Steve is off at the regular Sony Pause press events gathering data; he'll have a bunch more information as soon as he's back (including hands-on reports from a bunch of the hottest upcoming titles like Motorstorm 2, Killzone 2, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty, Blood Siren and Pixel Junk), but he just called to impart some tidbits of information for the rest of us.

* GFK have some big PlayStation 3 numbers for Australia, apparently just cracking the 300,000 mark. This doesn't include the sales from the recent Bravia LCD promotion - Sony's estimate is that there are more than 385,000 PlayStation 3's out there in the wild in Australia. A pretty beefy number especially when you consider that Nintendo just broke the Australian record with 500,000 units.
* PlayStation 3 owners will want to note that on August 4 the Platinum Editions of a bunch of games - including Resistance, Motorstorm, Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted - will be landing, bringing the price down on these to $49.95.
* For those still partying on the PlayStation 2, the new Singstar Amped is en route, offering a more rock-filled version of the massive singing experience (including songs by bands like Faith No More).

You can pick up the plantinum titles on Play asia for 30 bucks.

PS3 will be dominant ...well in the long term anyway :)