Talk about weighty tomes. ECTS week ensures the trade papers, MCV and CTW, double in size. Why? Look, they just do, right? MCV lead with news that Virgin Megastores are set to start another PlayStation price war. The devil-may-care retail giants are apparently planning to stop stocking games that are priced above £34.99. Get them!

Having broken the 20 million barrier for the installed base of PlayStations, Sony are now looking at hitting 35 million across Europe and other PAL territories, according to MCV. Oh, and Sony are set to release official details about PlayStation 2 on September 13. Stuff like price and launch date, and even launch titles. Fan, and moreover, dabeedozee.

The three-week Dreamcast launch delay is not a threat to the machine, according to Sega chief JF Cecillion. "We have to ensure that everything is right from day one and it will be," he told MCV. "Trust me, there is no reason for a new delay. Although, if World War 3 broke out we might have to look at it again." Would you buy a Dreamcast if WW3 broke out? Feedback to the usual address, please.

Nintendo will unveil the 32bit Game Boy at next year's E3, reckon MCV. That's it. Hey, some of you people want the moon on a stick...

CTW (Computer Trade Weekly) is covered with an advertisement for Joytech. A nifty, Union Jack emblazoned joypad is pictured, and the girls on the Joytech stand at ECTS were wearing the same coloured outfits, apparently (!).

CTW lead with news on the Dreamcast delay, and post reaction to it from retailers. No-one's going bonkers, and the chap at HMV was jolly decent about the whole thing. "Obviously it's one of those things that you don't want to happen," HMV's James Cooke told CTW. "The real, long term impact won't be known until the release and as long as that's the only change I'm sure we'll look back on a successful launch."

Good luck Dreamcast, says The Hacker.