Dear Future Gamer

I have a quick question about Playstation2. I'm sure you remember not too long ago Panasonic released a console called the 3DO. The original version of this console had a front-loading tray. I read some time later that due to the fact that it was front-loaded, when Panasonic brought the console to Europe they had to pay the import duties for a VCR instead of a console. Because of this they changed the Mark 2 version to a top-loader. This is a detail that every other CD-based console has copied. So my question is this: why is the new PSX2 a front-loader? Have the import laws changed? Will this mean we'll have to pay more for our PSX2s when they come out in Europe?

Jermain Williams

FG: Sorry Jermain, even our mighty brains don't know the answer to this. We simply thought it was a design issue. Anyone out there with an even bigger brain care to comment?