Analyst: “I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4″ - News at GameSpot:

Nomura Securities’ Yuta Sakurai believes the PS3 will be Sony’s last console; sees Hirai appointment as Sega-like shift to software.

Sony shuffles senior execs - News at GameSpot:

With the PS3 launch behind the company, Ken Kutaragi, Kaz Hirai, Jack Tretton, Akira Sato, and David Reeves are all moving into new roles.

Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today, Video Game and Industry News - Microsoft: We’re Still on for 10M:

Microsoft says it’s confident of hitting 10 million Xbox 360s sold by the end of this year.

Halo 3 beta entry begins December 4 - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot:

Microsoft will open up registration for multiplayer testing of Halo 3 in early December

www.GamersReports.com - Sony Hits Only Half Of PS3 Sales Target Due To Shortages:

According to EA’s Larry Probst, it seems the rumor that Sony only shipped 200k PS3 units is now official. According to Reuters and the EA CEO, Sony met only half its sales goal for the PS3 launch due to the simple fact that there were not enough units to sell.

www.GamersReports.com - New Halo 3 Trailer Next Monday, Official Info & Screen:

The new Halo 3 teaser trailer will be debuting on XBox.com next Monday in the US during Monday NIght Football and on Tuesday the trailer will be aired on XBox.com. Click read more for the full scheduling info and a screen from the trailer.

Gears of War VGA bug fixed, set aside for future update - Joystiq:

Mark Rein dropped into the Epic Forums last night to let VGA cables users know that the Gears of War aspect ratio issue has been fixed. Gamers playing on non-widescreen monitors have experienced squashed aspect ratios since the game shipped. A patch will be included in the next Gears update, which has yet to be scheduled. Rein added that Epic is still working on additional features for the update.

St. Paul Pioneer Press | 11/22/2006 | KDWB callers willing to give up baby for PS3:

“We got more calls than we could handle,” said Ryan, who referred to the practical joke as a “social experiment.” “They were lined up willing to turn their kids over to strangers for a freakin’ PlayStation.”

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MAXCONSOLE - Nintendo Wii - TIME ASIA - Miyamoto, a true hero:

Time Asia has featured Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto as part of a ‘60 years of Asian heroes’ feature. Miyamoto, 53, has been responsible for sosme of the most loved games out there including Donkey Kong and Zelda.

MAXCONSOLE - Playstation 3 - Kid Claims PS3 Burnt House:

A young kid is claiming that the PS3 has burnt half of his down. How does he know it was the PS3? Well the area were his PS3 was sitting prior to the fire was the worst affected.

MAXCONSOLE - XBOX 360 - Processor Comparison reveals a tie between Xbox 360 and PS3:

An advanced member of the AVS forums has written up a large report on the capabilities of the PS3 and Xbox 360. He comes to the conclusion that it seems unlikely that a PS3 game application could do better than one on the 360.

www.GamersReports.com - PS3 Vs. Xbox360 Graphics Comparison:

1up is currently running a feature which compares the graphics of some of the multi-platform next-gen games on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox360. The article basically questions the value of the Cell processor becuase most of the comparisons are equal, at best. In fact, a lot of times the Xbox360 graphics win out.

Rare’s latest title, Viva Pinata, looks to have reopened the now-infamous — and somewhat tiresome — crab joke from Sony’s E3 2006 press conference. A GameSpot forum member stumbled upon this during his game time and took a picture for everyone’s amusement.

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MAXCONSOLE - XBOX 360 - Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 and Wii? MS Think So!:

“Retailers had a great four-day run and pretty much everything is gone. Sony dropped the ball and Nintendo didn’t do that much better,” MSN quotes one Canadian retailer as saying. “They over-promised and under delivered in terms of the quantity of Wii systems that were available. Sony on the other hand warned everyone that supplies would be severely limited. Microsoft was the big winner. They had lots of systems and they had them priced right with game bundles that gamers were interested in.”

11,500 Final Fantasy Accounts Terminated » DigitalBattle:

Sqaure Enix have terminated 11,500 Final Fantasy 11 accounts for the following three reasons: * Use of third party tools that allow character movement. * Use of certain tools that circumvent game mechanics. * Real time money trading.