Xbox Adapter Confirmed! PS3 Gold!

What kind of tech blog would this be if I won't cover gaming platforms? I mean they are still techie items right? Okay, what I have is a confirmed rumor for the Xbox 360 and a shiny one for the PS3 Slim.

Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter is True!

If you remember last time, I posted about an accidental posting of an Xbox 360 802.11n adapter at Costco's site a few days ago. Well, it seems that it was true after all.

"After the item mysteriously appeared in a UK supermarket this weekend, Microsoft has finally offered a North American release date for the Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter -- and it's right now. Or, rather, "this week," as the announcement puts it. The new version of the official Wi-Fi adapter will retail for the same $99.99 that the first version commanded (though Amazon has it for $87.99 right now, and the old one at $76.49)."

The price was not quite what I expected (we thought it would go on $88) and I think that's the reason why it was pulled in the first place.

24 Karat PS3

For those gamers (or the parents of those gamers) that weren't that quite affected by the recession and those with extremely deep pockets may want to take a look at this one.

"Damn cool gold PS3 Slim, I should say. If you are mad for gold, this 24K goldcoated PS3 Slim edition will surely blow you away and It will eventually cost you a small fortune to own it as the Gold edition is available in limited 5 pieces only!"

No price yet but I'm willing to bet some little princes and princesses are having their butlers line up just to bid on one.

Xbox Adapter confirmed
PS3 Gold Edition 

PS3 Rumors: PS2, Dreamcast, and Motion Controllers

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Sony's getting a lot of leaks these days, besides the Xperia, PS3-related notes are coming out of the woodwork!

PS2 Goes to PSN?

When I reported a few weeks ago that the PS2 backward compatibility won't be coming to the PS3, I felt down as I still have a lot of favorite PS2 games that I wanted to still play. However, it seems that hell has frozen and the PS2 will make a (possible) return to the PS3!

That document, uncovered by French gaming web site Objectif-Sega, notes that "SCEA wants to sell all PS2 titles on PSN," which may indicate a strategy similar to the one Sony has taken with original PlayStation games, released as "PSone Classics." The document appears to be a list of notes from a meeting between Sega of America and Robert Dyer, senior vice president of publisher relations for Sony Computer Entertainment America, dated from early August.

Below are the actual notes pertaining to the PS2.

PS2 emulator for PS3 (confidential)
SCEA wants to sell all PS2 titles on PSN (GTA Vice City/Sonic/etc)

Two lines of notes that has a lot of game nerds crying for joy. Remember that eventhough it's been proposed, Sony still has to approve this.

Dreamcast going to PSN as well?

The second prominent news on this notes is that the Dreamcast titles may also be coming to the Playstation Network:

DC Digital Titles
If we provide a list of DC titles SCEA will let us know which ones they’re interested in having exclusively.
If we give them a long period of exclusivity they’ll give us more marketing support.

Now if we can only see these titles, there may be a chance that Dreamcast fanboys will go crazy!

PS3 Motion Controller Details and Launch Date

Last thing mentioned in the notes is the launch date for the PS3 Motion Controller.

Motion Controller
Spring 2010 launch (March in JP)
No bundle/pricing details yet, should come Sept 1Goes to PS3 and PS3
Plan on selling 4-5MM units WW
SCEA agreed to provide a list of Sega IP that would work well with the motion controller, Virtua Tennis was an example
Motion Controller support allows easy way to differentiate PS3 SKU
Other differentiation opportunities include PSP/PS3 interoperability – think of features that would make users want to buy both PS3 and PSP SKUs.

Wow that's quite a lot of rumors to go on. we'll see how Sony reacts to this in the next few days.

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