Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Game on: PS3, Wii finally hitting stores
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> | Doherty thinks it will (Sony overcome a major pricing disadvantage). He
> | bases his prediction on several factors: First, PS3 can play all old PS2
> | and PlayStation games, while the Xbox 360 plays many--but not all--original
> | Xbox games.
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6134711.html
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> *scratches head* What happened to Microsoft notorious obsession
> with backward compatibility?
Keep scratching. It may help getting the blood to circulate.
> First, PS3 can play all old PS2 and PlayStation games
Wront. The PS3 can *NOT* play /all/ old PS2 and PlayStation games.
> while the Xbox 360 plays many--but not all--
> original Xbox games.
Exactly, and the same as the PS3 which also plays many, but not all,
original games.
> Vista breaks another such promise.
What "promise"??? Unless you can show such a promise we'll assume that
you're simply making this stuff up.
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> PlayStation 3 hits 'grey market'
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> | PlayStation 3 consoles advertised as used are appearing for
> | sale in Japan shops as well as online auctions.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6142576.stm
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> In Tokyo, PS3 launch cures few of fever
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> | For the hearty souls willing to brave the chill of a November
> | night in Tokyo, it didn't take more than a few minutes past
> | midnight to know if a PlayStation 3 would be theirs--those
> | lucky gamers were handed a numbered ticket which guaranteed
> | them a unit.
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6134788.html
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> Over in America, Best Buy has evicted those who have been queueing with the
> intention of 'camping' in line for 11 days. Who wouldn't want a Linux box
> with the world's most cutting-edge games?
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