PS2\'s Online (Will you support it?)

So far, here are some online games that\'s been anounced for PS2:

• Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
  
• Tribes 2
  
• Frequency
  
• Twisted Metal: Online
  
• Socom
  
• Gran Turismo 3: Online
  
• Final Fantsay XI
  
• Final Fantasy XII
  
• NBA2k 2
  
• NFL2k 2
  
  
  
  • PS2\'s 40 GB HDD:
    
    "Sony\'s CEO Kaz Hirai suggested that users of the new hard drive can download episodes of future games into the hard drive, and hinted that developers can develop hybrid games that use DVDs and the hard drive for extra capacity usage. Players will also be able to eventually buy a keyboard and mouse, as well as a high end LCD screen. Also, gamers can use the online capabilities for downloading demos, or parts of games, or to download characters, levels, and new puzzles."
    
    
    
    
  • PS2\'s Network Adapter:
    
    "The PlayStation 2 Network Adapter will be released in November 2001 for $39.95 and will have V90 analog modem, 10/100 Base-TX Ehternet interfaces, while the Hard Disk Drive will be sold seperately."
    
    
    
    
    • PS2\'s Online Partners:
      
      
    • Macromedia Flash
      
    • Real Player 8
      
    • AOL
      
    • Cisco\'s Ipv4/Ipv6
      
      Fact and Fiction
      
      
      
      FICTION:
    
    
    
    • PS2\'s Internet will be slow and crappy since they\'re partnering up with AOL.
      
    • You need AOL to use PS2\'s online network.
      
      
      
      FACT:  
      
      
    • Sony has teamed up with America Online so it can reach multitudes of users (Unlike the Dreamcast, which was not compatible with AOL). AOL will bring with it established features such as instant messaging, chat, and e-mail, while a PS2 specific Netscape browser is in the works.
      
    • Anyone not wanting to join the club can rest easy in that Sony is making the platform ISP neutral, so you can keep your current provider.
      
      Big thanks to Game Informer Magazine

Right now as i stand, i am all for the Online gaming thing. Though only 2 games i want really support it, and those  are Twisted Metal Online, and Tony Hawk 3. Those are the only 2 i really want to play online, all the others are at least renters at best. Not saying EVERYONE has to rent them, that is all i am doing.

im confused on tm:online , are they gonna sell whole new game or something???

Originally posted by Deadly Hamster
im confused on tm:online , are they gonna sell whole new game or something???

Of course

what the hell i typed tm: and it made a smiley tm :

I thought they were just going to release an expansion disc that allows online play for Twisted Metal: Black.

The part about "You don\'t need to sign for AOL" should make those Xbox fans ashame of themselve for repeatedly saying...

"PS2 can have that crappy AOL, there server sucks anyway Ha ha ha".

So if i have a cable modem and netcape...I have to buy a broadband adaptor, the network adaptor, and the harddrive of course, and i will not tie up my phone line since it is a cable modem and i will not pay for it since it is apart of my service provider?????   please help?

I probably going to buy the 40 gig harddrive.  Why?  Well, eliminate loading.  FFX have scenes that load around 3 - 5 seconds long and other scenes that took ove 10 seconds long so I am going to buy it because it pain in the arse, extremely painful when I see the scene load....load...load...as if I am going to blow up or something.  With the harddrive, not long it store files and other pc craps, but it will elimiate the load time reallly, really good.  I have no clue how it was done but it done very well.

The downfall out of all of this is the how much do the gamers know? Casual gamers won\'t know about any adaptors, modems, and the like.. Right? As in the Dreamcast, everything was already there.. All you had to do was sign up with an ISP and get a game and voila, you get to play online.. My 2 cents....

hey serrano, im a hardcore gamer all the way, but if i by a broadband adaptor, and the hardrive, then will i be able to go though my service prodiver free of any addition cost, cuz i have a cable modem and all.

Wait we gotta buy a new thing?

I\'m throwin\' the same question that some others have thrown out there (but nobody seems to be selling the answers to it)...:

If I already have an ISP (forget cable for me...I live in the semi-boondocks) -- Earthlink -- So are folks saying that I\'ll not have to dump Earthlink nor add a 2nd ISP dedicated specifically for the PS2?  But rather that I\'ll be able to utilize my current ISP, Earthlink, when Sony finally rolls out online-gaming support?

If the above is true, who can answer (or point a link that answers) just how a "current" ISP user such as myself would functionally game online with his/her PS2 "in the world of tomorrow"...

Thanks in advance...

Im not sure is this is true but this is my take on it.  First you buy an adaptor and a sepreate modem since the PS2 was outfitted with one (damn dreamcast).  Then of course the harddrive to.  Then I think you can enter your own ISP and use your own internet service provider.

The sony made adapter is both Broadband and narrowband capable, with no adapter needed othrewise.
The 40 gig harddrive as of now seems mostly optional.