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Announcement on Playstation.jp - http://www.playstation.jp/news/2006/pr_060315_ps3. html And some pics from the news conference on Famitsu - http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/03/15/103,11 42401068,50042,0,0.html They're going to do a worldwide simultaneous launch in November...

Go to the official site and click on the whities. The video is hilarious proof of why this product is totally worthless as a translator, yet hilariously awesome.

"Shumi wa nan desuka?"
(What do you like to do?)
"I, like, to, eat!"
(Can you describe it with gestures?)

Disgrace.

Then in the end, the Japanese guy hooks up with a girl with an Italian accent. Hmm, Italy's public education system apparently can teach English, so what's Japan's problem? (Don't answer that.)

The Japanese PSP models also supports German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Russian. You should update yours here: http://www.playstation.jp/psp/update/ud_01.html

First off, I highly doubt that Gran Turismo 4[japanese] is going to be this holidays top seller for the holiday season for Sony. I'll go out on a limb here and predict that the top seller will be GTA: San Andreas.

With that fairly obvious prediction aside, Gran Turismo 4 will be a big seller, but as a December 14 release, Polyphony Digital still has time to work the bugs out of the online side before release. This seems to me to be an inadequate explanation as to why the title isn't going to include the online functionality.

The Playstation BB

It is a broadband hub service. Users can buy / download games, movies, music, and chat / mail eachother.