...The news is out: the PS3 games console is to be launched simultaneously around the globe in November 2006. But despite the grand global launch plan for the PS3 games console, there are doubts about its impact on the market. Even more, game analysts doubt if this global launch can help Sony regain lost market because of the earlier release of Microsoft's Xbox 360. There are also many speculations why the new PS3's launch keeps getting delayed.

Though Sony claims that the delays were due to digital rights management or DRM troubles, many analysts believe otherwise. Analysts pose more pressing issues as reasons for the PS3 games console's launch delays. Eiichi Katayama, an analyst from Tokyo-based Nomura Securities' Financial & Economic Research, suggests that the delays are probably caused by the slow progress of graphics chip development. Others offer reasons such as insufficiency of appropriate software titles. However, Sony is quick to dismiss these rumors and again reiterated the problem of DRM for their Blu-ray optical drive.

Blu-ray chips provide the new console with removable PS3 storage capacity that is five times bigger than the storage provided by DVDs of older consoles. Reports that PS3's Blu-ray ...more

Why Every Gamer Wants to Be A Professional Video Game Tester

...glitches, you have to be in tune with the screen and know exactly what is going on; hence, the reason for the awareness. You must be able to spot anomalies on the fly and be able to determine "normal" from "abnormal". If you can't do that, well, then you won't be able to continue in a career in video game testing. However, before you decide to simply give up, try to practice & improve those skills a bit more.

Practicing can be done with any game on any system; preferably a next-gen console such as the XBOX 360 or the Playstation 3. You just have to play the video game as a professional video game tester would, with heightened awar...more

5 Big Advantages of PC Games on Demand

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Sony PS3 Launches

...g experience possible due to a processor that puts the old single core processor systems to shame. Combining this with the ability to have discs that allow high-definition gaming and more sophistication will make for a gaming experience like never before.

Sony is also adding in the multi-axis motion sensing system into the controllers for the PlayStation 3 to give gamers a better feeling of control than ever before with seamless interaction.

PlayStation 3 is making history in the video gaming industry by making the hard drive within the system removable and therefore very easy to upgrade. There is an option for the purchase of a system with a 20GB hard drive, but if it is out of your price range initially dont worry, you can upgrade later.

If yo...more

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