The spokesperson said PS1 has many game titles that are popular to women, but PS2 does not yet have so many titles. With PS2 using very advanced technology, only a few software makers can afford to make games meeting the specifications. For users, there are not so many choices of games for PS2, and they tend to rather play games for PS1 or use it mainly as a DVD player. Sega's Dreamcast already boasts Internet access, but is struggling to catch up with PS2. Serizawa pointed out that in Japan, Sega has an image of losing out and users wonder if Dreamcast has any future.
More rivals are almost ready to battle it out for the game market.
Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox are due next year.