QJ.net has an article about how many PS3’s and Wii’s are being pre-ordered at the Japanese Amazon.com website, and I find it just a tad interesting.

The Wii has more interest than the 60GB PS3, but when you combine the two versions of the PS3 together, the reservations for all PS3’s zooms way ahead of Wii reservations.

Normally I wouldn’t care much, except for the fact that people keep saying that Wii is the dark horse that’s going to take the next-gen console market by surprise. (Although I don’t see how it can be a surprise if everyone’s talking about it.) But according to Amazon, right now the PS3 is what is garnering more interest.

The next-gen console war: what Amazon Japan can see

1UP put together a gigantic 30 minute TGS video. And the conclusion?

Now that we are seeing that they have their shit together. The lineup is there. They have top quality games. The hardware is good. It’s undeniable… Sony delivered.

I couldn’t agree more. For me, TGS was a little predictable, but they demonstrated what was really important. They had many solid, playable, nearly complete games, and the hardware looks great.

The show overall was really good. The commentary was very interesting and they showed lots of gameplay footage that I hadn’t seen elsewhere.

1UP TGS Show

It’s hard to keep up with all the news doing the rounds since TGS ‘06 started so here are a couple of interesting tidbits for you to nibble on:

Sony have apparantley got around 100 PS3 games in development. How many of those are sequels, prequels, re-makes & original IPs?

GamePro has done a list of the top 8 best looking games at TGS and 6 out of the 8 are PS3 games. Not really surprising considering Sony’s massive presence at TGS.

Fans of modding will be pleased to know that UT 2007 will support mods. Modding is very popular on PCs and Epic’s Tim Sweeney has confirmed that you will be able to create new levels & content on PCs then distribute them on to the PS3.

Check out a disappointing looking trailer for Fatal Inertia that lacks the speed famed by the WipEout series. Graphically it impresses but man it’s slow.

Finally there’s an impressive looking multi-player Warhawk video for your viewing pleasure. I’m still not sold on the ground sections though.

It looks as if PS3 boxes will be the same shape as BD boxes but clear instead of blue. You can check out the GT HD & Heavenly Sword box art & boxes here and Eye of Judgement’s box & box art here.

Here’s the Ridge Racer 7 box. You can see the clear plastic case.

SEGA have also released the box art for Full Auto 2: Battlelines which you can see below:

You can also see a collection of box/art images of Ridge Racer 7 here (scroll down), Resistance: Fall of Man box art here, Gundam: Target in Sight here and finally a whole bunch of PS3 games, including F1, MotorStorm & Everybody’s Golf 5, with boxes & box art here.

So what do you think of them?

I don’t like the clear plastic look. Looks a little bland for me. I’d prefer black or blue rather than clear plastic but that’s just me.

Now that TGS is over, we have to have a poll about it! What did you think? As always, vote in the sidebar here at PS3Blog.net.

What did you think of the Tokyo Games Show, 2006?

* Awesome!
* Great games, but no online details were revealed. Grrrr…
* Disappointing.

Last Poll Results:

How excited are you about TGS?

* Seams busting.: 61% (60)
* Seams barely intact.: 8% (8)
* S alright…: 22% (22)
* TGS?: 9% (9)

Total Votes : 99

Sorry guys, I don’t have any updates for you today - my internet has been down almost the whole weekend, and is still down. I’m posting this from work (for shame!).