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According to the Wall Street Journal, Sony was losing $37.00 on every PS3 sold in December and now, just two months later they only lose $18.00 per PS3. Sony hopes to soon start making a profit on their PS3’s by the year 2011. That is, if they don’t have another price drop on the system.

Hey everybody, another Sunday means another poll, last weeks poll results are in and 370 people voted. Last weeks poll asked where you played games, most of you voted your bedroom with 61% of votes, second place went to the living room with 24% of votes, and third place was the basement with 6% of votes. So MAG and Mass Effect 2 released nearly two weeks ago with Mass Effect 2 getting great ratings and great sales and MAG getting alright ratings and surprisingly good sales. This poll asks if you’ve gotten MAG or Mass Effect 2 yet, or both.

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Next Thursday, February 11th is when you will be able to download the Heavy Rain demo from the PlayStation Store and finally get a glimpse of it. But if you are just dying to get your hands on a demo, you’re in luck. Sony has set up a website called Precinct 52 which is a mini-game asking you questions related to Heavy Rain, answer them correctly and you will get a demo code! Just go to this website and complete all the challenges on that site (the biggest challenge is probably the agonizing initial loading time). Anyway, if you want the answers so you can rush to downloading the demo, they’re right below.

HIGHLIGHT below to see the answers.

• The short cigarette butt from the cigarette butts
• The odd right hand driver picture from the tire tracks
• The diner with a Sphinx picture on it
• The Origami Bird

IMPORTANT NOTE: This demo has been reported of only working on EU PSN accounts ONLY. Though there have been few reports of it working on NA PSN accounts, your best bet is to use a EU PSN account though…

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It should come as no surprise to anyone not living under a rock this Gen that Rockstar’s L. A Noire, once a Sony Exclusive is now confirmed to come to the Xbox 360.  This news has to make PS3 owners who have had to listen to their buddies on the ‘Box gush over how awesome Mass Effect 2 is feel a little heated.  Especially after Final Fantasy went multi-platform.

The title, which will be revealed in full in the next issue of Game Informer, is now confirmed to be coming to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The info comes from Game Informer writer Matthew Kato, who in a comments thread on the magazine’s Web site responded to questions regarding exclusivity.

The title, which will be revealed in full in the next issue of Game Informer, is now confirmed to be coming to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The info comes from Game Informer writer Matthew Kato, who in a comments thread on the magazine’s Web site responded to questions regarding exclusivity.

Ubisoft has just announced that you can expect Splinter Cell: Conviction on April 13th, 2010. After being delayed twice, don’t set your calendars just yet because it may even be delayed a third time. The guys from Ubisoft sent a small stone to IGN with the release date of the game on it, this probably suggests that the release date is “set in stone”. Hopefully, because I want to play this game already!

So if you haven’t seen this game yet, you should probably check out the new trailer above and the one after the break, thanks to Brown856 for getting my attention on this game. This game seems to have an interesting sort of story and is releasing on March 16th, 2010 on PC and 360.

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It’s what you’ve all been waiting for, a one in a lifetime phenomenon hitting the PlayStation Store this week, QORE Episode 21! But seriously, does anybody even but that anymore? Anyway, the list of full content can be found after the break.

Noteworthy Content:

• QORE Episode 21
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo
• Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Demo

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The teaser trailer for the upcoming Fallout game has been released, which gives more questions than answers, but nonetheless, it’s still a pretty cool teaser. Fallout: New Vegas is set to release this Fall on PC, 360 and the PS3.

A lot of good content “across the pond” in this weeks PlayStation Store Update, final fantasy fans will find some particular good content too. There’s also some demos, add-ons, and everything else this week. The list of full content can be found after the break.

Noteworthy Content:

• Final Fantasy VIII PS1 Classic
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo
• inFAMOUS Gigawatt Blades
• A Bunch of Special Offers
  

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SEGA has finally announced exactly what their “Project Needlemouse” really is. Some will be happy to know that Sonic is going back to his roots as Sonic The Hedgehog 4, in HD! They have announced that they will be releasing “Episode 1″ on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Wii Ware, and the PlayStation Store this summer.

If you think this Natal prototype looks a bit familiar (and fugly), you might want to hit the jump for some picture’s of its distant cousins.  Spotted this photo over at joystiq.

**The third picture is for the 80’s babies

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Thanks Private Skittles & Brown856!

SEGA will soon be releasing a new console that uses motion control, only for the UK at the moment, the console will be called the Sega Zone (called the Zone 40 at the moment but soon to be re-branded as the Sega Zone). This system will be in no way intended to compete with the 360, PS3, or Wii but will be a console that will come packaged with 20 classic SEGA Games already in the system. 30 new games will also come with the system and 16 of which can be played with the two motion controllers that are packeged with the device.

The Sega Zone will release in April with all 50 games inside the system and the two motion controllers for about £50 in the UK.

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UPDATE : Chris Priestly from Bioware went onto the companies official forums and said,”The Unreal Engine is cross platform, hence the PS3 code … This was brought up back in Mass Effect 1 days as well,” adding, “Mass Effect is for the PC and Xbox 360.”

Yesterday, CVG contacted EA simply asking if they were considering releasing the game on the PlayStation 3, EA politely responded with “No comment on that one.” In case you don’t know, that line and “we don’t comment on rumors and speculation” are some of the most used lines by gaming companies when they don’t want to say “yes”.

Also, a polish news site named Kikoo claimed that they have found some PC source code suggesting that a PS3 version of the game has been created, you can find the source code after the break. Remember that nothing has been confirmed yet but if EA didn’t just say “no”, that means a PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 is definitely in consideration.

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In a recent interview with IGN, Sony’s Serior Vice President of Marketing, Peter Dille talked about something that’s definitely been on our mind for some time and that’s charging for PSN. Here’s what he had to say:

“It’s been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that’s something we’re looking at. I can confirm that as well. That’s something that we’re actively thinking about. What’s the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it’s something we’re thinking about. “

Dille also added that he is confident that the PS3 will overtake the 360 this generation and also thinks that the PS3 will still be kickin’ in 10 years while the 360 will not, much like the PS2 and original Xbox. He also doesn’t see an entire catalog of PS3 games digitally in the store any time soon because of large file downloads being time-consuming but doesn’t reject more big digital games coming like Burnout. He also adds to expect more to come to Home this year, he said there are 30 partners working on different spaces in Home, he also expects things like more and better content and a better focus on media, not just games in Home.

He also adds that they are working to make PSN better, “making it more user friendly, addressing UI … cool stuff that I’ve seen in the works that hopefully we’ll be able to talk about a little bit more and show you guys and the community. “

There have been many rumors about a Wii HD for quite a while now, even analyst Michael Pachter says he knows its coming. Recently, Nintendo had a quarterly investor Q&A where Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata spoke about their next system after the Wii. Iwata said, “If asked if making the Wii compatible with high definition — just making it compatible with high resolution — will get players throughout the world to buy it, I would of course say, ‘Do you think it would sell with just that? It needs something new.’”

In short, Iwata says he thinks the next Nintendo system would need more than just high-definition. HD would definitively be something great in Nintendo’s next system and besides a hard-drive and good online multiplayer, there are most likely things that will package with the system that will spark many peoples interest much like the Wii did. Maybe that systems main controllers will be vitality sensors (sarcasm).