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Sony has told T3 magazine that total length of time the PS3 will remain on sale will be longer that that of the PS2. Their comment went along the lines of ‘the PS3 won’t celebrate its 2nd birthday in the UK until March 2009, and we’ve always stated that the life-cycle for this generation will be longer than that of previous models – we will see the PS3 sales far outlasting the PS2’. We would estimate that the PS4 won’t be around until 2012, thus leaving the PS3 to remain on sale a long time after its successors launch.

Western Digital has launched the first ever 2TB computer hard drive in the form of the CaviarGreen WD20EADS. The 3.5” drive uses four 500GB platters, has 32MB of onboard cache and a SATA interface. It will go on sale in the UK and Europe this week.

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Marketing research group NPD have released their 2008 software sales figures. They reveal that Guitar Hero World Tour sold double that of chief rival Rock Band 2 at 3.4m sales against 1.7m. Both games are available on the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii platforms.

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Konami has revealed that an all-new downloadable Metal Gear Online mission will be available on January 27. The PS3 exclusive will be available free of charge to all registered users of the game. Contestants are split into two different teams. The first team is tasked with detonating and protecting a bomb it until it explodes, whilst the second team must protect its base and neutralize any nearby planted bombs using a unique spray.

According to news agency Reuters, Sony Corporation is about to announce an annual operating loss of around $1.1 billion, down from a previously estimated $2.2 billion profit. This marks the corporations first loss in 14 years of trading. Factors are cited are weak sales and the impact of a stronger yen on the Japanese giant.

According to London media company VidZone, digital media will be available to download from the PlayStation Network from 4th June this year. This will enable PS3 users to stream music based videos to their PS3 without any cost. The music comes from over 7,500 independent and major music distributors.

According to a thread on the LittleBigWorkshop forums, gamers playing the PS3’s LittleBigPlanet are experiencing a problem that results in some of their saved profile information being deleted. Due to the holiday season, there has been no official word from Sony or the developer. More news on a fix as we get it.

Sales figures in Japan for the week ending 21 December have been released by Media Create. During this crucial period the Sony PS3 sold 39,000 units against the Xbox 360′s 13,000 units – a victory ratio for the PS3 of 3:1. We look forward to see if the figures for other territories match up to these levels. Don’t forget that you can get yourself a free PS3 simply by visiting our friends at Gadgets-4-Free. As soon as the sales figures for other regions are released we’ll bring them to you on these very pages – it’s looking strong for the PS3 so far though.

Futuresource claims that sales of Blu-Ray disc movies are defying the odds and going again the current credit downturn. Jim Bottoms from Futuresource stated that ‘The Blu-ray disc format offers an unparalleled home entertainment experience. We expect Blu-ray to continue its rapid growth, stimulated by falling prices’. Surely this goes some was to vindicate Sony’s decision to include a Blu-ray Player with every PS3 sold throughout the world. Don’t forget that you can get yourself a free PS3 simply by visiting our friends at Gadgets-4-Free, completing an offer and getting a few friends to sign up. Get yourself over there now!

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has today confirmed that the company is currently testing wireless microphones as an add-on to their SingStar game. Release of the mics was hinted at early 2009.