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To: tejek who wrote (77709)	10/29/1999 2:57:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1573927

Ted, <What will make it so special [Playstation II]? And when is it coming?> It's scheduled for a March release in Japan, followed by a Christmas 2000 release in America. Whether they can actually meet the March release is another story. What makes it so special? So far, Sony's Playstation is by far the leader when it comes to the sheer amount of software out there. But its hardware specs are somewhat behind those of PS' nearest competitor, Nintendo 64. Playstation II promises to bring much more computing power than any other game console, current or future. Not only that, but it will also be backwards-compatible with current PS titles. Both these factors, as well as Sony's marketing pull, should cause a lot of big-time game developers to spend multi-million-dollar budgets on their upcoming titles and make them look just as beautiful as the movie "Toy Story." Then throw in Internet connectivity, and you've got what could be the next "set-top box" that everyone was talking about a year or two ago but no one really succeeded in pushing. Heck, even Paul Otellini, Mr. Intel Marketing, said that Intel is looking very closely at the possible impact of PS2. It's definitely nothing to scoff at. Tenchusatsu