Listo para colocar la segunda parte, espero que sea la ultima, aunque creo que sale una tercera, porque no quiero colocar demasiado texto para que la gente pueda leerlo por fragmentos (deteso los posts ultra largos).

"Sony has had one fortunate turn of events. A technology consortium recently reached an agreement to push back enforcement of the ICT, or Image Constraint Token, until as late as 2012. The ICT is Hollywood's latest attempt to thwart the evil pirates who are robbing the companies of billions of dollars in profits - if you believe the studios' questionable numbers. The technology requires that any high-definition 720p/1080i/1080p digital signal to an HD TV needs to pass through an HDMI connector or otherwise it will be downsampled to an analog signal barely above current DVD resolution. You can see, then, why people were calling foul at Sony's decision to drop the HDMI connector from the $500 model of the PlayStation 3.

But it's not over yet. Since the agreement is currently just that and not an addition to Blu-ray's technical specifications, there's a chance that the firms could pull out at some point, making your decision to save $100 cost you dearly by the end of the decade. The timing of the agreement is interesting too. Apparently, we won't have to worry about the ICT until 2012, which is around the time that the next round of consoles would be due.

The second brouhaha to hit the PlayStation 3 this month had less to do with movies and more to do with games - specifically second-hand games. This has long been a source of great frustration to publishers. Essentially, they're not happy that people pass over new, full-priced games for used ones that can save you anywhere from 10 to 50 percent. At issue is that none of the money that stores make off these secondary sales goes to the publishers. The rhetoric has changed to vitriol over the past year or so, and it's no surprise that publishers are eager to find a way to stop second-hand sales. For a while at least it looked like Sony was on to something.

A recent report from out of the UK said that Sony would implement new technology that would stop all second-hand sales by tying games to the machines they were first played on. Essentially, when you walk into a store and hand over your $60 (or whatever no-doubt high price we're going to be faced with for PlayStation 3 games), you would not be buying a game but rather just the right to use the game. (Whether this means Sony would replace damaged discs for free so that you could continue to use your license wasn't touched on). Cue the frenzy."

Ok, decidi dejarlo hasta ahi por ahora, esta tarde (hora surAmerica les coloca la tercera parte, les recuerdo que es un articulo de opinión extraido de ign insider, no se cuantos de ustedes tengan acceso asi que no sabia si colocar el link, pero no se pierde nada:
[url]http://insider.ign.com/articles/710/710596p1.html[/url]

Suerte.