Yeah, since NES days, if I recall correctly. Friends don't let friends use AOL . It's about who's going to have control. But at the fundamental level, the artist level, it's all about disintermediation, it's about gaining control over bringing the artist's product to the fans. It's about control, stupid.
Possibility is endless.
We're talking about replacing CDs, and maybe DVDs, with memory cards that have rewritable memory that allow consumers to tailor their content the way they want it. I don't think so. PS2 E-Commerce Deal Confirmed . Square's PS2 online details revealed . And quite interestingly, Square plans to launch PlayOnline in spring 2001 by marketing a modem simultaneously with the launch of Final Fantasy 10.