Sony PlayStation 3: Why It Is the Most Anticipated Gaming Console in the Market Today



Sony is dubbed as one of the leading manufacturers of gaming consoles in the market today. The PlayStation and PlayStation 2 is one of the most popular gaming consoles in the market and many households all over the world own at least one of these gaming consoles.

Besides, with stunning and realistic graphics and sound technology, who wouldn’t want to play with it? The PlayStation and PlayStation 2 took the world by storm upon its release and many people are still buying these gaming consoles today, because of its latest graphics and sound technology that will definitely make you feel as if you are really part of the game itself. Aside from that, PlayStation and PlayStation 2 also have a wide library of popular gaming titles that will surely get you glued to your seats for hours.

Today, the widely anticipated gaming console, also developed by Sony, named PlayStation 3 is already very popular even before its official release in the market. It is a fact that many people are now making preorders or reservations to ensure them ownership of this widely eagerly awaited console to be released on November 2006 in Japan and North America, and March 2007 in Europe and Australasia. You may now ask what sets the PlayStation 3 apart from its predecessors and other gaming console in the market today.

PlayStation 3 is integrated with the latest in graphics and sound technology that will give gamers one of the best gaming experiences of their lives. Sony promises that PlayStation 3 will change the way people will look at gaming consoles of the past. This particular gaming console has features that are not found on any other gaming consoles released in the market before.

First of all, PlayStation 3 has two different configurations, the basic and the premium configuration. Here are some of the features that PlayStation 3 has and why this particular gaming console is widely anticipated by many people worldwide:

Basic Configuration:

• Cell Broadband Engine CPU
• RSX GPU
• Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
• 20GB Upgradeable HDD
• 4 USB 2.0
• Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
• Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
• Wireless Bluetooth Controllers
• Blu-ray/DVD/CD Drive

Premium Configuration:

• Cell Broadband Engine CPU
• RSX GPU
• Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
• 60GB Upgradeable HDD
• 4 USB 2.0
• Memory Stick/SD/CompactFlash Slots
• Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
• Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
• IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
• Wireless Bluetooth Controllers
• Blu-ray/DVD/CD Drive

As you can see, the difference between the two configurations is that the premium configuration has more features, such as built-in Wi-Fi, larger HDD capacity, and has Flash Card readers.

You will also see that it has the Blu-ray disc drive. This particular disk drive is the next-generation in media format that will deliver high definition entertainment. The Blu-ray disc is very much like when the DVD disc was compared to CDs. Today, the Blu-ray drive is integrated in the PlayStation 3 to let you experience high definition gaming that is not found on any other gaming consoles available in the market today.

In other words, Blu-ray Disc will allow game developers to express their creativity more by allowing more storage space for game data. This means more realism and also more quality for your Blu-ray games.

So, if you are considering buying a new gaming console, you would want to consider PlayStation 3 as one of your choices when you go shopping. Aside from the sleek-looking outer shell, it will also give you a quality gaming experience that you have never experienced before from other gaming consoles that were introduced then.




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