PS3 to add Net features

The PlayStation 3 enhancements are designed to "draw gamers into Sony's cyberspace community and allow them to share entertainment content they have created, à la YouTube," the New York Times reports. Yet another example of how mobile and device-agnostic the Internet is becoming. With "the centerpiece" of PS3's new features, PlayStation Home, players will be able to create a single gamer's profile or "identity," in essence, which records their achievements in various games. This way gamers can rate or rank each other across the Net. Sounds like a cool, logical addition to the experience but, it also adds the Internet's downside: the fact that people with bad intentions have access to that information too. Then there's the downside of content now accessible through Net-connected videogame consoles and handhelds. CBS4.com Miami reports that, "even though the game systems are not marketed as computers, that's what thy are; specialized computers optimized for graphics and sound, and with the new consoles, the ability to play with other gamers anywhere in the world, via a connection to the Internet.
It's that connection, and the ingenuity of porn site operators, which have made adult images available to young eyes." See also MyFoxColorado.com on this.