From gamesindustry.biz:
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc has removed six listings for PlayStation 3 titles from its Japanese website, PlayStation.jp, and has stripped all mention of the PlayStation 3 console from the forthcoming releases page.

The titles, including new Everybody's Golf, Gran Turismo and Genji games, were originally listed alongside PSP and PS2 releases for 2006, as we reported yesterday, and represented the first confirmed PS3 titles from SCEJ.

However, the listings - which merely showed titles for the games, and gave no indication of whether they were set to be launch titles or not - have now been pulled without explanation - presumably indicating that they weren't meant to be revealed this early on.
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GamersReports.com writes that according to a post by the lead tester for Guerrilla games on the official playstation forums , it won't be long now before we finally get some real Playstation 3 news.

From joystiq.com:
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In a survey sent out by Sony, they reassure recipients, "We are constantly looking to improve our online service so that it meets all of your expectations." They follow with a list of 33 questions, many asking for responses to features identical to those on Microsoft's lauded Xbox Live service.

While Sony insisted the PlayStation 2's publisher-run model for online play was the best solution, these questions confirm that they're considering targeting Microsoft's service with a much more robust online package. Some features are above and beyond what Microsoft currently offer, including USB keyboard support, screenshot support, a web browser, and EyeToy compatible lobbies.
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From next-gen.biz:
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Andy Parsons, senior vice president of Pioneer Electronics told Digital Bits, "The PS3 is going to represent an almost overnight population explosion of Blu-ray capable players. That's not something that's really happened before. The PlayStation 2 helped [DVD], because that came well down the road after DVD launched, but it did help to get a lot of players out there. But this is something new."

He added, "The PS3 is launching right at the forefront of Blu-ray. If Sony ships the kind of numbers we expect them to this year, that will provide a very rapid growth of players out there hungry for titles. We've been hearing between four and seven million units could ship."

The problem with these numbers is that neither Parsons nor Digital Bits established the time frame or geography involved. It looks likely to be a global figure, but does it mean in a launch period, or over the first year?
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From gamesindustry.biz:
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The first batch of first-party PlayStation 3 titles has been confirmed by a listing on Sony's Japanese website, PlayStation.jp, with six titles being named for the next-generation system.
None of the listings have been given confirmed dates, and all are marked as being working titles only - but this still represents the first time that Sony has gone this far in officially confirming games for the system, which is expected to launch later this year.

The six titles are Genji 2 (Action), Angel Rings (RPG), Monster Carnival (Action RPG), Everybody's Golf 5 (Sport), Gran Turismo Series (Racing) and The Eye of Judgement (genre TBA).
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From next-gen.biz:
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Analysts are lining up to declare that PlayStation 3's arrival won't be until the fall, although one has gone as far as tagging numbers to the launch.

Quoted in Interactive Investor today, Evan Wilson of Pacific Crest Securities, said that PS3 will "most likely" be released in November with 1 million units [in North-America], followed by a European launch in March 2007. He said the Japanese launch would also be backed by about a million units this summer.

Despite speculation of high launch prices - some quoting a ludicrously high $700 mark - these numbers will certainly lead to severe shortages. Sony will struggle to meet retail demand with a million units at launch, and will face the same kind of criticism leveled at Microsoft if it fails to back the launch up with regular pre-Holiday shipments.
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From eurogamer.net:
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This week's Famitsu feeding frenzy reveals that Tecmo's going to be announcing some PlayStation 3 games soon.

Quite what we can expect isn't alluded to. Tecmo's Yoshimi Yasuda merely says, "We will announce titles... shortly," in what's described by IGN as a short one-page interview. Apparently Tecmo wants to time the announcements properly.
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From ps3focus.com:
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Sony President Ken Kutaragi has made bold statements regarding Sony's Playstation 3 and Blu-ray format at CES 2006.

Speaking to Japanese publication Mycom PC Web, Kutaragi challenged the PS3's competitors and reinforced Sony's current position as market leader, saying,
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"I can produce the PS3 anytime. We are in a position to put pressure [on others]."

Kutaragi also addressed the issue of a format war between Sony-supported Blu-ray disc and rival HD DVD format. The Sony President believes that Blu-ray is technically the superior format, commenting,
"BD is technologically right. I hope the purely technologically innovative one wins."
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