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Offline ddaryl
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« on: March 22, 2001, 06:15:08 PM »
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2700362,00.html


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Iomega announces a zip drive peripheral for the PlayStation 2.
 
At the ongoing Game Developers Conference, Iomega unveiled its plans to release a dedicated zip drive for the Sony PlayStation 2. The zip peripheral will connect to the PS2 through one of the available USB ports on the console. The zip drive will open up multiple save functions on the PS2, such as the ability to save and transport levels and character data. Additionally, users will be able to save game data on the PC.
A PS2-specific zip drive is currently in the research and development stages and should be released by the end of the year. However, off-the-shelf zip drives can be used with the optimized games. Development tools that will take advantage of zip storage functions will be made available to PlayStation 2 developers in a few months.
 



Do we really need this with a 40GB HD coming soon ??
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2001, 06:18:37 PM »
ddaryl it could be cheaper;)

this is just awesome...instead of taking my whole PS2 or HDD i can take some compact zip disks to my friends house...much better than the out-dated xbox solution..

well done sony:D
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2001, 06:27:37 PM »
well this is good news, i dont know much about zip drives, but i hope its gonna be worth it:) someone exlain for me lol
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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2001, 06:29:35 PM »
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ddaryl it could be cheaper;)

this is just awesome...instead of taking my whole PS2 or HDD i can take some compact zip disks to my friends house...much better than the out-dated xbox solution..

well done sony:D


Or you could just put your PS2 files online in some free personal webspace and download them at yur buds house

of course it requires online conectivity
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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2001, 06:38:37 PM »
that\'s even better...and cooler;)

Damn, PS2 is getting better and better hardware wise....a first for the industry...:D
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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2001, 06:51:49 PM »
Well, this pretty much seals any argument Anti-MS people had about the Xbox being a desktop computer. Why do we need a friggin\' zip drive AND a HD?  Give me one or the other. Not both.

Then again, this was expected. I mean, Sony didn\'t put USB ports on the PS2 for no reason, now did they? Let the flood of add-ons begin.
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2001, 06:58:56 PM »
let the add-ons flood in

If people want them they\'ll buy them. If 3rd parties want to make things for the PS2 let em

Sony could care less they get there liscense fee, and the consumer determines what they want
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2001, 07:03:40 PM »
Living ****:

The thing is that sony NEVER denied the fact that PS2 was a computer entertainment system...microsoft is full of crap when they say their intentions for the xbox is just games....

i welcome this new era of gaming from a HONEST company like Sony corp.
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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2001, 08:26:01 PM »
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\"So are you going to kill her off?\"
Are you insane! I love her character, she stays.
\"The only thing loves done is put you in this position, I say kill her off!\"
Yeah, but you say a lot of things..
and how does that work....  You\'re a bicycle..

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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2001, 08:30:39 PM »
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The thing is that sony NEVER denied the fact that PS2 was a computer entertainment system...
i welcome this new era of gaming from a HONEST company like Sony corp.
of course they didnt, they said it was a comupter entertainment system so they dont have to pay taxes :)
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\"So are you going to kill her off?\"
Are you insane! I love her character, she stays.
\"The only thing loves done is put you in this position, I say kill her off!\"
Yeah, but you say a lot of things..
and how does that work....  You\'re a bicycle..

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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2001, 08:31:36 PM »
The arguement about it being cheaper is moot.
An average external USB zip drive is around 100 dollars.
I still think its cool though.
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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2001, 05:50:23 AM »
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let the add-ons flood in

If people want them they\'ll buy them. If 3rd parties want to make things for the PS2 let em

Sony could care less they get there liscense fee, and the consumer determines what they want


Yep, Atleast it wasn\'t forced into the system.  You have the option to buy or not to buy....
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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2001, 03:26:07 PM »
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Yep, Atleast it wasn\'t forced into the system.  You have the option to buy or not to buy....


Maybe so. But, what is the point of all this? For the market can be flooded with add-ons that will probably never be used?

It is a good idea; but who is goin\' to buy? After you buy the broadband adapter, HDD, who wants to spend the extra 100 for a zip drive?

Unless it can be used as a giant memory card, then I don\'t see a purpose in it.
If it can be used as a giant memory card, then maybe. But, I won\'t be getting both a HDD and zip drive for the PS2.
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« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2001, 05:45:14 PM »
I hope the Zip is a Giant memory card..then i can use my PS2 memory card for a TRAVEL purposes...
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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2001, 06:11:14 PM »
I can\'t wait to hear what other stuff people will think of for use of the USB ports. I can\'t wait to put my face on a videogame character and play them with a PS2 digital camera. :)
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