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To: Mihaela who wrote (37557)	2/26/2000 1:40:00 PM
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Sony to sell Playstation 2 board to arcade game developers By Yoshiko Hara EE Times (02/25/00, 12:27 p.m. EST) TOKYO ? Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will offer a board with the same chips used in the Playstation 2 game console to makers of consumer arcade games. The boards will be available at some point after the March 4 introduction of Playstation 2 to the Japanese market. Arcade game manufacturers will be able to develop their own machines that combine the Playstation 2 board with their own boards, such as interface boards, according to SCE. The company said it intends to supply the board in volume in autumn when vendors are ready to produce machines based on the board in volume. "SCE intends to actively expand this business," an SCE spokesman said. Use of the Playstation 2 architecture in the arcade market is expected to simplify the development and porting of game titles to and from arcade game machines and the Playstation 2 home console. SCE has already shipped about 300,000 boards of the popular first-generation Playstation to arcade game vendors. Initial shipments will go to game software houses in Japan, the company said. eet.com