Sony and AOL Form PS2 Partnership

AOL features, including e-mail and real-time chat, will become part of Sony's PS2 SDKs and made available for developers to incorporate into their games' designs. Sony hopes to have this functionality built into the SDK by this winter, meaning it will be at least six to 12 months after that before the first AOL-enhanced PS2 games appear at retail. Sony has also been exploring developing a Netscape browser for PS2, which is also currently slated to debut this coming winter. Use of the Playstation 2's upcoming Internet and AOL functionality will require the addition of several devices to the console, including a hard drive, keyboard, mouse, and a display with resolution higher than that of televisions.