12-06-2003, 10:27 AM
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Army of Me
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PSX info: ( more info here)
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Sony has finally shown its PSX, the beefed up PlayStation 2 video-game machine that also works as a DVD recorder, analog TV, digital photo album and music player and goes on sale in Japan late this year for just over $700.
The offering from the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant underlines the intensifying competition in the industry to sell the idea of home digital entertainment that introduces computer functions from the office into the living room.
The PSX, slated for sale next year in the U.S. and European markets, took center stage at the Sony booth at CEATEC Japan, an annual major electronics show near Tokyo, where Sony's rivals are also showing off their wares. After decades of setting global trends with hits such as the Walkman, Sony has lost a bit of its shine lately, falling behind Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., of the Panasonic brand, in DVD recorders and Sharp Corp. in flat-panel TVs in global market share.
Sony chief executive Nobuyuki Idei was cautious about the prospects for the PSX and refused to give a sales target, although he called the PSX one of Sony's main new offerings. "We want to sell as much as possible," he said. "We want to create a new genre."
The PSX, which is about the size of the PlayStation 2, will sell in Japan late this year for 79,800 yen ($720) for the version with a 160 gigabyte hard disk drive that can record about 200 hours of DVD, and 99,800 yen ($900) for the 250 gigabyte version that records 325 hours of DVD.
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The console:
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