Real news from the virtual world: With the worrisome state of the global economy, it’s not the best time for Sony’s PlayStation 3 — the most expensive of the three home video-game consoles — to be playing catch-up. Sony executives have good reason to be optimistic about 2009, though, and it boils down to one word: software. Sony has the most impressive roster of exclusive games this year — although, to be fair, Microsoft and Nintendo haven’t shown all their cards yet.
