You’re never going to lose weight while bumbling about in your living room with the Wii Fit (or Slim PS3 for that matter), but perhaps the optimist in you hopes otherwise. Gamercize hopes to combat this problem by allowing you to experience exercise-based gaming in a new manner, where trading in your Wii Fit discs allows you to enjoy a mail-in rebate worth up to $150, alongside a free three month virtual gym membership of their GZ Personal Trainer programme – can’t be bad!

Patented Gamercize interaction is non-intrusive as it allows normal game play while working out on a range of fitness machines, pausing the player from the game if they stop. The minimal interaction allows players to have their mind in the game while their body is in the workout. Gamercize works with every sedentary game, ensuring that it never gets boring. In tests it has been proven six times more engaging than exercise alternatives and four times more energetic than Wii. The GZ Personal Trainer software included in this offer is accessed via the internet or 3G mobile phone. The membership software provides a link to real fitness professionals who help motivate while tracking your calorie burn and progress against key health indicators towards your goals.

Well, what are you waiting for? Get fit on your console!

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Slim PS3 sales in Japan have spiked following the release of Konami’s PES 2010 footy sim, with the Sony comsole taking the top spot for the week ending 8 November with 48,925 units sold.

Meanwhile, PSP sold through 33,784 units during the same period, placing it above Nintendo Wii, although the DS still managed to nudge ahead of its main competitor with 37,421 units sold. As the PSP and PSPgo are listed separately, if you combine thier figures Sony’s handheld comes out on top.

The full sales figures courtesy of Media Create are as follows:

PS3 – 48,925
DSi – 37,421
PSP – 33,784
Wii – 31,810
PSP go – 13,992
DS Lite – 5,515
Xbox 360 – 4,679
PS2 – 2,066

Is your new Slim PS3 looking a little dull? Maybe you miss the shine of the original PS3?

Well despair no more, US company colorware have released a very bright and cheerful range of Slim PS3 consoles, just check out the photo below. Their durable painting process covers not only the casing but also the DualShock controller.

Colorware Painted Slim PS3

The cost is a rather reansonable £149, or you can buy the whole Slim PS3 package from them for $449. Go on, brighten up your PS3 gaming.

The rumours of a 250GB Slim PS3 look to be fairly accurate, with Sony even having such a device officially tested with the Federal Communications Commission. It was just a question of how soon the console would be released.

Such as release could be just around the corner with Engadget publishing a photo of a 250GB PS3 Uncharted 2 bundle. There’s no confirmation from Sony that this bundle is for real but the pictures look pretty convincing to us.

Source: Engadget

Uncharted 2 the game is released on 13 October and with the Tokyo Game Show taking place next week this seems an ideal time to officially announce such a package. We’d expect the bundle to be available on the same day as the game.

Please check back for news of the official confirmation in the coming weeks.

PlayStation 3 sales figures in Japan have dropped from the huge 151,000 we saw in the first week the SLim PS3 was launched back down to a more regular 55,344 consoles. Despite the drop those figures still keep the PS3 ahead of its main rivals the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Here are the full figures courtesy of Media Create

• PlayStation 3 – 55,344
• Wii – 17,568
• Xbox 360 – 7,568
• PlayStation 2 – 2,612

The already impressive Slim PS3 sales since launch will inevitably slow in the next few weeks, although with the holiday season fast approaching it looks as though sales won’t slow down for long. Coming to help push Slim PS3 sales are a raft of Sony-exclusive titles, all scheduled for release before the end of the year. If you want to play these then you need a PlayStation console. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s coming:

Gran Turismo 5
The long awaited diving sim will surely be the hottest game yet on the PS3 when it finally arrives, hopefully later this year. Expect special bundle packs including the console and game so if you’re waiting to but a Slim PS3 then you might be best waiting for this one to arrive.

God of War: Collection
PS2 favourites will be released on the Playstation 3 this autumn and with enhancements such as 720p resolution, 60 frames per second support and trophy implementation there will be something to add to the experience if you’ve already played the games on the previous generation consoles.

Demon’s Souls
This already released in Japan role player promises to provide a deep and enthralling world filled with some seriously scary creatures. With a relative lack of RP games on the PlayStation platform we’d expect this to be a big seller.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Although it is based on the Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden II the PS3 version promises to contain plenty of exclusive content such as new bosses, game play alterations and all-new playable characters. You can also expect improved graphics and a two player online gaming option.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
As a successor to the popular Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune this exclusive should be  worthwhile improvement to the original. As well as improved graphics players can expect various online modes to be introduced.

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Another addition to the popular Ratchet & Clank series should always be a big seller. With this release expect far features more varied game play including some exciting new space exploring segments. Another great Slim PS3 exclusive to look forward to.

French website JeuxVideo have clamed that a new Gran Turismo 5 bundle containing the Slim PS3 and the game will be launched on 4 December 2009. Their evidence is that they have an SKU (product code) for the package.

Nothing has been confirmed by Sony, but considering their denial of the Slim PS3 we’re not too surprised by this.

Whether it’s true or not we don’t know, but as GT5 will probably be the PlayStation 3’s biggest game and with a release date before the holiday season, we’re pretty sure Sony won’t miss an opportunity to put out such a bundle.

Source: product-reviews.net

Since the PS3 Slim started appearing in the retail chain around 25 August, sales of the revised console have rocketed by a huge 104% to 75,931 units sold that week, up from 37,167 consoles the week prior to the new model being released. This doesn’t tell the whole story however as the Slim PS3 wasn’t fully available until the week after these figures were collected meaning that the next set of figures will probably see an even larger jump in sales.

During the same period the Xbox 360 also saw a sales increase of 32% where it sold 74,689 units compared to 56,448 the previous week. An impressive total considering that it only had a price cut to boost sales rather than a new console.

Devoid of either a new console or a price cut Nintendo suffered a 4% drop in the same period, although it still shifted 74,245 units. Perhaps the most remarkable statistic from these figures for us is how close in sales all of the consoles are, with less than 2,000 units covering the best to worst performers.

Sony’s new Slim PS3 console in already in the shops! Online retailers Amazon.com and GameStop are already showing them as in stock whilst some high street stores including Best Buy are reported to already have them on the shelves.

It remains to be seen what the level of demand will be like for the console and just how many units Sony have managed to get out into the retail chain.

Retailer GameStop is allowing customers to pre-order the new Slim PS3 online and in its stores whilst giving an indicated shipping date of 25 August. This is obviously several days before the consoles actual release date of 1 September so anyone ordering now could well receive their new slimmed down PS3 a good few days prior to availability on the high street.