Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Robert_Swan@scee.net (Robert) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Demo CD`s again Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:41:29 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 42 Message-ID: <38ac0831.17063196@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <88gbdf$6h1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <38abe8a6.8986526@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <88h0ap$6h8@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <88h1d9$6h10@chuka.playstation.co.uk> Reply-To: Robert_Swan@scee.net NNTP-Posting-Host: mailgate.scee.sony.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:25:38 -0000, wrote: > >Scott Ward wrote in message <88h0ap$6h8@chuka.playstation.co.uk>... >> I'm pretty sure OPM would go for it. If we organised it to be released >>around Autumn time when there's usually a drop in quality demos anyway then >>there would be shed loads of time for people to come up with extra stuff >>(including all those *long term* projects ;o) ). So, if you miss the boat >>this time, tough shite. Also, it would give Sony the chance to start adding >>stuff in their own time. I'm sure we can all imagine how busy they are at >>the moment. > > >This sounds like the most viable approach yet. Hopefully the GamesWire >competition will encourage a few full games to be completed by the end of >May also, just like the GDUK thing did. That way there should be a good >selection of new games to go onto a disk from games completed late 99 to mid >2000 and the competition entries. The only thing left is how best to badger >OPM into taking on this idea. >Stuart. > > I agree generally with what you said - but I would recommend waiting until we know what there is to present - Ive said before there may be around 40+ projects on the go that people think will be finished in 4 months time (thats a made up figure!) but Id only expect 5% to get finished. Its just the way it goes. Besides there is no real rush to get finalise anything - In two weeks time Ill have a count of how many programs were listed on my thread above and then we will have some concrete facts to deal with. Rob Disclaimer: Anything I say has no direct relation to where I work (Sony), is not an official voice of where I work (Sony) and Sony doesn't even exist as far as I'm concerned.