Now that a console like PS3 is deeply integrated with Facebook, this might also enable games played across the social network and the console.

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For example, Nintendo internally developed hardware that would allow players to enable 3-D on the GameCube, which was the home console that preceded the Wii.

CNN: Mark Milian

The Wi-Fi also will enable a "tag" mode that will let gamers share information from one console to another without needing to physically link the devices.

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