Over the two month or so from the beginning of 2008, the three major game platforms (Sony, PSP and Nintendo) are seeing the release of a big action games for at least one of their game platforms:

God Of War - Chains of Olympus, released by Sony for PSP: March 4, 2008 (Trailer HERE)

Devil May Cry 4 released by Capcom for Xbox February 5, 2008 (Trailer HERE)

Samurai Warriors: Katana Released by KOEI for Nintendo Wii in January, 2008 (Trailer HERE)

But for my money, the games that have been released for the Wii have not really taken advantage of the game technology of the Wii so the poorer graphics and story line just does not cut it. My initial enthusiasm to add a Wii to my game platforms has waned in the light of the game quality I see.

Perhaps Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will finally move the Wii platform into games that really excite the imagination and challenge the senses! Produced by LucasArts for Nintendo Wii, the release date for the Nintendo platforms are still vague and given the competition from other leading platforms (the game will be released for Xbox (July), PSP (April), PS2(?) and PS3(July) Nintendo will have its work cut out beating these platforms even with the bonuses that the Wii offer to players.

Its a shame, really, because the Wii does add a fantastic new dimension to game play. But unless Nintendo can get games developed that really take advantage of their system along with sophisticated graphics then they are likely to be beaten at their own game as Sony and Microsoft develop their own “wii” sytsem!

During its press conference at the Leipzig Games Convention Sony has announced that the new version of their PlayStation Portable, the PSP Slim and Lite, will be available on September 5th for 169,99 euro in Europe. This new PlayStation Portable is 33% lighter and 19% thinner than the ‘old’ model of the PSP. The best thing about this new PSP is that it has a video-out port that allows you to connect your PSP with your TV to check out your favorite TV shows.The PlayStation Portable Slim&Lite will be available in Piano Black, Ice Silver and Ceramic White. There will also be a limited edition Spider-Man Red and Black PSP bundled with the game Spider-Man 2 and the Blu-Ray movie of Spider-Man 3. Simpsons fans should get the limited edition PSP Simpsons Yellow bundle which comes off course with the new Simpsons game. Both of these packs will be available in limited edition for 199,99 euro.

Sony has announced on its E3 2007 pressroom that the Slimline PlayStation Portable system will hit Japan on September 20th for ¥19,800 (US $162). Colors enough to choose from: Ceramic White, Rose Pink, Lavender Purble, Felicia Blue, Piano Black, Ice Silver. How beautiful are those names?

On September 20th Sony will release its Slimline PlayStation Portable in Japan, but that’s not the only new piece of hardware Sony will be releasing in Japan. Today Sony Japan has announced that they will release a 1seg add-on digital TV tuner for the PlayStation Portable selling for ¥6,980 ($57). Too bad those 1seg thingies have signal dropouts and have problems catching some TV channels in trains or cars.