As some retail stores opening midnight, eager gamers have lined up to get their hands on the long-waited Grand Theft Auto IV. However, earlier this week many reports came in both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of GTA IV were experiencing freezing problems, with no comment from Take Two or Rockstar at the moment - Sony just recently did.

The problems keep arising for GTA though. In particular, the PlayStation 3 release is being fingered as more likely to have issues with online play, though with the release so fresh out of the door it’s hard to pass judgment.

Newsflash – The US is currently experiencing a shortage of Nintendo Wii consoles. Okay, so that’s really nothing new, and neither is the fact that Nintendo is still sincerely upset about that fact.

Currently Nintendo is producing around 1.8 million units per month, of which I believe the US hulks more than 40%. In order to compensate for the continuous high demand, they are planning on increasing that number to 2.4 million. Let see how much longer will the Wii consoles stay on the shelves - may be extra 30 minutes?

Source: Gizmodo

The PlayStation 3 has outsold the Xbox 360 and got very close to the Nintendo Wii last month, according to the latest market research.

Wii: 274,000 units
PS3: 269,000 units
xBox 360 : 230,000 units

It might be that consumers are buying the console to get what is often described as the “Best Blu-Ray Player”, and it’s also a game console. With Warner Bros. abandoned HD-DVD and go exclusively to Blu-ray, it looks like shoppers have an easier decision of which format to buy!

Just days after we heard about the 120GB and 160GB PS3 consoles, there goes a slim version of PS3 that was leaked to the World (Internet). This rumor might be true, considering Sony’s past record in slimming down their consoles - starting with the PSX to the PS2 Slim. I’m sure the nano or whatever technology out there could shrink the size but the question is whether Sony will do this, will the size increase the sales?

I wasn’t shocked to see PS2 Slim when it was launched and let’s wait to see about the lightweight PS3. Similarly I don’t really think MacBook Air is absolutely innovative, perhaps the smart multi-touchpad feature is the major differentiation between Air and MacBook.

Source: T3

According to an “inside source” from Engadget, Sony is beefing up the hard drive storage to 120GB and 160GB! Also, it’s introducing the Dual Shock 3 controller - it’s about time. The release date is still a mystery. I’m looking forward to the 160GB PS3 battle with xbox, let see what tricks Bill Gates have under his sleeves.

Source: Engadget

Sony isn’t slowing down even Blu-ray is really gaining grounds after Warners Bro. and Paramount Pictures exclusively go with Blu-ray and abandoned HD-DVD. Here’s a picture of a DualShock3 controller for PS3. It’s available now at Play-Asia.com for $59.90US.

Source: Engadget

Good news for PS3 owners with the brand new 2.10 firmware!

This firmware magically makes DivX and WMV compatible for PS3, whether you play it from HDD or network (DLNA). However, DivX 3.11 are NOT supported, same goes for the DRM WMV, and files over 2GB. The Blu-Ray profile goes up to 1.1.

For Microsoft’s counter-attack, Xbox 360 allowed DivX and Avi recently too, through the latest Xbox LIVE dashboard update.