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The next-gen Sony PS3 Eye couldn’t have been designed any more poor. With sales nose-dropping through America, the very LAST thing Sony needs is an ugly, clunky peripheral. But yet here we are. Displaying exactly that.

The Sony PS3 Eye updates a few of its features, such as an added light sensor to make those low-light situations at least manageable. The frame rate is also improved to allow for better motion sensitive game play, with a QVGA FPS of 120 and a VGA resolution of 60 FPS. The new Eye also comes with EyeCreate to capture audio and video, and adding some crap stock effects. Available this summer for a TBA price. — Andrew Dobrow

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The Inquirer reports that a drunk Nintendo representative was spewing at the mouth about the Wii GPU’s hi-def capability, even though the full potential is yet to be seen. So why DON’T we see the Wii slinging out high definition resolution? Apparently, for two reasons.

The console can’t handle a reasonable frame rate for true HD quality and because the cost would be even higher then it already is for the gaming unit. So this comes down to the Wii being able to handle HD, but just not at par with the competition. Keeping its capability secret is seeming to be part of the business plan. Although this is just a rumor, hackers are sure to go to work on the GPU unit now that the supposed “word” is out. Seems sort of unlikely, but a Wii HD is worth the experimentation. — Andrew Dobrow

Nintendo hides Wii’s HD [The Inquirer, via GWN News]