FILE PHOTO 18FEB00 - Japanese attendants in this file picture display DVD video softwares during the PlayStation Festival 2000 in Makuhari. Sony Corp's launch of its new PlayStation2 video game console, should give Japan's struggling DVD markets a chance to finally take off, analysts said. Japan's DVD market has long suffered from weak turnover in both hardware and software, a vicious cycle as poor sales in one undermine sales in the other.

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