Tweek verteldt ons dat het lijkt dat Sony Microsoft een stap voor is, de PlayStation 2 krijgt een hardeschijf en een modem in de Verenigde Staten. De nieuwe console van microsoft, de X-Box van Microsoft zou dit ook krijgen:
Sony’s official line on the availability of a modem has been “wait and see” up to this point, and has always voiced its intent to wait for widespread high bandwidth connections before committing to an Internet service. The move is seen as a direct response to the announcement of X-Box at GDC by Microsoft earlier this year.
“Sony is one step ahead of Microsoft,” said Masahiro Ono, an analyst at Warburg Dillon Read Japan, who rates Sony a strong buy. “Producing PlayStation 2 with a hard drive and modem will allow the console to take root in the US”.
“The PlayStation 2 has tremendous capabilities which are not all being used,” said Alex Muromcew, a portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles & Co., which manages $70 billion. Adding a modem and hard drive “upgrades it to the next level, though we'll need to see what it does to the price of the machine.”
Tussen 11 en 13 mei zal Sony ons precies vertellen wat voor soort hardware bij de VS versie van de PS2 komt 
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