With E3 almost here, the news is starting to roll in at a faster pace, of course. Of stuff known so far:

Final Fantasy XIII: Not really a huge surprise that it’ll be on the 360 as well. Even with the 360 doing horribly in Japan, it’s just too big in North America and Europe to be ignored as a source of revenue for major titles, unlike the original Xbox. It’s kind of surreal to think that the 360 is the major console right now and for the near future when it comes to RPGs and the PS3 is rather lacking, when it was the complete opposite in the last generation…

Rock Band 2: 84 new songs, most of which are great, backwards compatibility, and a lot more band flexibility? Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

New Dashboard, Avatars: Eh, whatever. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with the look of the old one, but I guess MS feels like they have to at least try and ride the Wii’s coattails a little bit. I just hope it makes managing all the games and DLC a bit easier, since now you have to deal with lists hundred of entries long.

Installing To The Drive: Loading times haven’t really been a problem for me, but the DVD drive is rather loud and has been a source of glitches in previous units, so this lets us avoid those problems at least. The downside is that I only have a 20GB drive, you can’t provide your own, and MS charges an arm and a leg for the larger sizes.