I hear the PS3 slim is sorta popular [Joystiq]. Regular readers of the site will know that I am really not down with the Great Sales Game. Too much heat and energy is expended on that fruitless Sox vs. Yankees debate within the gamertariat, if you ask me, and to what avail? So you can root for one soulless moneysucking entity over the other? Fuck that. Anyways, PS3 sales went from around 1k last week to about 150+k this week in Japan. That is notable just because of the sheer amount of PS3 – and cash – that must’ve been flying around last week. I expect 360 sales to get a bump as well due to their own price shuffle, although probably nothing like that. I think they’ve pretty much put a stake in the idea of a slim 360 which is a bummer. (That fackin’ external harddrive is the culprit, I bet.)

The SixthAxis has a head-tracking video that’s been making the rounds, and a good story that ties all the PS Eye info together. The tech is impressive for “mere vision processing” and not the 5D subspace triangulation that Natal does. Gran Turismo 5 is rumoured to be one of the first big mainstream console games with this incorporated so I’l looking forward to trying that out. (If you ask me in the comments how you move your head and look at the screen at the same time, I’m going to come over to our house and punch you in the nuts.)

The Beatles: Rock Band shipped. I haven’t played it yet.

Late last week Valve decided to fly two vocal “boycotters” to their HQ to assuage their concerns over Left 4 Dead [The Escapist]. A brilliant PR move applied to a pair of reactionary internet forum fiends. I think it’s (mostly) smart on Valve’s part, but who do these guys think they were fooling? They are, and were, going to buy whatever Valve decides to shovel at them. And now some of these douchelords will start to agitate for similar treatment. Thanks, Valve.

New Borderlands trailer [GamerSyde]. Lookin’ good.