Sony Plans Online Sales

Sony will launch a new Playstation website in February that will initiate online sales to coincide with the Japanese launch of the Playstation 2 on March 4, 2000. The site, at Playstation.com will feature direct sales of the Playstation 2 console, peripherals, and software titles as well as existing Playstation games and hardware, and Sony has pledge to reserve a portion of its Playstation 2 allotments for the site. By 2002, Sony hopes to use the site as gateway to provide digital movies, games, and music directly to the Playstation 2 owners over cable television networks