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SONY
COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ELEVATES ITS ROLE IN THE DIGITAL ERA WITH
PLAYSTATION(R)2
NEW COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
TO DEBUT ON
MARCH 4, 2000 IN JAPAN,
FALL 2000 IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
TOKYO, September 13, 1999 -- Heralding in a
new age of digital entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
today announced the launch details of its revolutionary computer
entertainment system, PlayStation2. Building on the success of the
worldwide best-selling PlayStation game console with hardware
shipments exceeding 60 million units, PlayStation2 is designed to
bring together movies, music and games to form a new world of computer
entertainment.
PlayStation2 will launch in Japan on March 4th, 2000
with an unprecedented initial weekÕs shipment of one million units.
Supporting both the audio CD and DVD-Video formats, PlayStation2
offers consumers a wide range of music and video entertainment
options. The new system is backwards compatible with the original
PlayStation, bridging the gap between the two systems while
legitimizing consumers' investment in their existing PlayStation
software libraries.
Sony Computer Entertainment announced the following
details of the new system:
| Product
Name: |
PlayStation2 |
| Suggested
Retail Price (Japan) |
$39,800 |
| Available: |
March 4th, 2000 |
| Accessories
included: |
"Dual Shock"2 analog controller
High capacity 8MB Memory Card
PlayStation2 Demo Disc
AV Multi cable
AC power cord |
| Dimensions: |
301mm (W) X 178mm (D) X 78mm (D)
12" x 7" x 3"
|
| Weight: |
2.1Kg(4lbs 10oz) |
| Media: |
PlayStation2 CD-ROM, DVD-ROM
PlayStation CD-ROM
|
| Formats
supported: |
Audio CD, DVD-Video
|
| Interfaces: |
Controller port (2)
Memory Card slot (2)
AV Multicable output (1)
Optical digital output (1)
USB port (2)
i.Link (IEEE1394) (1)
Type III PCMCIA card slot (1) |
"PlayStation2 is charting a path toward the
future of networked digital entertainment," said Ken Kutaragi,
President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "Just as the
PlayStation brought interactive gaming to an unprecedented mass
market, PlayStation2's combination of breathtaking digital graphics,
superb sound and DVD video will open the doors to a new computer
entertainment experience in the home."
The PlayStation2 computer entertainment system will
be available in Asian markets in the Summer, 2000 and in Fall, 2000 in
Europe and North America.
| PlayStation(R)2
Basic Specifications and Features |
- CPU
- System Clock Frequency
Main Memory
Memory Size
|
128 Bit "Emotion EngineTM"
294.912 MHz
Direct RDRAM
32MB |
- Graphics
- Clock Frequency
Embedded Cache VRAM
|
"Graphics
Synthesizer"
147.456MHz
4MB |
- Sound
- Number of Voices
Sound Memory
|
SPU2
48ch plus software
2MB |
- IOP
- CPU Core
Clock Frequency
IOP Memory
|
I/O Processor
PlayStation CPU+
33.8688MHz or 36.864MHz (Selectable)
2MB |
- Disc Device
- Device Speed
|
CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
CD-ROM 24 times speed
DVD-ROM 4 times speed |
Copyright (c)1999 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., All
rights reserved.
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