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I was in Kuala Lumpur recently and I had the chance to visit a large Playstation event that was held outside of Times Square. The event was mostly based around Gran Turismo 5 but it also had televisions reserved for Playstation Move titles, Street Fighter/Tekken and some other titles that I didn't pay too much attention to. They also had a small PSP booth.

Concerning GT, there was one screen with 3D capabilities, but it was not accompanied by a racing wheel setup. To the left of that screen, there were about 5 PS3s and 5 regular Bravia LED TVs accompanying them. They all had a racing seat and some sort of gaming cage to hold the wheels and pedals. Two of them had a Driving Force GT and the other three had Logitech G27s. Along with all that they had three race-prepped vehicles (Mitsubishi Evolution X, Subaru Impreza WRX and a Mazda RX8) with Some Gran Turismo branding but not too much to give it a genuine performance car feel as opposed to feeling like they(Sony) went over the top with branding.

The Playstation Move had about 4 televisions crowded with casuals. I assumed they were casuals as there were children with some looking as old as 6, as well as adults who didn't look 'tech-savvy' based on the way help was required often. I don't usually associate teenagers with casual gaming  - as I myself, am a teenager and completely overlooked the possibility of other teens not being like me -  but there were plently that looked like they were having fun.  The games they had set up were: The Sly Collection, The Shoot, Singstar Dance and another game whos name escapes me (My sincere apologies). From what I could tell, some people enjoyed the shoot, but I think the words 'boring and repetitive' may have crossed their minds as it wasn't long between the cycling of turns. I didn't pay much attention to Sly, but children were the main participant. Singstar Dance had the teens and the young adults by storm, they really seemed to enjoy it a lot. Smiling was apparent and lots of laughing from trying to synchronise moves.

Oh, they were also giving away free copys of games, peripherals/accessories and even Playstation 3s.

Sorry about going off topic with the part about Playstation Move, I thought that I may as well have told the whole story.