ADVISORY/B-Roll Feed Advisory for Tuesday, August 27: Sony Computer Entertainment First to Deliver Online Console Gaming With Coast-to-Coast Online Challenge

Business Wire, August 27, 2002

Business/Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Aug. 27)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Hundreds of Eager Gamers Will Battle for a Chance to Be the First

West Coast or East Coast PlayStation 2 Champs

in the San Francisco vs. New York City Online Competition

WHAT:       Sony Computer Entertainment America will break another
            barrier in the gaming world by leading the charge to
            become the first to deliver online console gaming
            capabilities. Consumers of all ages in San Francisco will
            be able to play fans in New York City at the national
            launch of the PlayStation Network Adaptor. Now old
            rivalries can be resurrected and opponents can play each
            other in different time zones. Fans can smash, tackle,
            leg-sweep and trash-talk opponents they've never met
            before while playing the highly anticipated "NFL GameDay
            2003" and "SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs" at a bi-coastal
            kick-off event.

WHO:        Undisputed industry leader Sony Computer Entertainment
            America Inc., maker of the world's top selling PlayStation
            2 game consoles, with more than 1,400 videogame titles on
            the market and more than 11 million installed in the U.S.
            for PlayStation 2 -- to launch the next revolution in
            gaming.

            SOUNDBITES WITH:

            --  Kaz Hirai, president and chief operating officer, Sony
                Computer Entertainment America Inc.

VISUALS:    --  Hundreds of Bay Area eager gamers waiting in line to
                be the first to play opponents in New York City in a
                bi-coastal online battle

            --  Top SCEA executives kicking off the event

            --  Previews of the highly anticipated "NFL GameDay 2003"
                and "SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs" game titles

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COORDINATES:

            FIRST FEED: Tuesday, August 27, 5:00 pm-5:15 pm ET
             (2:00 pm-2:15 pm PT)
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            SECOND FEED: Tuesday, August 27, 7:00 pm-7:15 pm ET
             (4:00 pm -4:15 pm PT)
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