Games - a communications Channel

Sony's PlayStation is to challenge Microsoft's Xbox in its one undisputed area of dominance - the online world.

The PlayStation 3 will be "network ready" out of the box when it launches in November and will offer a range of services similar to Xbox Live.

Darren Waters covers the story for the BBC.

For years I have been telling the tale of how games on-line are a channel for communication and on-line they are really powerful.