This past weekend was a busy one for the rumor-mongers:
- Has E3 imploded? Reports suggest that the Entertainment Software Association will change venues (again? remember that ill-fated year in Atlanta...) and crack down on admission to reduce the overwhelming size. Couldn't they, like, just charge exhibitors and attendees more? UPDATE: The issue is that the big companies don't see much return from E3, so they're no longer willing to foot the bill. A much smaller (and cheaper) show will serve the same purpose.
- Sony's PS3 will apparently have an achievement system similar to the Xbox 360. They're calling them "entitlements." Guess Sony didn't get where it is today by being original.
- Microsoft isn't afraid of the "me too" game either. (But then we knew that.) Their long-overdue iPod-killing device, dubbed Zune, is expected to play movies, music and most likely some nature of Live Anywhere games - at least on some models. And yes, that really is the name. Sounds like they used the same marketing firm that named the Wii.
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