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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (119932)	11/30/2000 5:23:55 PM
From: ericneu	Respond to of 186894

But make no mistake about it, right now Sony has a huge advantage in terms of software support and sheer mindshare. Ask any Joe Schmoe on the street, and he's more likely to have heard about PSX2 than XBox. --- An awful lot of people are aware of XBox today considering that it's a year away from launch and there's been no advertising. Besides, what most people know about PS2 is the fact that they can't have one :). - Eric

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (119932)	11/30/2000 7:04:59 PM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

But DirectX games--the majority already written for the PC--are portable to the X-box. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".....he says. Come to think of it, now that you brought this up...MAYBE THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED THE "X-BOX", as in DIRECT-X. "Poof" there is already a shitload of software! Re: But make no mistake about it, right now Sony has a huge advantage in terms of software support and sheer mindshare. Ask any Joe Schmoe on the street, and he's more likely to have heard about PSX2 than XBox.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (119932)	11/30/2000 9:21:15 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Microsoft plans to spend about $0.5 Billion on marketing X-Box, so Joe Schmoe will definitely know about it at launch time. As far as developers go, EA is the only major firm not publicly pronouncing support. xbox.com I view Sony's current inability to manufacture to target as a major vulnerability of PS2. I think they would need 20 million PS2's in consumer's hand by next Fall to keep from getting steam-rolled by X-Box and they will probably be only half way there. Bob