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From: george_bain@playstation.sony.com (George Bain)
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Subject: Net Yaroze - Out of Stock !
Date: 23 Feb 1999 11:21:53 GMT
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"Net Yaroze - Out of Stock !"

1) Why will sales of Net Yaroze be stopping ?
    
"On 28th February 1997, Net Yaroze was released by SCEE, six months after the 
Japanese launch.   The last two years have proven to be a huge success with Net 
Yaroze being sold across most of Europe and Australia.  In particular we were 
pleased to see  Net Yaroze being used by NNN Universities.   However,  in the 
last month a major order was shipped to a University in Singapore, and we are 
now rapidly running out of stock.

We have therefore taken the decision to suspend general sales of Net Yaroze, so 
that a stock of units can be held in reserve for the needs of our current 
academic community.

At the beginning of March we will be placing an announcment on 
http://www.scee.sony.co.uk/, but wanted to ensure that our current Net Yaroze 
members were informed of the reasons behind our plans before they are 
publically unveiled."

2) Will the Net Yaroze members website close down? 

No, the website will continue to be available for the use of existing members, 
and as originally promised there are no plans for any additional future fees.

3) Will the Net Yaroze members newsgroups close down? 

No, the newsgroups will continue to be available. 

4) Will support from Sony Net Yaroze Engineers stop? 

No, support will continue to be available.   Indeed, many of the people here at 
SCEE (and many other PlayStation development companies) started out as Net 
Yaroze members, and continue to particpate.

5) Will the "Fame Game" competition continue on the Official PlayStation 
Magazine? 

Yes, the "Fame Game" competition has been enormously successful with both 
readers of the OPM and with giving Fame to Net Yaroze members.   The 
competition will continue, and we'll actively be looking to promote the best 
games and demos, publishing them when ever good material is available.

In addition, we are in speaking with the Scottish Games Alliance about this 
years competition, and again we will be promoting the Net Yaroze titles (which 
last year dominated the awards).

6) Will there be a Net Yaroze 2?

There are no official announcements regarding any form of successor to 
PlayStation.    If any plans are released, we'll let everyone know.