Japanese visitors look at a glass-encased PlayStation 2 video game console on display at PlayStation Festival 2000, an event marking the release of Sony's new game unit in Makuhari, east of Tokyo February 19. Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp's subsidiary Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) kicks off sales of the video game, successor to its blockbuster PlayStation game console, on March 4 for 39,800 yen ($360) and later this year in the United States.

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