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I've got a funny feeling that digital convergence is making tradition obsolete. :wink: That's just it: Sony hasn't lost money on hardware. Sure, newborns may stumble out of the gate. But a shaky start soon gives way to a gallop. And before you know it, another PlayStation has become the...

Not really. If localization was something new, then that would be a believable excuse . . . . But for a multi-million dollar software development project (with international aspirations), one would think that such issues would shape the user-interface from the game's inception. :roll:

As crazy as it sounds, successors to the next generation of consoles (if they're still called consoles) will probably be closer to what manufacturers had envisioned for the current generation. :|

Why aren't workstations and servers more widespread than PCs? After all, the technical prowess of the former trumps the latter. :wink: I guess what I'm trying to say is that the success (or failure) of next generation handhelds has less to do with technology and more to do with economics...

I guess you're right. I mean who wants another Halo now?! :shock: From the looks of things, the parochial third-person shooter has all but replaced its cosmopolitan first-person counterpart.

According to some analysts, the revolution that's brewing at Nintendo is a barebones PlayStation 3 with a design and price that appeals to students. :wink:

As a franchise, Burnout seems to be doing what Gran Turismo used to do: spellbind a demographical smorgasbord. Moreover, it appears to be using an old GT recipe – i.e., cast rather ordinary automobiles in extraordinary situations, all the while paying careful attention to Big Screen buzzwords...

Exactly! :twisted: PlayStation 2 is a formidable foe in this generation and the next. Halfway into a projected 10-year lifecycle, PS2 is already (and inarguably) entrenched in the market. Trust me. Sony's in no hurry to put PStwo out to pasture – or to harness its successor to the...

Granted, I have never played it before. But judging from mountains (and mountains) of critical acclaim, Burnout 3 sounds like the game that sent Gran Turismo back to the drawing board . . . :roll:

Oops! As it turns out, the EE Times article was completely bogus! :oops: The correspondent "serendipitously" dug up a bombshell on September 24 – the first day of the Tokyo Game Show. Then paraphrased Sony's COO without quote or context . . . Though Sony may have the wherewithal to...

The rhetoric of the newsbyte may have confused readers – but not the Japanese journalist paraphrasing the company's COO . . . :twisted: Last week, when Sony talked about "the new PlayStation" they were talking about PStwo. But a semantically similar phrase, "the next generation...

Well, uh, that's not exactly what SONY chief deputy president Ken Katuragi has lead other electrical engineers to believe. :|

Here's an idea! Since PStwo supports the new Blu-ray Disc format, Polyphony Digital may be biding its time, waiting until after the new console has debuted before putting everything onto a single disc. With the online option (and tons of extras) on BD-ROM, consumers will not only have to buy...

You know what this means don't you? Features Sold Separately could become a trend! :(