Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "George Bain" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Where do we go from here? Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 17:21:36 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 57 Message-ID: <88ugjf$3942@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <38ab5135.126831333@news.playstation.co.uk><88ti5g$ad3@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <$N4puDAb1os4Eweh@trsoft.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailgate.scee.sony.co.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Hi Tony, Tony Ross wrote in message news:$N4puDAb1os4Eweh@trsoft.demon.co.uk... > 1) Would our boot CD's need to change in order to gain access to the > full range of Playstation peripherals. Yes, they will need changes. > 2) What other problems would the change involve. Time, money, and resources at DADC. > 3) Would SONY allow anyone else to run our stuff on their coverdisk and > would they give a responsible third party the tools to do so. No. > Would (ii) include the lack of functionality in the BG functions which I > reported to you. (r,g,b alterations having no effect)? This was not a bug. It's just a feature. > Would (iii) include the repeated requests from Yaroze members requesting > improvements to the libraries? Notice that 'may' is in quotes. We haven't provided such options and if we do in the future all Net Yaroze members will be notified. > would make the process quicker. SONY never made such attempts to > streamline the development process for us. Few of us could be masters > of all of those aspects anyway. Nowhere, did SCEE state that we will provide graphics, and sound for Net Yaroze members. > We joined a club run by one of the biggest consumer electronics > corporations in the world. It doesn't matter what we paid it's the > impression given by the glossy brochures that matters. You were given the oportunity to return your Net Yaroze within a certain number of days for a full refund. > People are bound to snip tiny bits of this and argue over individual > points. Please bear in mind that I am asking SONY for answers to these > questions before you wade in. I'm still in charge of Net Yaroze and if you have any futher questions please feel free to contact me. George