For those of you who have been watching the Press Conferences at E3, the first started out with Microsoft, and the second just today started out with Nintendo. The sony conference has also begun and ended. They have revealed some of the top sales market pros, new merchendise and tremendous updates for the PSP and PS3. Many updates were in there and some amusing times we cant forget. Heres many things we can look forward to within the following year, and for next year aswell:

• New PSP Model!
Although the new PSP model looks not much differrent from the current model, but when you hold it in your hands,
you will feel the differrence. Its a lot lighter than the current version, and is also 19% slimmer. This new model will also feature the display tool, which will allow you to access what ever you have on your PSP to your own Flat Screen TV! The new model comes out in september.
• New Silver PSP!
• PSP Home feature!
Invite friends family who ever! You design your own character, and your home. The Playstation network also has an
environment for yourselves. Possibly one of the best life-wise reality games! You can even upload your own images from the real world and put them inside your home, and put them on a picture on the wall, or where-ever. Even invite your friends to play a game or two right from the PSP Home game.

• New PS3 Model! Priced at $599 with a new 80Gig HD, also included with the Motor-Storm racing game.
• Current PS3 Model Priced down to $499

Heres some new games that have been announced:

• Call of Duty 4 announced!

• Resident Evil 5 announced!

• Burnout Paridise announced!
• Madden NFL 08 announced!

And lots more!

We hope to see more from Sony and what they have to offer this year and next year.

If you want to watch the video you can at www.gamespot.com, the live video feed has ended and the download to the

video should be up within a few hours. You can comment on the E3 conference on pspbrew or ps3brew forums:

PSPBREW: http://www.pspbrew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8657

PS3BREW: http://www.ps3brew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=208

Enjoy!

Yes, it is true. The 20GB HDD model for the PS3 has discontinued. Meaning that SONY has stopped making them. On the plus side though, SONY is now working on the 80GB HDD. Hoping that it will be more successful than the 20GB HDD was.

SONY is thinking of making the 80GB HDD a silver colour console, making it more noticeable between the 60GB and the 80GB. Looks like we are getting more than what was expected from SONY.

It's rumored that Metal Gear Solid will no longer be a PlayStation exclusive and that the fourth edition of the game MGS will make its debut on both the Xbox 360 and PC.

Sources at Konami says that they are working on putting Metal Gear Solid 4 on the Xbox 360 and PC. However, Konami has been working with Microsoft so the 360 and PC versions will both take advantage of Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live, with such features as achievements and the ability for 360 and PC owners to play against each other in multiplayer. However, they do not have an exact release date for this game.

That is all that I have read, but if you want to know more, tune in on July 11th for the next E3 show.
Then again, keep in mind that this is only rumors.

When the SIXAXIS controller was unveiled, the response was very lukewarm. On of the main complaints was that that controller lacked a rumble feature. This is a big issue with gamers who like the rumble and use it as a means of conveyance into whatever game they are playing.Well, no more! Immersionand sony have made an agreement to "to explore the inclusion of Immersion technology in PlayStation format products." Yes, it looks like big corporations can bury the hatchet after all. Rumblers rejoice!

You can discuss the issue here

This is it, the moment you've been waiting for! Sony has released it's info on the EU launch. SO without further stall, we give you the goods:

• The PS3 will be launched in the PAL territories of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia on March 23, 2007 at a price of EURO 599 (GBP 425, AUD 999.95, NZ 1199.95).
• One million PS3 units will be made available during the initial launch period and only the 60GB model would be available, with the 20GB model to follow later in the year dependent on demand.

As for the games that will debut on the Playstation Network and will be available for download during the launch, here's the full list:

• Tekken: Dark Ressurection
• Gran Turismo HD Concept
• Go! Sudoku
• Go! Puzzle
• Blast Factor
• flOw
• Lemmings
• Blast Factor
• Super Rub'a'Dub
• Gripshift

And what is a console without release titiles? Well here they are!

• Resistance: Fall of Man
• MotorStorm
• Genji: Days of the Blade
• Formula One CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
• Ridge Racer 7
• Call of Duty 3
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Tony Hawk's Project 8
• Gundam – Target in Sight
• Full Auto 2: Battle Lines
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Virtua Fighter 5
• Virtua Tennis 3
• World Snooker Championship 2007
• NBA 2K7
• NHL 2K7
• Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll
• Enchanted Arms
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
• The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion
• Def Jam: Icon
• Fight Night Round 3
• NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007
• Need for Speed Carbon
• The Godfather: The Don's Edition
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007
• Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
• F.E.A.R.

