A similar idea to Dell’s IdeaStorm. Unsurprisingly, cross-game voice chat is at the top of the list.

Now with an added “sub-controller”.

$211 million in net income for Networked Products & Services (VAIO PCs, video games).

In the game business, despite a decrease in PS2 hardware and software unit sales, and PSP hardware unit sales, profitability was relatively unchanged mainly due to an improvement in the cost of PS3 hardware.

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Edge Online has posted an entire reprint of the SEGA/Sony PS3 confidential notes found on SEGAs FTP server.

A Microsoft Word document found on SEGA Americas FTP site, if genuine, reveals a few details about Sony’s upcoming plans for the PlayStation 3. One of these plans seems to be offering most, if not all PS2 titles for purchase on the PlayStation Network – no wonder backwards compatibility isn’t available on the PS3 Slim.

(via Gamesindustry.biz)

ComputerAndVideoGames.com reports that the PSN Store will be offline this afternoon – around the same time as the Sony press conference at GamesCom 2009 is set to take place. Apart from a rumored hardware refresh of the PS3, this news indicates that we could see some significant software/content updates as well.