Is Google TV and PS3 a match made in Heaven?

The battle for our television and living rooms is being wage on an intergalactic scale. With Apple and Microsoft's Xbox 360 leading the way and many other players injecting their two cents such as; Slingbox, Roku and Samsung/Yahoo. Now there is a new player on the block, by the name of Google TV. 

Google and Sony's relationship can only be described as very interesting.  With Sony releasing HDTV sets with Google TV and blu-ray players with Google TV.  It may only seem to be inevitable that Google TV may find it's way onto the Sony PS3 sometime next year.

Sony's PS3 as evolved tremendously since it's arrival in 2006.  But Sony still needs a must have App that will make the PS3 even more appealing.  This is where Google TV comes into play. 

Currently there is Torne in Japan, which let's the local populace record live & watch live television shows in HD and watch them from the comfort of the PS3. There may be even trophy integration for Torne.  Europe has PlayTV which is an HDTV/DVR add on unit for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console. It allows the PS3 to act as an HDTV or DTV receiver as well as a digital video recorder (DVR) for recording television programmes to the hard drive for later viewing. The application will only start up with the DVB-T adaptor connected.

Sony is building up 2011 as probably the must significant year for the company from a software standpoint. With some of the most anticipated games coming out the pipeline. Sony is also finding new and unique ways of implementing social networking power of Facebook and Twitter into our gaming experience for 2011.  Also, we cannot forget the push for motion control and 3D which will be exacerbated in 2011.

So to ensure the now famous Sony PS3 slogan " it only does everything" Sony has to by default add Google TV to the PS3.

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Seven Games to Hit PS3 Greatest Hits Library

Great newz for all, Sony has dropped the price of ModNation Racers to $39.99 on the PS3 and to $19.99 on the PSP. Besides that Sony has decided to add seven PlayStation 3 games for inclusion in its Greatest Hits program, knocking the prices of the following titles down to $29.99 along with neat new boxes.

■MAG

■Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

■MotorStorm: Pacific Rift

■Demon's Souls

■Call of Duty: World at War

■Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

■TEKKEN 6

Now if that does not excite you, you are officially half Ghoul.

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PlayStation 3 HDD 320GB DVR Recorder Pack Bundle in Route

Sony is set to unleash a 320GB Sony PS3 with DVR functionilaty called Torne on November 18, 2010 in Japan.

The Torne Bundle pack allow's a prospective PS3 buyers in Japan to make use of the system's digital video recording capabilities. Torne is Sony's answer to Tivo in Japan plus you may have the options to earn trophies while watching TV.  Will we see a Sony 320GB bundled with Googe TV in the near future stateside? Holding breath now............

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Trophies for Watching TV, I think I'm in

Sony's newly announced Torne Digital recording device for the PS3 in Japan may get the PSN Trophies treatment for watching your favorite show. trone debut to some mighty good reviews and impressions. Sony Computer Entertainment's hardware planner, Kiyoto Shibuya has shed some light. The idea that Torne was build around was to create a DVR that mimicked the PS3 in as many ways as possible. those Japanese get to have all the fun, I'm officially jealous after watching the video after the jump.



According to Shibuya: "Devices like these tend to be these complex multipurpose things, but a lot of sets are just too multipurpose for their own good," Shibuya said. "We built this from the ground up to be a uniquely PlayStation product, and I think the results show that limiting your feature set can be a good thing."

The most interesting part of Torne, however, seems to be rumblings about the trophy system Sony has been working on. According to Shibuya, "It's compatible with the PS3 trophy system, and you can get trophies for things like watching final episodes from a lot of TV series, for example." If 24 is your show you may be able to snag a Platinum Trophy for watching all 8 seasons.

You will able to score a Sony Torne if your a lucky resident of Japan March 2010.

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