PlayStation® 2 Is Now Online!

PRNewswire
10/16/2002

 Play Games Online Via the Best-Selling Gaming Platform at PlayDate 2002
                               In New York

  WHO:    Industry leader Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., maker of
          the best-selling PlayStation and PlayStation® 2 game consoles,
          with more than 1,500 of the highest-rated videogame titles on the
          market-with something to satisfy everyone!
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  WHAT:   Sony Computer Entertainment America will host live demonstrations
          of online titles at this year's PlayDate, a media only event
          showcasing the holiday season's hottest videogames and toys.
          Visit the PlayStation 2 booth to experience the first online
          gaming option for the mass market on the best-selling gaming
          platform, including hands-on time with hot, new online titles
          including SOCOM™: US Navy SEALs, NFL GameDay™ 2003 and
          Twisted Metal:Black ONLINE.

  WHEN:   Tuesday, October 22, 2002
          8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  WHERE:  PlayStation 2 Booth, #27
          Metropolitan Pavilion
          125 West 18th Street (18th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues)
          New York, NY 10011

          PLAYSTATION 2 VISUAL HIGHLIGHTS:

          -- HOT, new and upcoming online videogame titles, including:
             SOCOM™: US Navy SEALs, NFL GameDay™ 2003 and Twisted
             Metal:Black ONLINE.
          -- Offline titles including ATV Offroad Fury™2, NBA ShootOut
             2003, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus™, and Ratchet
             & Clank™.

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SOURCE: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

CONTACT: Janette Barrios of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.,
+1-650-655-5583, or janette_barrios@playstation.sony.com

Web site: http://www.playstation.com/