Exercise 6

Business and technical reports
Game Machine:PS2(Playstation 2)
Executive Summary:
The PlayStation 2 (often shortened to PS2) is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The PS2 console is the sequel to the original PlayStation console. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series of video game consoles. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was released a year later in Japan. Its primary competitors were Sega's Dreamcast, Microsoft's Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube.
Purpose:
Disk Read Error (DRE) Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit was filed against Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. on July 16, 2002, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo. The lawsuit addresses consumer reports of inappropriate "no disc error" (disc read error) messages and other problems associated with playing DVDs and CDs on the Sony PlayStation 2.
Sony settled its “disc read error” lawsuit by compensating the affected gamers with USD $25, a free game from a specified list, and (of course) the reduced cost repair or replacement (at SCEA’s discretion) of the damaged system. This settlement was subject to the courts’ approval, and hearings began in the US and Canada on April 28, 2006, and May 11, 2006, respectively.[39]
Findings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playstation_2
Discussion:
Sony also manufactured a consumer device called the PSX that can be used as a digital video recorder and DVD burner in addition to playing PS2 games. The device was released in Japan on December 13, 2003 and though it was never released any where else, it can be found for sale in some of the Sony Style shops located in a number of countries. The PSX was poorly received in both areas, some major features were absent from the first revisions of the hardware and experienced very weak sales in spite of major price drops. The system is considered a rarity and is now selling for around $500 on eBay. The PSX (DVR) was also the first Sony product to include the XrossMediaBar interface.[24]
Conclusions:
Any People can call Playstation 2 as PS2 or PSX which it depends on them as they know that it can play both such as games from PS1 by pressing reset twice and DVD games on PS2 by pressing reset once.
Recommendations:
On November 29, 2005, the PlayStation 2 became the fastest game console to reach 100 million units shipped, accomplishing the feat within 5 years and 9 months from its launch. This achievement occurred faster than its predecessor, the PlayStation, which took 9 years and 6 months to reach the same benchmark.[14]
References:
^ Sony: 120 million PS2s sold - News at GameSpot
^ "PS2 history". gamesindustry.biz. 2006-11-22. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=21241. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
^ "PlayStation 2 Timeline". GameSpy. pp. 2-3. http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/february04/ps2timeline/index2.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
^ "PlayStation 2 Timeline". GameSpy. pp. 3. http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/february04/ps2timeline/index3.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
^ "PlayStation 2 Timeline". GameSpy. pp. 2. http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/february04/ps2timeline/index2.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
Appendices:
Sony released a version of the Linux operating system for the PS2 in a package that also includes a keyboard, mouse, Ethernet adapter and HDD. Currently, Sony's online store states that the Linux kit is no longer for sale in North America. However as of July 2005, the European version was still available. The kit boots by installing a proprietary interface, the run-time environment, which is on a region-coded DVD, so the European and North America kits only work with a PS2 from their respective regions.