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Sony's PlayStation Portable 3000 launched Tuesday, October 14 and it's already delivering hugely impressive numbers overseas. Japanese market tracker Media Create released its hardware sales figures for the week ending October 19, highlighting a nearly 90 percent win for the PSP over the DS.

To be honest, I didn't see this one coming. Certainly not in the opening month of the year and after the holiday rush.

PC gaming gets a bad rap. High-end game rigs cost thousands of dollars. Hardware and driver conflicts plague players. It's too much work just to have some fun. AMD agrees. So do Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft, Dell, Acer, Alienware, and a number of software developers that are finally sitting down at the same table to form the PC Gaming Alliance. Question is: can they do the job?

After 37 days, Microsoft finally issued a statement in response to the strong radio apparently generated by its Xbox 360 game console that was noticed by Morrisville State College's IT group. The 43-word statement read: "Any number of scenarios could account for wireless LAN disruptions in a college dorm environment where several electronic devices operate in close proximity. Xbox 360 complies with all applicable FCC regulations and we have not received reports that would indicate such a problem." Here's our top 10 of other things Microsoft could say about the strange Xbox Wi-Fi signal.

The scoop: Pleo, by Ugobe, about US$350

Video games have occasionally served as a convenient scapegoat for whatever ails youth. But just this week, the normal trickle of blame has become a torrent, with loud proclamations from many quarters that computer games are making kids violent, stupid and sick.

In the wake of last month's hyped-up launch of Halo 3 for the XBox 360, comes the news that the game earned more than US$300 million in sales in its first week. Microsoft has a hit on its hands, and it looks like it will be a strong holiday season for the XBox 360.

The worst kept "secret" in the history of -- well, in the History of the Wii So Far, has finally been confirmed by LucasArts. Sort of. You've been waiting impatiently to use your Wiimote as a lightsaber? According to LucasArts that happy day will finally arrive Spring 2008. Sort of.

Sony CEO Jack Tretton talks about the new PSP, and compares the next-gen consoles to meals -- Wii is a "lollipop", 360 is an "unreliable cook".

We're heading off to Sony's E3 briefing. How will they answer Microsoft's impressive game showing and Nintendo's...well, Nintendo?