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To: JPM who wrote (33988)	6/23/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

But couldn't you have gotten a software solution cheaper? <grin>

To: JPM who wrote (33988)	6/23/1998 8:35:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

PlayStation 2........................... next-generation.com PlayStation 2 Goes DVD? Sony's chief recently hinted to BusinessWeek that there are DVD possibilities for PlayStation 2. June 22, 1998 Sony Computer Entertainment President Teruhisa Tokunaka told BusinessWeek magazine last week that the highly anticipated PlayStation 2 may arrive as a DVD-based console. It's been widely believed in the videogame industry that Sony has been at work on its PlayStation 2 for some time, and many believe it's already completed, including Next Generation Online. But Sony has kept its next generation console cards close to its chest and continues to dodge any questions surrounding the mystical hardware. In the June 15 issue of BusinessWeek, Ken Kutaragi explained that Sony is, in fact, working on a next generation machine to combat Sega's well-backed 'dream' console, Dreamcast. Tokunaka added an even more significant tidbit. Tokunaka said that DVD is a possibility for the PlayStation 2 (contrary to previous statements made internally about the project). Timing for the system's arrival is again a matter of speculation. Pundits have proposed that the PlayStation has at least a year and a half of viability left before sales begin to peak. Based upon that assumption the right time frame for a Japanese release would be Christmas 2000 with a release in the US and European markets some time later.