

Sony fans really are overheating – with there now being plenty of complaints about the temperatures the newly launched PlayStation 4 reaches during normal operation, and more than a little concern about the long-term reliability of the hardware.
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The US launch of Sony’s PlayStation 4 has gone off without major incident and with much in the way fanfare – and, most importantly, sales, with a “million” pre-orders and only “0.4%” broken out of the box…
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Chinese made irons and kettles have reportedly been caught hacking into wireless networks to disseminate spam and viruses.
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Tatami flooring boasting embedded LED lighting has been wowing many Japanese online with its overpowering cyber-wafuu styling.
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Game developers have been quoted as saying the PlayStation 4 is “50% faster” than the Xbox One, and that they will be forced to “castrate” the PS4 versions of multi-platform releases if the Xbox One is not to be utterly humiliated.
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Japanese gamers have condemned Sony for their “excessively late and overpriced” PS4 release, after they announced that Japan will get the console 3 months later than the rest of the world.
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The frosty reception enjoyed by Nintendo’s newly unveiled 2DS hand-held looks to have already frozen over completely, with confirmation that it has only one screen under its casing and somehow still weighs more than the 3DS doing little for its reputation as anything but “joke hardware.”
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Nintendo’s announcement of the 2DS, boasting no 3D, no hinges and a lower price, looks as if it may please parents but has gamers in an uproar – most seeming to be of the opinion that it is another Virtual Boy or even PSP Go.
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Japan’s top BBS 2ch.net is reeling after being hacked, with the credit cards and personal details of tens of thousands of users leaked and their anonymity in tatters, and posting disabled across swathes of the site.
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Sony’s PlayStation 4 has been confirmed for a $399 November 15th release in North America, and a €399 November 29th release in Europe (£349 for those still trapped in the UK), disappointing those who still hoped for an October release – to say nothing of the Japanese, who did not even get a date.
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Microsoft has announced 8 more countries will be “spared” an early release of the increasingly beleaguered Xbox One and will instead have to wait until 2014, with number of nations on track for a 2013 release now down to a mere 13.
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The latest desperate U-turn Microsoft has been forced into in an effort to rescue the Xbox One launch is to rescind its insistence that the console’s camera and microphone be connected at all times for it to work, perhaps in recognition of the fact nobody in their right mind would trust a US company not to turn the entire system over to the NSA as soon as it was launched…
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