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An assortment of tidbits and thoughts from the showroom floor at E3 today:

* I spent a good deal of time at EA’s booth this morning. I got to play the upcoming “Harry Potter” game, “Grand Slam Tennis” and a little bit of “My Sims: Agents.”

There are elements of “Harry Potter” that are fun. The dueling game, where you hold a wand and square off against other Hogwarts students is particularly enjoyable. Indeed, for my part, EA could have built a whole game just around wand duels.

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The games industry frequently surprises me … and not in a good way.

One of the most obvious things about the current console cycle has been that the Wii is the dominant platform. To date, Nintendo, has sold 50 million Wiis worldwide. In contrast, Sony and Microsoft have sold about 52 million PlayStation 3s and Xbox 360s — combined.

At least in the United States, the Wii’s lead on the other two consoles has just kept getting bigger. In recent months, the Wii has typically outsold both the PlayStation 3 and the 360 combined — by a wide margin. Read the rest of this entry »