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AOL Allies With Sony For PS2 Services

Posted by simoniker on from the gmr95210-at-myaolps2-dot-com dept.

AEton writes "America Online has announced that it will merge some of AOL Instant Messenger's features with the Playstation 2. Through the 'AIM Talk' service which they plan to offer, any PS2 user with a headset will be capable of voice messaging with any other PS2 or PC user. AOL will also offer PS2 users streaming music and video clips and a new gaming AOL Players Club service. These services will require more hardware: a 40GB drive for the PS2 (new in the United States) will be required to use AOL's software when it is released in early 2004."

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  1. Re:Headset? by AvantLegion · · Score: 2, Informative
    They've already announced a replacement for the SOCOM headset. Not to mention that there are already generic USB headsets that you can buy and use.

    The "new" SOCOM headset is supposed to be of considerably better quality than the current one (which is as cheap as they come).

  2. Re:With a HD will come Linux by Klaruz · · Score: 3, Informative

    Community site: http://playstation2-linux.com/
    and
    Source for kit: http://www.linuxplay.com/

    I don't know much about it other than there are some restrictions on what it can do. Give it a look and see if it's what you want.

  3. Re:Talk about code bloat! by zuralin · · Score: 3, Informative

    It just requires a hard drive to store the voice chat.. and since the 40GB hdd is the only one sony sells it requires the 40GB hdd.