PS3 Systems


The Sony Playstation 3 is a great addition to your home or it will make a great gift for anyone who loves games or a home entertainment enthusiast.  PS3 video games are some of the most graphically intense high definition games of any console.  Playstation3 games have been recognized the world over with-in the gaming industry.  Since Sony officially announced the release of the Playstation 3 in May 2006, it has fascinated everyone from young to the old, from Japan to the US.  This is the third console in the Playstation series and you can expect many more great console in the future.  The Playstation 3 is also known as the seventh generation video games console in the industry.  The features of the Playstation 3 incorporate many successful standards established by the original Playstation and the Sony Playstation 2.  Both the Playstation and the Playstation 2 were two consoles that were leaders in their respective markets until succeeded by later versions.  The Sony Playstation 3 offers the user some excellent new options and features that clearly differentiate Sony Playstation 3 from its predecessors.   There is no matching the Sony Playstation 3 with its Blu-ray features and great graphics.  With the introduction of the revolutionary Nintendo Wii and the initial price of the PS3 has caused Sony to loose some market share, but the PS3 has picked up some steam recently with the price drop.
 Sony PS3 PlayStation 3 Game Console 40gb
Sony PS3 PlayStation 3 Game Console 40gb
$129.00
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The Sony Playstation 3 consoles exterior design is similar in size but somewhat squarer than that of the Sony PS2.  It can be placed in the horizontal position or in a vertical position.  The current versions are the slim versions which are slimmer than the original PS3 consoles.  The Playstation 3 has the unique distinction of having the cell processor developed by three giants in the industry.  IBM being the computer giant teamed up with two of the electronic market giants Toshiba and Sony to produce the Playstation 3-cell processor.  The Playstation 3 has in it eight SPEs or Synergistic Processing Elements.  The eighth Synergistic Processing Elements are for "redundancy" which facilitates the dynamic handing of Sony Playstation 3 multiple operations.  Nvidia together with Sony co-developed the RSX GPU of Playstation 3 to produce the stunning graphics.  The Playstation 3 console comes with a 256MB of XDR RAM for use by the CPU, and also has a 256MB of GDDR3 VRAM for use by the graphics chip which makes it the best in the industry.

Another co-development by Toshiba and Sony that is seen in the Sony Playstation 3 is that games can be written to DVD or Blu-ray discs (BDs) in the higher density format.  The Blu-ray discs allows games and movies to be bigger and therefore more graphically intense.  The PS3 is backwards compatible with all Sony PS2 and the original Playstation games can be played well on it.  Another remarkable feature of Sony PS3 is that it can read and play audio, video, and other files from a range of modern media formats, including CDs, DVDs, and BDs.  The PS3 is not only a game console, but it can stream high definition movies from a computer.  Another great feature of the PS3 is that the online play is free.  Other notable features of the Playstation 3 is the Blutooth facility and the presence of Ethernet ports in its console to enable IEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi communication possibility. This facilitates the Sony PS3 to access internet games, online chats, and download anything while playing games on the console which sets it apart from its main competitor the Xbox 360.  The Sony PS3 has been manufactured to be compatible to other modern electronic devices on the market today.  The console also reads Memory Stick, SD, and Compact Flash memory, providing opportunities for any cross-platform file sharing and other communications between the Sony PS3 and the Playstation Portable systems.  There is always a PS3 sale on at the Game Bundle Shop so search our store today.