Sony is not crazy, or even stupid, for this venture. Micro$oft is out to try and conquer another market in their never ending quest to rule the universe. How many of us gamers are out there using Win9X purely for DirectX support?
Sony is smart. They have realized that the Online market is not their Forte. So where does the intelligent Japaneese giant go when they need net support in the US? well, who makes the most money off the Internet in the US. You have a phone line? you can have AOL, thus if you have a PS2, you can connect. Microshaft already has the MSN, which they can tap into no problem. Sony is not going to MSN, so there is one other choice. Good luck Sony, it could suck, but then again, it could hurt them, but hey, gamers want PS2, who cares about the connectivity requirements? Are their people camping out for Xbox? we'll see
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Sony is not crazy, or even stupid, for this venture. Micro$oft is out to try and conquer another market in their never ending quest to rule the universe. How many of us gamers are out there using Win9X purely for DirectX support? Sony is smart. They have realized that the Online market is not their Forte. So where does the intelligent Japaneese giant go when they need net support in the US? well, who makes the most money off the Internet in the US. You have a phone line? you can have AOL, thus if you have a PS2, you can connect. Microshaft already has the MSN, which they can tap into no problem. Sony is not going to MSN, so there is one other choice. Good luck Sony, it could suck, but then again, it could hurt them, but hey, gamers want PS2, who cares about the connectivity requirements? Are their people camping out for Xbox? we'll see