Interesting news has began to come out recently. Firstly, Nintendo has announced that as of November 25th UK gamers can play their DS online in over 7,500 different locations, including their own home on a wireless network. A USB connection device will also be released (we assume on the same day) that allows you to share your computers connection to play online, assuming you have a broadband connection.

Meanwhile, Sony has revealed that their plan for the PlayStation 3's online system is to not have a plan at all. Like the PS2, it will be up to the publishers to implement all online capabilities, and will not run on a universal system. Take that how you will - personally, I take it as a bullet fired point blank into a foot.