PS3 Weekend Warrior: Everybody loves the PS3

Good things are happening to the PS3. Sony’s got high hopes for it, of course, and it looks like analysts concur, pegging it as the top dog in the September hardware sales charts. The gamers — the lifeblood of the whole video game industry — are also in for a treat. There’s talk of new games, the impending arrival of Uncharted 2 and the new Ratchet & Clank adventure, and what’s this? Resistance 3?

Good things are happening to the PS3. Sony’s got high hopes for it, of course, and it looks like analysts concur, pegging it as the top dog in the September hardware sales charts. The gamers — the lifeblood of the whole video game industry — are also in for a treat. There’s talk of new games, the impending arrival of Uncharted 2 and the new Ratchet & Clank adventure, and what’s this? Resistance 3?

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The Hardware:

• TGS 09: PS3 Stereoscopic 3D tech in action. Link
• PS3 motion controller to be called Sphere? Link
• Man files suit against Sony for PS3 FW 3.0. Link
• Jack Tretton: where Sony wins, the industry wins. Link
• Analysts: PS3 on top in September. Link

The Games:

• What if: God of War III was an FPS? Link
• Demon’s Souls North American servers to go live at launch. Link
• Sony London says Eight Days, Getaway 3 not abandoned, new IP in the works. Link
• Effortless trophies glitch found in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. Link
• Curt Schilling‘s 38 Studios working on PS3 RPG. Link
• Final Fantasy XIV official site updated – more beasts, more info. Link
• Spotted: Resistance 3 billboarded. Link
• MAG:
  • A massive action preview of MAG. Link
  • 7-Eleven’s got your MAG pre-orders. Link
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time getting two demos. Link
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Collector’s Edition announced. Link
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time has gone gold! Link
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Uncharted 2: Donut and Sir Francis Drake are back! Link
• There will be DLC for Uncharted 2, Naughty Dog spills the beans. Link
• Statistical proof that Uncharted 2 pwns. Link

The Network:

• PSN content now available via Amazon. Link
• PlayStation Store US Update – 10/08/09. Link

– Karl B.