RUMOR #2: A leaked ad confirms Sony's next-gen console is called the PlayStation 3.
Source: A post on the Gaming Age forums (which were temporarily down at press time).
The official story: Sony is saving its next-generation announcement for its Monday press conference.
What we heard: Currently teaser-ad campaign currently running around the L.A. Convention Center heavily hints that the next PlayStation will be called the PlayStation 3. But someone on the Gaming Age forums claims to have come into possession of an advertisement explicitly naming the console. Underneath a Spartan PlayStation 3 logo, the ad reads "PS3" and "PlayStation 3," with the words "ENTER THE THIRD GENERATION" superimposed over the words "SOON." The ad seems perfectly plausible...except for one detail. It misspells the name of Sony's game division as "Sony Computer Entertainement." Oops.
Bogus or not bogus?: The ad is bogus, but we'd be shocked--SHOCKED--if it was called anything other than the PlayStation 3.