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In a bid to further their machines success, Sony have released preliminary plans for USB toaster add on for the PS2.
The toaster, in theory, will plug into one of the two front USB ports and function directly from the PS2's power source. Translation, no extra plug needed. The toaster will be like an extra part of your PS2, just like a control pad or other peripheral.
The PS2 toaster is scheduled for a late 2002 release in Japan and is expected to sell very well due to conservation of socket space in an average Japanese household being quite an important thing.
One of the more surprising things about these new plans is that A) A European release is expected within 2 months of the Japan release, probably hitting the UK around christmas time. The idea being that the toaster add-on will sell very well within the student market, not just in the UK but across Europe. and B) As yet there are no plans to release the PS2 toaster in the US. Strang, you may think. Well apparently not. According to sales figures across Nothern America, the toaster to console ratio is quite surprising. The idea for the PS2 toaster is that it will either replace the "family" toaster saving on socket space or provide the student poulation with a cheap and easy source of cooking.
In the US however, Toasters are surprisingly unpopular with only 1 in every 5 households having one. Compared to Europes 1 in every 200 households NOT having one.
So it looks like we'll finally be recieving something that the US won't. What refreshing change.
The toaster, in theory, will plug into one of the two front USB ports and function directly from the PS2's power source. Translation, no extra plug needed. The toaster will be like an extra part of your PS2, just like a control pad or other peripheral.
The PS2 toaster is scheduled for a late 2002 release in Japan and is expected to sell very well due to conservation of socket space in an average Japanese household being quite an important thing.
One of the more surprising things about these new plans is that A) A European release is expected within 2 months of the Japan release, probably hitting the UK around christmas time. The idea being that the toaster add-on will sell very well within the student market, not just in the UK but across Europe. and B) As yet there are no plans to release the PS2 toaster in the US. Strang, you may think. Well apparently not. According to sales figures across Nothern America, the toaster to console ratio is quite surprising. The idea for the PS2 toaster is that it will either replace the "family" toaster saving on socket space or provide the student poulation with a cheap and easy source of cooking.
In the US however, Toasters are surprisingly unpopular with only 1 in every 5 households having one. Compared to Europes 1 in every 200 households NOT having one.
So it looks like we'll finally be recieving something that the US won't. What refreshing change.
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Not yet, they havent done the draw for yesterday yet.
Tony, if youre reading this, note the shared genirosity here and welcome it to your forus, and send us both a DVD, wont ya, mate!
:D
Tony, if youre reading this, note the shared genirosity here and welcome it to your forus, and send us both a DVD, wont ya, mate!
:D
I am the Tarrant wrote:
> I meant yours, Einstein!!!!!!!!!!
:-)
Yeah, i know (rubs knuckled on chest)..
:)
But yours was the (very good) original. I tell ya what, if I get the GAD for it, I'll ask for 2 FADs instead and you can choose one!
> I meant yours, Einstein!!!!!!!!!!
:-)
Yeah, i know (rubs knuckled on chest)..
:)
But yours was the (very good) original. I tell ya what, if I get the GAD for it, I'll ask for 2 FADs instead and you can choose one!
I am the Tarrant wrote:
> Now that was a quality post!
eh? You wrote it!
> Now that was a quality post!
eh? You wrote it!
Now you won't have to stop playing to go to the kitchen in order to make toast.
Genius!
Genius!
Microsoft have been busy if their research to retaliate on this move by sony, and are planning a plug-in to combat this.
The MS Sandwich maker will be available from launch. Microsoft believe that the superior end result will sway the buying public, though it currently suffers a few bugs:
To insert the bread you will need to run a seperate peice of software to open the lid. A patch will be available shortly after release.
Inserting the bread with the butter on the wrong side induces a fatal error that will reset your machine. Patches are in development.
The MS Sandwich maker only supports MS cheese 2.1. Erlier MS cheeses are available from the release of MS Grille, but will require a patch to run in MS Sandwich maker. All other brand cheeses will result in missing vitals, namely the crusts.
Temperature control will be done via an add-on called MS Thermostat update. Your machine will run without it, but only produce sandwiched toasted to MS regulations.
Rumours state that Nintendo have considered releasing a Wafflemaker advance, for portable snacking, that prints cartoon images onto the front of your waffles, but found that it set fire to clothing when used in-situe.
The MS Sandwich maker will be available from launch. Microsoft believe that the superior end result will sway the buying public, though it currently suffers a few bugs:
To insert the bread you will need to run a seperate peice of software to open the lid. A patch will be available shortly after release.
Inserting the bread with the butter on the wrong side induces a fatal error that will reset your machine. Patches are in development.
The MS Sandwich maker only supports MS cheese 2.1. Erlier MS cheeses are available from the release of MS Grille, but will require a patch to run in MS Sandwich maker. All other brand cheeses will result in missing vitals, namely the crusts.
Temperature control will be done via an add-on called MS Thermostat update. Your machine will run without it, but only produce sandwiched toasted to MS regulations.
Rumours state that Nintendo have considered releasing a Wafflemaker advance, for portable snacking, that prints cartoon images onto the front of your waffles, but found that it set fire to clothing when used in-situe.
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