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LOS ANGELES/TOKYO (Reuters) - Video gamers are raring to get their hands on new titles this holiday season with the long-awaited debut of Nintendo Co. Ltd. s (7974.

OS: , , ) Wii and Sony Corp. s (6758.T: , , ) (SNE.

N: , , ) PlayStation 3. TORONTO (Reuters) - Soaring demand for games, video and music will stretch the Internet to its limits, Canada s Nortel Networks Corp. says, and it expects service providers will make big investments in its technology to avoid a crunch.

LOS ANGELES/TOKYO (Reuters) - Video gamers are raring to get their hands on new titles this holiday season with the long-awaited debut of Nintendo Co. Ltd. s Wii and Sony Corp.

s PlayStation 3.


Those who were concerned that they might be forced to play mainly PS2 games on their new premium price PS3 console can stop worrying. Sony has revealed that there will be at least 21 games available in the US on launch day November 17.

In addition the provision of free online gaming may be Sony s ace card.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two new video game consoles, Sony Corp. s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Co.

Ltd. s Wii, are expected to top holiday wish lists as they debut in mid-November, but fans may have trouble buying them. Terra Soft Solutions is to port its PowerPC-based Yellow Dog Linux distribution over to the PlayStation 3, the company claimed today.

PS3 support will come courtesy of YDL 5.0, which is due to ship mid-November - as is the PS3. TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp.

(6758.T: , , ) said on Tuesday it may change its full-year earnings forecast because of costly recalls of its batteries and a price cut for its PlayStation 3 video game console.

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