Some info about the PS2's future functions

[Danji]

Today Sony called me up (I'm a member of the beta testing people at their site) and they asked me to take a survey, it was pretty repetitive and boring up until a point which the person asked the question "Which of these future PS2 functions do you find most important to you? 1-10, 1 meaning not very important and 10 meaning very important." I was now interested in this near complete waste of 15 minutes of my life. She started to list features, some I already knew of and others I didn't. Here are some of the features that were listed:

• Sending game saves over the internet
  Video conferencing
  Playing movies (mpeg) on your PS2
  Customizable playlists of music
  Streamable music and movies (mp4 and mpeg)
  Downloadable content
  Uploading pictures onto the internet
  Sending E-mail
  One user name for multiple games(gamespy??)

That was about all she said and I decided to make this post to let you people know about this stuff because I'm pretty sure that some of it is new news (well, new news to me anyways).

Unfortunately, right after she finished asking me about the future features and their importance to me she went back to boring as hell questions so no other interesting information about the phone survey

[ultimategamer2004]

Video conferencing and E-mail would be the most important features for me.

[Omega Blue]

Downloadable Content

[Pumster]

Downloadable Content

Hahaha, I'm with Omega - The one major perk for any X-Box Live user was the fact that he or she could download new levels and whatnot for already owned titles. Now, with the release of the HDD, Sony could easily do the same thing. Personally, I don't care much about originality - I don't want to send E-Mails or download movies with my PS2. (I can do all that on my computer.) Yeah, Sony is ripping off Nintendo with the whole PSP-PS2 Connectivity, and that's fine with me - now we have it too. If Sony gave a huge nod to Microsoft by adopting the Downloadable Content idea, I see no problem with that either. Hahaha, yeah, it's not very original, but it's beneficial for us. :P

[Kiwi]

I like the idea of downloadable content, just as long as we don't end up having to pay for stuff like Xbox Live users. Microsoft charged $10 or something like that for a new golf course on Links 2004 (or whatever it was called).

Emails and video-conferencing would be pretty cool too, if they pulled it off well.

[GT4 RULZ]

i dont think that sony will start to chrage money for downloadable content because then it will lose its edge on the online gaming industry right now i think there is someting like 2.5 million network adpators sold to xbox 50000 last time i checked

[Danji]

i dont think that sony will start to chrage money for downloadable content because then it will lose its edge on the online gaming industry right now i think there is someting like 2.5 million network adpators sold to xbox 50000 last time i checked

They did state that, but me thinkst that they are counting the Network Adapters included in the PS2's online bundle which, in my oppinion, is sort of cheating. Because not everyone who has a PS2 Network Adapter that came with the PS2 is able, or willing for that matter to play online.

[Omega Blue]

u dont think MS is cheating there number either? haha if not then stay in ur fantasy world you dont want reality.

[KlawHammer]

mmm downloadable content sounds good. BUT I HAVE NO MONEY FOR A NETWORK ADAPTOR!

[GT4 RULZ]

man klawhammer u are missing out on alot of action and cool stuff

[Kiwi]

The Network Adaptor over here had already gone down in price by £10 over here.

[Danji]

Hrmm, what does that equal in US Dollars? Because the Network Adapter (unfortunately) still holds the price of $40 over here. I guess that's because us Americans will get more games that support it and that means more demand for it. Downloadable content would be nice but I see playing the movies and sending game saves as more important. I have a dream (and i'm white, imagine that) that I could set up a little online group that makes Tenchu II maps and another that would make RPG Maker II games. Doing that seems like it would be awesome to me.

[Kiwi]

At the going rate, £20 is $36.