When Sony first launched the PS3 in 2006, the PlayStation Network was pretty dismal, with many features which were standard on Microsoft's Xbox 360, launched a year earlier, missing on the PS3. Over three years later now and the PSN has become a feature-heavy online service with one main advantage over Xbox Live - free online play. However, with the constant firmware updates and introduction of new features, the PSN is still criticized for missing some very important features which gamers are screaming for on blogs and forums, and instead adding features which aren't requested or wanted by the consumers. This article is a basic rundown of how I would improve the PlayStation Network, and perhaps a bit of an early guess at a few of the features of the future premium PlayStation Network.

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So ends another year of eGames. The event which ran from Friday 30^th October to November 1^st .This year's expo was a great chance for gamers of all types and people in the industry to come together at the one venue and interact.

Some of the highlights included Ubisoft's Avatar based on the upcoming movie by director of Terminator 2 and Titanic, James Cameron, in which the audience had the chance to view and play on a JVC 3D TV. Having experienced it first hand, I was really impressed not only did it look amazing it gave us a glimpse of what we have to look forward to in the future. Other titles on offer from Ubisoft were Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassins Creed 2.

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