The Japanese game market at the moment is all about the handhelds, and because the other two consoles haven't turned up no one has really tuned in yet, so the whole idea of getting first mover advantage has just not happened at all.

It does make sense that it wants to buy a portal site operation as a part of its effort to expand overseas.

It's not their fault in some respects, but there just hasn't been enough software available. It's all about the games, and if they aren't there, there is just absolutely no point.

The key phrase for everybody in this industry at this moment is actually grow the industry as opposed to try and come up with the next million-seller hit for consoles, because that's been done and it's not expanding the market pie.

It's not a gimmick, and it's different.

We need more clarification on what offenses if at all have been committed.

No one is seriously thinking a spring release is realistic any more. If I were Sony, I wouldn't be that worried about releasing as soon as I possibly could.

It's now a full year behind Xbox which is a concern.