Well there you have it: digital sales have outpaced physical sales. For PC games, that is. According to the all-seeing, all-knowing NPD Group, there were 11.7 million digital sales of PC games during the first half of 2010. That compares to 8.2 million physical sales. Clearly Steam and others like it are on the right track.
What’s perhaps just as interesting is that, even though there were more digital sales, physical sales still made publishers more money. Physical sales brought in 57 percent more money than their digital counterparts. That’s probably because you’ll pay more for a PC game at a retail store than you would from a digital distribution service.
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Sony has stealthily released a new firmware for the Playstation 3 earlier tonight. The new software update weighs in at 33.5 MB.

Although Sony did not release notes about firmware 3.42 for the Playstation 3, many users are reporting (via Exophase) that it blocks the USB exploit which previously allowed unsigned code to run on the system. As a result, homebrew devices used for the exploit (such as the PS Freedom, PS Groove and PS Jailbreak) are no longer functional after the update.
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With all those millions of Facebook and iPhone users tending to virtual crops and sharing them with friends, have you ever wondered how their toils stack up against actual real-life farmers?
How does our output of digital (and decidedly less tasty) tomatoes compare with our worldwide production of real tomatoes? And perhaps most importantly, who are these casual croppers, and are they anything like their plow-toting counterparts?

We broke it down by the numbers and put some of these FarmVille trends in perspective for you.

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Two weeks ago you'd have to pay an Australian importer for a specialized USB key. Four days ago open-source software let you roll your own. Today, there's no need for any of that -- you can hack your PS3 with a tethered smartphone. ...

Gamers currently owning or looking to buy an Xbox LIVE subscription better hurry since Microsoft plans to boost the price in a few markets worldwide.
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Lenovo Group, a leading maker of personal computers, is working on an eBox video game console. The console reportedly will feature certain capabilities that are similar to those, found in Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. The company hopes that the video game device will help it to grow its revenue and will also allow to initialize its own service business.
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