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To: jim kelley who wrote (42112)	5/12/2000 11:54:00 AM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 93625

Playstation to TV: You're Dead Jesse Berst, Editorial Director ZDNet AnchorDesk Mark your calendars. Home entertainment as you know it is going the way of the crank telephone. It will happen on Oct. 26, 2000. That's when the Sony PlayStation 2 lands in the U.S. I'm not joking. Much more than a game console, the PlayStation 2 (and others like it) could become the nexus of your living room. Read on and I'll show you how games are already a booming business, how companies like Sony and Nintendo are revolutionizing entertainment and why you may abandon TV-watching habits. GAMES: NOT JUST CHILD'S PLAY Think the gaming industry is just for kids? Think again. Revenues from the PC and video game industry hit $6.1 billion in 1999. To put that in perspective, total box-office receipts from movies last year were $7.3 billion. The Interactive Digital Association shows that 60% of all Americans play games. That's 145 million people. The average game player is 28 years old. One in every four U.S. homes has a Sony PlayStation 1. THE NEXT GENERATION But forget those numbers. They'll be dwarfed as the next generation of gaming consoles assaults the U.S. Within a year, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft will all launch new, high-power video game consoles. These high-powered machines will deliver life-like animation and deep, cinematic storylines. The PlayStation 2 will be the first out of the gate. Sony expects to sell at least 1 million units in its first two months -- all of which may be sold before they even arrive in stores. Nintendo will follow suit with its hush-hush Dolphin in the first half of next year. And Microsoft's impressive X-Box will try to force its way into your home in September 2001. All of these systems will be broadband-ready to take advantage of the new possibilities online gaming delivers. You'll also be able to surf the Web and do email on them. The PS2 and X-Box will both be able to play DVD movies. Moving the "game" console front and center in your home entertainment setup. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED The combination of broadband capabilities and interactive content could spell "Doom" for traditional media. TV and movies are passive. Hollywood feeds you the stories and you just receive them. Instead of watching your favorite characters, become them. Games are interactive. With more powerful machines, you will have an unprecedented amount of control. And that's just the beginning. You'll be able to download "episodes" of your favorite games and create your own outcomes. Passive media will give way to interactive media. This is something a generation weaned on video games is thirsting for.

To: jim kelley who wrote (42112)	5/12/2000 11:55:00 AM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Jim re: <Looks like additional royalties for RAMBUS...> Doesn't that imply inventory? But as John say's, maybe it will consume some of the PC600's. And I guess that's additional royalties if there's an inventory of PC600's.