FREE ESSAY ON PLAYSTATION 2

PLAYSTATION 2

Playstation2
Late this summer, Sony will release its brainchild product dubbed PlayStation2. This is a
follow up to its predecessor PlayStation1. If you are familiar with the video game
entertainment market, its usual that a company releases a new console every 4 to 5 years.

The Playstation2 is expected to revolutionize the video gaming industry in ways never
imagined before. Who would have thought we would be able to watch DVD's on our video game
player? Soon this summer we will be able to. How about connecting to the net and going
online to play a buddy or just any competitor in California? Feel like downloading some
mp3's? The new PlayStation2 will let you do all these things and more.
PlayStation2 will offer a variety of different ways of using their machine. Not only can
you play revolutionizing games, but you can shop through your computer. Sony will offer
in 2001 a connection to the Internet in which you can just surf the web. As I have
mentioned, Sony has formatted the PlayStation2 to able to play DVD videos along with its
games. One of the greatest things about the PlayStation2 is that you can play all your
old Playstation1 games on it! Finally! After years and years of this backwards
compatibility being in the dark, it is now possible with the PlayStation2. Not only your
old games, but even your old controllers, memory cards and wires are going to be fully
compatible with the system. 
The PlayStation2 is expected to beat out its predecessor in every way including the
books. Playstation1 accounted for 40% of all of Sony's profits in 1998. As of the first
weekend of sales in Japan, Playstation2 had sold 980,000 units. All in one weekend! The
lone fairly new competition that will be on the market before Playstation2 is the Sega
Dreamcast. This was released in 1999 and has sold 4 million units since its release.
Figure 4 million units in 52-weeks and then look at PlayStation2's numbers in Japan on
one weekend. 
Playstation2 will be extremely succesful because of it almost cult like following. In a
recent study, a conclusion was made that 1 in four homes have a Playstation. That is
close to 25 million units sold in the US alone. This all adds up to the 70 million units
total sold in the world. And now the product is just more sellable with the DVD,
Internet, and backwards compatibility available. 
Specifications
Product Name: PlayStation2 
Suggested Retail Price (Japan) 39,800 Yen ($370) 
Available: March 4, 2000 (Japan)
Accessories included: Dual Shock2 analog controller 
High capacity 8MB Memory Card 
PlayStation2 Demo Disc 
AV Multi Cable 
AC Power Cord 
Dimensions: 301mm (W) x 178mm (H) x 78mm (D) (12 x 7 x 3) 
Weight: 2.1 kg (4 lbs. 10 oz.) 
Media: PlayStation2 CD-ROM, DVD-ROM 
PlayStation CD-ROM 
Formats supported: Audio CD, DVD-Video 
Interfaces: Controller Port (2) 
Memory Card Slot (2) 
AV Multi Cable Output (1) 
Optical Digital Output (1) 
USB Port (2) 
I.Link (IEEE1394) (1) 
Type III PCMCIA Card Slot 
PlayStation?2 Basic Specifications and Features 
CPU 128 Bit Emotion Engine? 
System Clock Frequency 294.912 MHz 
Main Memory Direct RDRAM 
Memory Size 32MB 
Graphics Graphics Synthesizer 
Clock Frequency 147.456MHz 
Embedded Cache VRAM 4MB 
Sound SPU2 
Number of Voices 48ch plus software 
Sound Memory 2MB 
IOP I/O Processor 
CPU Core PlayStation CPU+ 
Clock Frequency 33.8688MHz or 36.864MHz (Selectable) 
IOP Memory 2MB 
Disc Device CD-ROM and DVD-ROM 
Device Speed CD-ROM 24 times speed 
DVD-ROM 4 times speed 
Bibliography
http://www.playstation.com