This video is displaying many features and especially the graphics level of quality in the upcoming blockbuster game Metal Gear Solid 4.

I was impressed by the single streams of hair, and while I generally don't buy into "PS3 has more power"-hype, this is a good display of what next-gen systems are capable of. Let's expect huge from this final instalment of the popular Metal Gear-franchise, on PS3 and/or Xbox 360.

The sales figures for June 07 arrived. Granted, I'm a bit late with this.
Anyway, it seems almost like the world is being dominated [again] by Nintendo. The DS has put up an amazing number of sales, together with the Wii peaking more than 900,000 shipments.
Not much surprise on other next-gen land though: the PS2 is still selling better than the Xbox 360 or PS3. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is paving its way with nearly 200,000 units sold, while we find Sony's PS3 two ranks below at nearly 100,000 units. Interesting, even the GBA is outselling the PS3 currently.

1. Nintendo DS: 561,900
2. Nintendo Wii: 381,800
3. Sony PSP: 290,100
4. Sony PS2: 270,700
5. Microsoft Xbox 360: 198,400
6. Nintendo GBA: 109,400
7. Sony PS3: 98,500

The Heavenly Sword demo is finally arriving at the Playstation Network Store, alongside with lame E3 trailers that I've seen a zillion times already plus PS1 classics available for download. On the 26th of July, which is this Thursday in case you wondered.

I myself find this game interesting, although the art style of it didn't strike me too good. We'll see about the gameplay.

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PS One games:
- Crash 2
- Spyro 2
- Medievil
- Wipeout 2097

PS3 Demos:
- Heavenly Sword

PS3 Trailers:
- Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction
- GT5 Prologue

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I want this game. Badly. The first time I've seen it, it looked awesome to me. You just cannot get enough Katamari footage these days!

Amazon.com has listed a Rock Band Bundle for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 at 199.99$. This Rock Band "Collection", as its named apparently, includes the videogame (of course), the (wired) guitar, drums, and microphone peripheral.

That's damn pricey if you ask me. Wonder how well it will sell. The game sure is interesting, but at that price point not many casual gamers will buy it. Take that with a grain of salt, it's just my speculation.
Still, a quite high price point. You are 49$ close to getting an entire console, the Wii, in comparison.

The game itself as stand-alone retails at 59.99$, and of course you can purchase the peripherals - including a wireless guitar which is never bundled - separately, too.
Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 wireless guitar costs 20$ more than the PS3's same gadget. Wonder where that's coming from.

Game: 59.99$
Wireless Guitar PS3: 59.99$
Wireless Guitar 360: 79.99$
Drums: 79.99$
Microphone: 29.99$
Wired Guitar (calculated, this item is not available on its own): 30.03$


That rounds it up. You pay at least double for the wireless guitar contrary to the wired version. Not my cup of tea either way.

- Update -
It's gotten to my ears that the Xbox 360 Bundle includes the wireless guitar in any case, instead of the wired version. Cannot confirm this, just to let you know.

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David Reeves, president of SCEE, practically said so. In an interview with Three Speech, he talked primarily about the PS3 "price cut". You know, the 600$-to-500$ drop of the 60GB edition (which will be replaced at 600$ with the 80GB model). Well. The UK is, as we all know, not getting mentioned price cut (even if some see it as a fake price cut anyways). If you asked yourself why, here is your answer - straight from the source:

"[...] if we reduced the price, we’d annoy a lot of people."

Think about it. Would you be annoyed if Sony dropped the price of their newest console adept by a hundred bucks? If you can answer that with "Yes", you must be living in the UK. Actually, I'm annoyed because they didn't decide to drop the price.

Why make this stuff country-wise anyway? It's bullshit. If you drop the price in the US, then drop the price in Europe, too. Bad move Sony, bad move.