That is is for now, we will be sure to keep you posted!

When it came to the European launch date for the PS3, Sony hasn't been the most informative source. The most we have been able to get out of them is that the PS3 will be launched sometime in March. Recently, an anonymous source has informed the masses that an announcement from Sony on more details about the launch in Europe is very close at hand. This news is "likely to go ahead at the end of January". Shortly after this statement was made it was backed up by a Sony spokesperson who has confirmed the announcment. What does this mean? It means to mark your calendars for the last week of January! Remember this does NOT mean that the PS3 Euro launch is in January, simply more details on the launch will be provided, So keep checking back to the site for more details!

…And now it is official: PlayStation 3 had a more successful launch than Xbox 360 did a year ago. Even though the PlayStation 3 launch had been plagued with delays and did not quite go off as planned, Sony still managed to ship a million consoles in North America alone.

To compare, Microsoft sold 600,000 Xbox 360 units from their November launch to the second week in January, according to Kotaku. Wii has sold 2,000,000 consoles to date. The gleeful release follows.

At the Consumer Electronics Show 2007 in Las Vegas, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that more than 1,000,000 units of its recently launched PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system have been sold in to the retail channel in North America. The company successfully achieved this milestone by the end of the 2006 calendar year, just six weeks after the product was introduced on November 17, 2006.

PS3 has been selling-out at retail outlets across North America since it was launched. This high consumer demand drove the PS3 to reach the one-million mark before its predecessors, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the PS one game console – both systems have shipped more than 213 million units of hardware and more than 2.1 billion pieces of software worldwide.

"SCEA went to great lengths to help meet demand for PS3, including airlifting systems into North America on a weekly basis to ensure a steady stream of units were available to consumers throughout the holiday season," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. "The fact that we were able to reach the one-million mark faster than our top-selling platform, the PS2, further validates the strength of the PlayStation brand and our belief that consumers are ready to experience true high-definition gaming."

PS3 wasn't the only hot gift this holiday season, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system continues to enjoy record-breaking sales in North America. In the first quarter of 2007, PS2 will continue to fuel industry growth with the highly anticipated release of the MLB 07 The Show and God of War 2 titles.

PlayStation-branded entertainment and gaming content that will be shown in the Sony booth at CES 2007, includes:
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION – PS3
MLB 07 The Show – PS3, PSP
MotorStorm – PS3
LAIR – PS3
Heavenly Sword – PS3
Gran Turismo HD – PS3 downloadable
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters – PSP
Killzone – PSP
SOCOM: Fire Team Bravo – PSP

Other features on display will include "Remote Play" for the PS3, which allows the consumer to utilize their PSP to access content on their PS3 hard drive, including movies, television shows, videos and music. A full demonstration of the PLAYSTATION®Network, and PLAYSTATION®Store for the PS3, as well as Location Free TV™ for the PSP, will also be shown.

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today that it has been given top honors by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as the recipient of a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for the PlayStation 3's SIXAXIS controller. SCEA will accept this award at a presentation held tonight during the International Consumer Electronics Show 2007 in Las Vegas.

"The overwhelming consumer demand and critical acclaim for PS3 is a testament of the platform's strength and the industry's desire for a true next-generation entertainment system," said Jack Tretton president of SCEA. "The full potential of this powerful machine has yet to be realized — what you've seen so far is just a taste of what will be on the table for 2007 and years to come."

The SIXAXIS wireless controller features motion-sensing to detect body movements and interpret them into in-game actions. The PS3 will be on display during the International CES tradeshow, January 8-11, in the Sony Electronics Booth.

Currently these drivers allow you to connect your controller to the computer. However as these are NOT sony drivers the motion sensing will not work.

Here are the installation instructions:

When the PS3 was introduced many people were displeased with the controller design. Some were unhappy due to the fact that the rumble had been taken out, others felt that Sony had simply "copied" some of the ideas of another company, some people probably didn't care as long as the controller worked for their system. The fact of the matter is this, the SIXAXIS controller has received mixed responses.

A not-so-recent patent by Sony has been unearthed for all the world to see. The patent is for a remote input device for a gaming console. A note from the abstract:

An input device providing users with a pointing capability includes a sender portion and a receiver portion. The sender portion is adapted to be manipulated by a user to specify a target point within a target area. The sender portion projects a light beam including a pattern on to the target area. A receiver portion includes one or more sensor units located in or near the target area.

Sound familiar? Sounds like the a description of the Wiimote technology, but it's a Sony patent.

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