Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news
From: "Nick Ferguson" <ferguson@hkstar.com>
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Subject: Playstation 2 details
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 11:47:33 +0800
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Hi guys,

Game Online (www.game-online.com) has just announced details of the
Playstation 2, and revealed that the next CVG (CVG????) will have all the
info come October 14th. Could all be BS, but would EMAP stake their
reputation on something as big as this if they weren't pretty sure.

(Nick reads that last sentence again) Oh.

Fingers crossed, eh? I *love* the bit about backwards-compatible!

 <begin quote>
The release of Playstation 2 is little more than six months away. The
staggering news is revealed by C&VG in their forthcoming issue, along with
details of the hardware, including custom hardware support for a
cutting-edge graphics rendering technique.
(Nick F: nurbs?)
April '99 is the date hinted at by various very reliable sources for the
Japanese launch, with a European/North American roll out in the autumn
period. The news should rock Sega, who were hoping for a clear 12 months
headstart for Dreamcast.
(Nick F: AIEEE! 1999 is going to be a v. expensive year for me)
Other features of the system is that it will be fully backwards-compatible
(ie. play 'old' PSX games), an expected feature and also the reason why Sony
could expect to launch another system while the PSX software market is still
so strong.
(Nick F: I hope so!)
CVG also has details of radical new graphics technology to be found in the
machine, and other technical details about the disc format and architecture.

Full details of CVG's scoop can be found in their forthcoming October issue,
out 14th October.
(Nick F: well, I guess now I have a decent excuse for buying CVG!)
<end quote>

Please be true! Please be true! Please be true! (etc)

Wotcha think? And do any of you SCEE bods have any feedback on this?

Nick F