Playstation2 -Distribuição via Internet

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT CHARTS PLAYSTATION(r)2
NETWORK STRATEGY

TOKYO, September 13, 1999 - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. today announced that it will establish its revolutionary computer entertainment system, PlayStation(r)2, as a platform for Internet-based electronic distribution of digital content in 2001.

The PlayStation changed the business model for interactive content distribution through the use of CD-ROM as a delivery medium. CD-ROM provided shorter lead times resulting in better inventory and distribution management, removing many of the difficulties associated with mask-ROM cartridges. PlayStation2 offers a further improved packaged media distribution model by employing both CD-ROM and DVD-ROM.

In addition to packaged media, and recognizing the potential of broadband networks to offer the consumer a vast selection of content and the convenience of download capability, Sony Computer Entertainment will establish broadband based distribution of digital content, beginning with the PlayStation and PlayStation2 software libraries. With an Ethernet connection to a broadband network such as digital cable, PlayStation2 users will be able to download data-intensive computer entertainment content to hard-disc drives to be provided by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Sony Computer Entertainment will develop an electronic transaction system, including authentication and encryption technology, to support the e-distribution system. The company will also include in 2001 a PlayStation2 expansion module as a network adapter (PC card interface) and establish an e-distribution server.