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Advantages of the Sony Play Station 3 - PS3

Updated on December 17, 2009

The launching of Play Station 3 (PS3) was a major event for the gaming industry. Sony's console is considered to be the best of the gaming systems. Sony is also the leader in the gaming industry, with the majority of the game consoles world wide. The PS2 was a huge hit, and most video games are developed for the PS2 platform.

However, Sony PS3 is not the only contender for the crown of best game console. The rivals Nintendo and Microsoft also have very good offers, and they have shown that their systems are very capable. Despite this, it seems that the PS3 will continue the dominance of Sony in this market.

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Advantages of the PS3

There are several advantages for the PS3 when viewed in comparison to the Xbox360 and the Wii. This is a result of the long period of development that took Sony to develop this new game console. Among the advantages, we can list the following:

  • Processing capacity: the PS3 comes with a new processor developed specially for this console. The Cell processor, as it is know, is based on the PowerPC processor by IBM. It has four processors into the same ship, thus it provides much more computational power. The resulting graphs created with the chip are almost life-like. It is a major advance in quality of video games.
  • Extensibility: the PS3 is now extensible, and users can download new software from the Internet. This will allow that bugs be removed by an automatic update.

PS3 availability

The PS3 was launched in the last months, first in Japan, and then in USA and Europe. It is recognized that Sony couldn't meet the demand for the new product, therefore the availability of the PS3 is very limited. Your best bet to get your hands in a PS3 is to search on auction web site, such as eBay. Bellow in this page you can see a small list of available PS3 units been sold in eBay.

The poor availability at this time make the price of PS3 to increase on those auctions. It is not rare to seem some units of the PS3 to sell to as much as $2000.

  • Web access: the connectivity of the PS3 allows users to access the Internet, and use its main functions, such as web browsing, and file sharing.
  • Blue-ray player: Sony championed the development of blue-ray format, and now it provides a Blue-ray player with each PS3. Users will be able to watch movies, access files, and use allfunctionality in the Blue-ray disks. In fact, the PS3 is the cheapest Blue-ray player on the market (and it can do much more than playing movies).
  • Abundance of titles: The PS3 can play most titles for PS2. This means the majority of all game titles for game consoles. It is an strategic advantage for users, who want to continue using theirpreferred games.

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