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Sony, Microsoft Look To Lure Video Game Players Online Football Spurring Internet Play So far, Net game services haven't boosted revenue, but that could be changing.(A)
Byline: PATRICK SEITZ
Are you ready for some online football?
Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. hope so. The two video game console rivals are counting on thousands of armchair quarterbacks to kick their fledgling online services into gear this fall.
Though online gaming brings in little revenue for the companies today, they hope that changes soon -- as soon as this month, in Microsoft's case.
Sony's PlayStation 2 online service and Microsoft's Xbox Live service went live last year, with the free services led by military games. Now mainstream sports games, especially football, are taking the spotlight.
Electronic Arts Inc.'s "Madden NFL 2004," the leading sports game, is available for offline users of all the main console platforms. But it saw a surge of players taking the game online when it debuted the online version Aug. 12. For now, the online version can be played online only using Sony's PlayStation 2 machine.
Meanwhile, Sony released its own online-enabled football game, "NFL GameDay 2004," from its in-house developer 989 Sports on Aug. 26. And Microsoft released its "NFL Fever 2004" for Xbox Live on Thursday, as part of its new XSN Sports lineup.
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