The PS3 is trailing at a distant third, behind the Xbox 360 and well behind the Wii. We’ve gathered out top ten reasons the PlayStation 3 is failing at the moment.

10: Too many and confusing SKUs.

Since the PS3 was released in 2006, there have been seven official SKUs in production, with differences in everything from the amount of USB ports, to backwards compatibility, to WiFi, to flash card readers and even Super Audio CD support. With so many SKUs, it’s no surprise that gamers are confused.
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Gaming has been increasing in hardware requirements to improve the hardware requirements in use today. And to satisfy that need, it looks like Asus is not letting up, going to the full mile in ensuring that gamers only get the best computer peripherals available in the market today.

The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) was out in full force at CeBIT 2009, showcasing a stellar cast of the most innovative and exciting gaming products and peripherals. Staying true to their promise of delivering the best available technology for uncompromising performance, the ROG was able to enthrall gamers with all-rounded gaming solutions that included: blazingly-fast desktops, “icy-cool” thermal coolers, powerful gaming notebooks and much more.

Among the possible solutions lined up for hardcore gamer consideration include:

1. Rampage II GENE: Atomic in Size, Atomic in Power
2. G-1000HA: Enjoy Pure Power with ASUS G-1000HA
3. Triton 81, Triton 88 and Troy Square: Ultimate CPU Cooling Solutions
4. ROG Matrix Series VGA: Rule Your Game with World’s Most Intelligent Graphics Card
5. ASUS G71Gx: Powerful Mobile Gaming with World’s Fastest Notebook Graphics Processor
6. ASUS ROG CG6190: Latest & Highest Performing Intel X58 Gaming PC
7. ASUS PG Series 120Hz Gaming Monitor: Complete Gaming Pleasure with Lightning-fast Response and Crystal-clear Visual Quality

Depending on the specifications and requirements needed today, you can be sure that ASUS has the solution in their backroom.

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I am something of an alternate history buff.  For those of you that aren’t already familiar with this subgenre of science fiction, let me provide some background.  Alternate history is essentially a “what if” game of history.  Basically, alternate history would ideally take one event in history—the United States’ civil war, World War Two, the Great Depression, or something similar—and change one critical portion of it.  Perhaps Germany wins World War Two, for example. Think how shockingly different the world would be if that had happened.  Or if the Confederate States of America had actually emerged from the United States’ civil war as a full-fledged nation—how different would the world be if the United States were only about half its current size?

That’s exactly the kind of question that Turning Point: Fall of Liberty will ask and attempt to answer.  Specifically, what if Winston Churchill had died, unexpectedly, in 1931?  Double bonus irony points–Churchill was an alternate history author himself, having written an essay for Sir John Squire’s “If It Had Happened Otherwise”.

The extrapolation from that point says that, without Churchill, no one was willing to stand up to Adolf Hitler’s steadily expansionist war machine, and as Hitler goes on his epic-scale land-grab, Great Britain surrenders in 1940.  This gives the Nazis the perfect staging ground for an assault on the United States, and so, they launch.

Stop and think about that for a minute—in 1940.  America didn’t actually get involved in World War Two until nearly 1942.  Before then, there had been lend-lease activities in which the United States supplied other countries with arms and munitions, and that didn’t even start until 1941.  That means that America’s industrial might is probably still trying to shake off the Great Depression, without the impetus of nearly seven hundred billion dollars (at 2007 prices) of goods being produced for use worldwide.  That means, chances are, we’re armed in World War One style while the Germans are coming over in fresh off the line gunboat zeppelins with the entire industrial might of Europe.

Oh, and the Japanese are also taking potshots at California.
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So while tooling around on Miniclip, I found a new game for you guys–Under Arms. And if you’re a fan of the first person shooter, this might be one to try.

In the grandest Wolfenstein tradition, you once again take on a legion of Generic Nazis in the midst of World War II, and you’re out to collect documents scattered throughout a Nazi base.  I know, it sounds pretty similar to a lot of other first person shooters out there.

The plot is flimsy at best, and really only a justification to have you roam around a Nazi base with a variety of weapons blasting anything that walks into frame.  And the controls are a bit twitchy, too–you use your mouse to aim and your keyboard to move around, and the mouse’s aiming can be pretty sensitive.  One slight twitch can send your gun barrel swinging around from one side of the screen to another.

