PSX drop

Sony's PSX machine - essentially a souped-up PlayStation 2 with a hard drive - is still struggling in Japan and has had its RRP cut to less than two-thirds of its original. The device, which can be used as a Digital Video Recorder, has seemingly debunked the convergence theory that assumes punters want one box to cover all their electrical leisure needs. A European launch is unlikely, and I would have thought it would make more sense to wait until PS3 to launch a similarly souped-up "PSX2" alongside that. Hopefully they'll have a bit more luck than Panasonic's ill-fated, but still oddly gorgeous, Q, which was based on Nintendo's Gamecube.