6c460.16134731@news.scea.sony.com> <01bca202$c058a340$e44231a2@DonThomas.interactive.sony.com> <33e7f499.5335169@news.scea.sony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: client-119-37.bellatlantic.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Hello, Very interesting discussion, since I just got into this group, let me say one or two things. I don't think Sony need worry about being another N64. I would be much more worried about being another Sega. Think about how much money we all have laid out of late on hardware. I want this platform supported for a good long time. I guess it's been out for three years, but how many of us bought one when the prices were so high? I've had mine two years, and now that I'm playing Colony Wars, I don't find my self yearning for more power. I really enjoy the games being put out at the moment. I think Sony can best position itself to compete against Katana by simply being good to it's present userbase, because if we know we won't get sapped, we will be more than happy to buy the PS2 when it is released. Of course, with the other hardware manufacturers fumbling all over the place, it would be really tough for Sony to mess up at this point... All they need is loyality from current users. They will get that if they support the current platform for a significant period of time. I was one of those jerks who bought a 32X/Sega CD/Genesis combo in the fall'94. Do you think I will ever buy another Sega product after seeing the history of that hardware, on top of the Saturn fiasco. I don't think so... I sincerely hope that Sony will delay release of PS2 into the next century. That way it will be cheaper, the libraries will be better developed, and all of us will come back for more. And if they make PS2 backwards-compatible, I will just be in heaven. Am I the only one in this world not dying for more power and more polygons? Oh well, when I still reply King's Field 1, I think it is visually stunning. Happy Holidays, Matt On Wed, 06 Aug 1997 05:28:33 GMT, pbureau@odyssee.net (Patrick Bureau) wrote: >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