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From Ananova.com...
Sony Computer Entertainment is teaming up with America Online to offer high-speed internet access.
Sony is hoping the deal will give its PlayStation 2 an edge over rival consoles by Microsoft and Nintendo.
Using accessories expected to be available in December, millions of PlayStation 2 owners will be able to chat electronically and exchange instant messages and e-mails with other players.
"If you are playing a strategy or mission-based game and you need to talk strategy with your teammates, you can do that," said Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, based in Foster City, California.
AOL and Sony executives said the companies will host demonstrations of their joint technology this week during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Neither company would disclose the financial arrangements.
In doing so, they hope to trump Microsoft and Nintendo, which will offer their own game boxes in time for the holidays.
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So, the good news is... it's coming. The (potntially) bad news is... it's AOL.
Sony Computer Entertainment is teaming up with America Online to offer high-speed internet access.
Sony is hoping the deal will give its PlayStation 2 an edge over rival consoles by Microsoft and Nintendo.
Using accessories expected to be available in December, millions of PlayStation 2 owners will be able to chat electronically and exchange instant messages and e-mails with other players.
"If you are playing a strategy or mission-based game and you need to talk strategy with your teammates, you can do that," said Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, based in Foster City, California.
AOL and Sony executives said the companies will host demonstrations of their joint technology this week during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Neither company would disclose the financial arrangements.
In doing so, they hope to trump Microsoft and Nintendo, which will offer their own game boxes in time for the holidays.
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So, the good news is... it's coming. The (potntially) bad news is... it's AOL.
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ssxpro wrote:
> Oh dear, this doesn`t sound promising! :-)
Remember it's only the US at the moment...
I don't know if anyone else will remember, but a few years ago, AOL tried to launch a UK equivalent, imaginitively call UKOL, or UK On Line. It failed miserably, and they've been plugging away with AOL ever since.
It used to be that you paid a monthly fee, *and* a per-hour charge for use of their servers; e.g. you paid £6.95 per month, and £1.95 for every hour you were actually connected to the net on their servers. (Those were only example prices - I can't remember actual costs.)
Tonight I actually paid attention to the AOL advert on TV, and it seems that the per-hour charge has gone; well, they said it was a monthly fee of £14.99. However, I know for a fact that there are still web sites that do not display and/or function correctly with the AOL browser. Other features such as streaming audio and video also have some problems; being a Babylon 5 fan, I've visited many sites with streaming B5 video, and there have been several which state that they do not function with AOL, or that they require a patch downloading first.
Of course, all of this is from the PC version of AOL. The PS2 version may be vastly improved; I'm sure Sony can teach them a few things! :-)
> Oh dear, this doesn`t sound promising! :-)
Remember it's only the US at the moment...
I don't know if anyone else will remember, but a few years ago, AOL tried to launch a UK equivalent, imaginitively call UKOL, or UK On Line. It failed miserably, and they've been plugging away with AOL ever since.
It used to be that you paid a monthly fee, *and* a per-hour charge for use of their servers; e.g. you paid £6.95 per month, and £1.95 for every hour you were actually connected to the net on their servers. (Those were only example prices - I can't remember actual costs.)
Tonight I actually paid attention to the AOL advert on TV, and it seems that the per-hour charge has gone; well, they said it was a monthly fee of £14.99. However, I know for a fact that there are still web sites that do not display and/or function correctly with the AOL browser. Other features such as streaming audio and video also have some problems; being a Babylon 5 fan, I've visited many sites with streaming B5 video, and there have been several which state that they do not function with AOL, or that they require a patch downloading first.
Of course, all of this is from the PC version of AOL. The PS2 version may be vastly improved; I'm sure Sony can teach them a few things! :-)
Wòókiee Møn§†€R wrote:
Basically the only time I
> keep an AOL CD is when I need a new, clean coaster for my mug at
> work!
Oh dear, this doesn`t sound promising! :-)
Basically the only time I
> keep an AOL CD is when I need a new, clean coaster for my mug at
> work!
Oh dear, this doesn`t sound promising! :-)
Last I heard, these were the problems with AOL:
1. Per-hour charges for server access, rather than monthly charge.
2. Unable to use without their own browser.
3. Browser incompatible with many sites.
4. Highly restrictive content provision.
As long as Sony provide the software (browser etc.) and decide the content, and not AOL themselves, it may be okay.
Basically the only time I keep an AOL CD is when I need a new, clean coaster for my mug at work!
1. Per-hour charges for server access, rather than monthly charge.
2. Unable to use without their own browser.
3. Browser incompatible with many sites.
4. Highly restrictive content provision.
As long as Sony provide the software (browser etc.) and decide the content, and not AOL themselves, it may be okay.
Basically the only time I keep an AOL CD is when I need a new, clean coaster for my mug at work!
Does it have to be the same server as on the pc?????
There's nothing wrong with AOL,in this country i've been with nearly all servers,freeserve,ic24,freeonline compuserve (notbad),BT,xstream,freeonline and they're all rubbish.AOL gives access 24 hours a day at very high speeds and stables the phone bill so you don't have the keep one eye on the web page and one on the clock.
and to the person who didn't like the aol browser,you can still use internet explorer 5 or netscape.
I'm glad it's AOL and i can't wait to get online with my Playstation 2.
and to the person who didn't like the aol browser,you can still use internet explorer 5 or netscape.
I'm glad it's AOL and i can't wait to get online with my Playstation 2.
Does it have to be AOL. Almost as bad as Freeserve.
Is this really as bad as you are saying? I have never come into contact with AOL except in the adverts, so I didn`t realise they were that bad.
Mind you, the news item does only mention SCEA (Sony America) so maybe all is not lost for the UK...
Iam pretty sure that Japan has got Internet access for the PS2. I say this as a month or so ago there were Japanese internet Browsers for the PS2 going on sale. I think that it was limited but with a USB modem and the software you could link the PS2 to the internet. I think that this was a trial run to see if everything worked ok so not many people have got it. Also Linux for PS2 is coming out. In the package that is limited to 10000 you get a hard disk, software e.t.c for a pretty good price but of course its only in Japan and limited.
Hopefully they'll be providing the infrastructure and nothing more...
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