So really, this is not the best of games. But if you’re really fond of first person shooters and you want one for free, then you could probably do a lot worse.

The Guitar Hero news keeps on coming, as punk rockers Rise Against have revealed that they will join the ranks of Motley Crue and Guns n’ Roses as they premiere a new song in Guitar Hero World Tour.

Set for release on March 12, the Rise Against Track pack will premiere “Death Blossoms”, along with “Audience of One” and “Ready to Fall” from their previous albums.

The track pack will go for the usual price of 440 Microsoft points ($5.50), with individual tracks for 160 points ($2) each. More DLC is headed our way this month.

Developer CD Projekt claims that its action-RPG game The Witcher – having sold over 1.2 million copies since its October 2007 release – is now among the 100 best-selling PC games of all time.

"Because of those numbers, The Witcher has jumped onto the list of the 100 bestselling PC games in history," CD Projekt RED marketing coordinator Karol Zajaczkowski wrote.

The 1.2 million figure includes both retail and digital distribution sales.

The morally ambiguous RPG is based off the works of Andrzej Sapkowski. Since its release in 2007, the game saw an enhanced re-release offering better animation and more content, among other things. A rebuilt console version is due out this fall on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Capcom announced today that PlayStation Network/Xbox Live Arcade title Age of Booty will be released to PC today in digital form.

Developed by Certain Affinity, the critically acclaimed game is now available from the official Capcom store for $10; it will also be available on Steam and Direct2Drive soon. A demo is expected sometime next week.

Age of Booty was released on XBLA back in October 2008. It is a RTS that puts players in control of a pirate ship with the goal of strategically capturing port towns across an isometric map.

No one can doubt the power of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, but just how strong is the brand? Analyst Michael Patcher estimates that the downloadable expansion The Lost and Damned will break the 2 million download mark this year.

"Take-Two released the first installment of DLC for GTA in mid-February, and we estimate that the game has been downloaded over 1 million times to date," said Patcher. "By year-end, we think that this figure will likely double, giving us greater confidence that Take-Two can achieve its full-year earnings guidance."

The expansion costs $20 and is exclusive to Xbox 360. It can be bought both offline and online, though it still has to be downloaded through Xbox Live.

Patcher additionally expects the next full release of GTA to outsell GTA 4 by up to 50 percent due to larger hardware install base.

According to this Gamasutra report, Sonic co-creator Hirokazu Yasuhara is working on a new Pac-man game.

"We are in the midst of making Pac-Man come back because his 30th anniversary is in 2010 actually," said Namco Bandai Games America EVP Makoto Iwai. "As a group, we feel like we should do something to make him come back. So, there’s one project that we started working on, and [Yasuhara is] part of it."

Iwai mentioned that the company’s internal development team was split into several groups following the release of Afro Samurai. One of those divisions was tasked with the Pac-man game and is being led by Yasuhara.

One of the growing popular games racking up some heat these days is this new game which you can play on friendsorenemies.com is Fall Out Boy Trail. The game is such a hit that in just a matter of 72 hours after its launch, it had amassed a total of 250,000 fans with the hopes of winning tickets to the band’s upcoming North America Tour titled, “Believers Never Die Part Deux.”

The tour features support acts Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Metro Station and Hey Monday. The “Believers Never Die Part Deux” tour supports the band’s newest release, FOLIE A DEUX, and current single “America’s Suitehearts.”

A parody of the classic educational computer game, Oregon Trail, the Fall Out Boy customized version created especially for FriendsOrEnemies.com features band members Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley and Joe Trohman, as well as Perez Hilton, Barack Obama and several other friends of the band. Players can also stream and purchase music from FOLIE A DEUX as they play, and everyone who successfully navigates their way on the Fall Out Boy Trail will automatically be entered for the chance to win tickets for the “Believers Never Die Part Deux” Tour which kicks off on April 3 in Mesa, Az.

Launched in 2006, FriendsOrEnemies.com (FOE) has become the new backstage pass for music fans and lurkers, giving them the chance to experience what their favorite artists are doing when they’re being the rock stars they are. Everyday FOE is unleashing video footage & photos direct from our VIP’s phones, breaking news and so much more!