DeathofU gaming news

Backward compatibility PS3 style
Along with FULL PS2/PS1 backwards compatibility on the PS3 (something XBox 360 severly lacks), Sony is going to offer adapters (for a price) to convert your PS2/PS1 memory cards to a PS3 format. It appears these adapters are one time use kind of things as the files must be copied to the PS3 hard drive.

I guess EA Games with online do not mean online for life?

August 1, 2006 Online Service Shutdown
FIFA Soccer 2005 for PS2
FIFA Soccer 2005 for Xbox
FIFA Soccer 2005 Demo for Xbox
FIFA Soccer 2005 for PC
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2 for PS2
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2 for Xbox
NCAA March Madness 2005 for PS2
NCAA March Madness 2005 for Xbox
NBA LIVE 2005 for Xbox
NBA LIVE 2005 for PC
NBA LIVE 05 for PS2
NBA STREET V3 for PS2
NBA STREET V3 for Xbox
NCAA Football 2005 for PS2
Need for Speed Underground 2 Demo for PC
Need for Speed Underground 2 for PC
Need for Speed Underground 2 for Xbox
NHL 2005 for PS2
NHL 2005 for Xbox
NHL 2005 for PC
Total Club Manager 06 for PS2
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2005 for PS2
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2005 for PC
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004-2005 for PS2
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004-2005 for PC
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004-2005 for Xbox

October 1, 2006 Online Service Shutdown
Madden NFL 2005 for PS2
Madden NFL 2005 for Xbox
Madden NFL 2005 for PC
NFL Street 2: Unleashed for PS2
NFL Street 2: Unleashed for Xbox

Circuit City Violating DMCA for $10. The lawyers our going to make out on this one when the lawsuits come down.

Not content with just ripping you off with their high hardware prices, Circuit City is now robbing you via a DVD transfer service. For $10, you can get one of your precious DVD movies—that you "own"—ripped into iPod format. For $20, they'll do three, and for $30 they'll do five.

This service is all fine for grandma—who can't compute her way out of a wet paper sack—but according to the DMCA, any attempts to circumvent the encoding scheme on DVDs is a big federal, pound-me-in-the-ass no-no. That means The City is breaking DMCA several times a day, transferring customer's videos onto their iPods and other portable media devices.