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Technology Stocks : RAMBUS (Nasdaq: RMBS) - THE EAGLE
RMBS 107.05+9.0%Feb 6 3:59 PM EST
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To: Alan Hume who wrote (1339)3/5/2000 6:18:00 AM
From: Alan Hume   of 2039
 
PSII Release

Got this off the SHE thread:

"Playstation2 Massive" - from playstation-europe.com
PLAYSTATION2 MASSIVE

By all accounts, the Japanese launch of PlayStation2 has been immensely successful. Not only is it now almost impossible to find a shop in Tokyo with
PS2s to sell, but the interest from the world's press has been phenomenal.

That such a wide variety of media have covered the launch, from sectors as diverse as sport, fashion and culture can only suggest that this is the start of
something unimaginably big. . . a new period in the history of computer entertainment. The interest from around the world too, may perhaps show that
there are one or two people out there in Europe and the US who can't wait for PS2 to launch in their own countries this autumn.

Though there are no official figures available yet, a spot check of Tokyo's stores showed that they were all sold out by Saturday afternoon. In
Akihabara, all the stores had sold out by 10 am. According to the Akihabara police department, 5000 people were queuing on the streets of
Akihabara at 07:00am. Many more came after this, but few of them were able to buy a machine.

And then it turned out that maybe Tokyo wasn't the best place to buy a PS2 after all. . . In Hokkaido, in the north of Japan, all the customers who had
made a reservation in the Sogo Denki chain (17 shops in Hokkaido), were able to buy their PlayStation2 consoles with software at exactly 00:01 on
Saturday morning. So much for queuing.

Then by 20:00 on Saturday all the shops in Japan were said to have sold out. With new deliveries expected this evening it is still likely that Japanese
consumers will need to reserve their consoles if they are to be successful tomorrow (Sunday).
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