If only Sony hadn’t vastly overpriced the PS3 from the start, its sales almost one year on could have been so much more spectacular.
New figures for the week ending November 11, show that the recent prices cuts have worked a treat with more than 100,000 consoles sold in the US – up from and average of 30-40,000 in early October, before the price cuts and the new cut-price 40GB model. Sony CEO, Howard Stringer, said:
"It's the breakthrough we've been anticipating. We've been holding our breath. Obviously, we've taken so much heat over the year on PS3. Finally, the turning point has been passed."
I wouldn't go that far but at least Stringer isn’t too arrogant to assume that the turnaround is all down to Sony’s price cutting either:
“It's a little fortuitous that the Wii is running out of hardware.”
According to the three big console makers, Sony included, Christmas shortages are – as usual - looking likely.-Martin Lynch
With the CES 2007 Show just two months away in Las Vegas, the big guns are now lining up their next-gen home entertainment kit to steal an early media lead on their rivals.
LG has announced what it claims is the first HDTV with in-built Wi-Fi, capable of streaming HD content without the need for all those cumbersome wires. The announcement comes hot on the heels of LG's other 'first', the introduction of the world's first 32in plasma TV.
The luxury 52LG71 is a 52in LCD panel, capable of displaying 1080p content and sporting 802.11 technology that removes the need for a separate media hub. What version of 802.11 is being used is still a mystery.
It’s likely that the set will also sport 120Hz scanning – as opposed to the usual 100Hz scanning technology – which should result in smoother [less ghosting] pictures during sport or fast-motion video.
LG’s latest large LCD TVs, announced in August, already feature 120Hz scanning. -Martin Lynch
You’d think that a remote control purporting to be the world’s most expensive would at least sport an LCD, but no. Luxury home entertainment maker, Lantic Systems, based in Denmark has just birthed the Gold RC1, a solid gold remote control that bears more than a passing resemblance to a small landmine.
The control was just showcased at the METS 2007 Exhibition in Amsterdam -the world’s biggest marine equipment trade show – which hints that you may want to already own a big damn yacht in order to afford this.
The Gold RC1 sits as the centre of the Lantic Entertainment system and will control TV/video/DVD, music/CD, Internet, email, CCTV, burglary alarm, lights, curtains, air-conditioning and surveillance of navigation systems etc.
All you need is £27,000. Yacht and entertainment system, not included. Insane.
How many gold iPods would you get for that, anyway?-Martin Lynch
The Dark Knight, terror of Gotham’s criminal underworld, is set to strike fear into the world of plastic criminals everywhere. Batman is coming to LEGO.
Just like the brilliant Star Wars LEGO games where all your favourite characters are LEGO constructs and Storm Troopers are blown into their LEGO components when zapped, Batman will be bringing his own brand of vigilante justice to the PC and console gaming world in 2008.
The game will centre around Batman regulars, The Penguin, Joker, Two-Face etc., breaking out of Arkham Asylum and going on the rampage - again - , giving you the opportunity to suit up with all that fine gadgetry.
The teaser trailer above is not all that revealing – you got to love those LEGO gloves though – but it does look fun.
Check out a much longer video after the jump from earlier this year with LEGO Bats throwing the trash into Arkham in the first place. -Martin Lynch
With the CES 2007 Show just two months away in Las Vegas, the big guns are now lining up their next-gen home entertainment kit to steal an early media lead on their rivals. 
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