Play It Again, Sony

September, 2000

If you question the realism of the games created for Sony's new megapixel PlayStation 2, the opening sword-swinging scenes from Onimusha: Warlords should change your mind. The $229 machine packs a wallop unlike any other, in the form of a 300 MHz processor (compared with the Sega Dreamcast's 200 MHz). The payback is faster gameplay and smooth 128-bit graphics. (The original PlayStation's output was 32 bits.) In preparation for broadband, Sony plans to release an optional component that combines...