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If you are looking for a gift, Sony Playstation 3 will make the recipient ever so grateful to you. Since Sony officially announced the release of Playstation 3 in May 2006, it had fascinated both the young and the old alike since then. This is the third in the Playstation series and one can expect many more features to come. This is also known as the seventh generation video games console in the industry. The structure of Playstation 3 incorporates many successful standards established by the original Playstation and the Sony Playstation 2. Both – Playstation and the Playstation 2 are two consoles that were market leaders until succeeded by later versions. However, Sony Playstation 3 offers the user some excellent new options and features that clearly differentiate Sony Playstation 3 from its predecessors. There is yet to find a matching competition to Sony Playstation 3. At present Sony has relatively unchallenged dominance in the console market.

The exterior design of the Sony Playstation 3 console is similar in size but somewhat squarer than that of the Sony PS2. It can be played in either in a horizontal position or in a vertical position. Placed horizontally on a table, the Playstation 3 is almost like a square. It comes in a casing, which is silvery gray plastic, and it has a smooth, simple aesthetic appearance. Only the disc drawer is plainly visible along its front. The four USB ports are hidden behind a front panel.

The Playstation 3 has the unique distinction of having the cell processor developed by three giants. IBM being the computer giant teamed with two of the electronic market giants Toshiba and Sony to produce the Playstation 3-cell processor. The Playstation 3 has in it eight SPE’s or Synergistic Processing Elements. The eighth Synergistic Processing Element is 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. Interestingly, in the Playstation 3 the 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.

Another co-development by Toshiba and Sony that is seen in the Sony Playstation 3 is that games can be written to DVD or Blue-ray discs (BDs) in the higher density format. The PS3 is backwards compatible meaning all Sony PS2 and its predecessor 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.

Another notable feature in the Playstation 3 is the Bluetooth 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. The Sony PS3 has been manufactured as to be compatible to other modern electronic devices. 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.

Sony dropped a lot of knowledge on us yesterday, at long last replacing rampant speculation with some cold hard facts — and even a name! — for its new PlayStation motion controller. The PlayStation Move is being described as a “platform” and a “virtual console launch” by folks at Sony, and we think they mean it, so prepare for a motion-controlled ad war later this year, as Microsoft and Sony set themselves up for a real three-way fight with Nintendo for your physical living room activity of the gaming variety. While some of the high-level Wii-like functionalities might be obvious, follow us after the break as we walk through the nitty gritty of everything we know so far about Move.

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If you’ve seen a Wii before, you’re already familiar with the most basic concept here. PlayStation Move is a motion controller system, with sensors to detect the player’s movements and translate them into gameplay. There’s a wrist strap, so you’re expected to make some exaggerated movements. Where Move departs from the Wii is that while the Wii has detection of movement (with its built-in accelerometers), pointing (with the sensor bar), or even exact orientation (with that addition of MotionPlus), Move can track its controller precisely within real 3D space, instead of just relative movement based on a previous position. For gameplay this means less of those cute little flicks Wii pros have come so fond of — most gameplay motions require a full and complete movement on Move — but it also means interesting things for augmented reality. Of course, for augmented reality you need a camera, and lucky for Sony it has the PlayStation Eye already on the market. In fact, the Move system is partly based on what the Eye can detect of those cute colored balls at the end of each Move controller, which lets the PlayStation know how far away from the camera the controller is, and map, say, a tennis racket exactly to a user’s hand.

This sounds all well and good, but it would be worthless if Sony hadn’t worked out the potential lag in such a CPU-heavy tracking process. Luckily, they say they’ve got the problem cracked, sending control data with a mere 1 fps delay — equal to that of the DualShock 3.

The Move controller is a very odd-looking affair. It’s almost like if you took a wireless microphone, and then extended the mesh ball past the top of the mic until it was its own separate entity. Then you lit the mesh on fire and started waving the mic around wildly. Alright, analogy gone too far.

The black, matte plastic of the controller will be very familiar to anyone who’s held a DualShock 3 before, and the sense of weight and balance — not too heavy to be cumbersome, not too light as to feel cheap — is right on target as well. The controller is significantly lighter than a Wiimote, which seems like it’ll really help fight fatigue, and we’re guessing that’s mostly to do with the fact that instead of AA batteries the Move controller rocks a rechargeable battery. Of course, with a few of these laying around (the PS3 can support four at once), in addition to your existing DualShocks and maybe a sub-controller or two, we can imagine a burgeoning market for USB charging trees. Of course it’s wireless, based on Bluetooth, and the sub-controller is tether-free as well.

The controller is basically cylindrical, with a slight ergonomic taper in the middle, though thanks to the flattened face buttons area and the trigger notch, it’s easy to keep the controller in its correct orientation. At the end of the controller is the light-up ball, which is actually hollow, incredibly squishy, and built out of some very odd rubbery material. The upshot of the controller’s layout is that your hand should be covering all the hard plastic stuff when you’re playing, with just the squishy ball exposed, so potential injuries have already been slightly mitigated without having to resort to the shame of a Wiimote condom.

That ball serves quite a few purposes. Firstly, it’s tracked by the PlayStation Eye for its X, Y, and Z positioning in 3D space, based on its size and location in the camera field. One thing that helps it be tracked is the fact that it lights up from within, but those lights serve an additional purpose of conveying game info. None of the games we played last night used this feature (picking instead an arbitrary color), but most of them were planning on it. The ball can flash any RGB color, and has a really delightful glow to it. It’s easily the most distinctive bit of the whole setup visually, and expect your less-informed friends to be asking you about “that controller with the funny glowing ball at the end of it” as we near the launch.

Location in 3D space is of doubtless importance, but equally important in motion gaming are the angle, orientation, and acceleration of the controller, and PlayStation Move luckily has those in spades. The Move controller has a three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer and a “terrestrial magnetic field sensor.” We’re not sure what that last thing is, perhaps a compass, but it sounds pretty badass. The upshot of all this is that even if you take the light-up ball off camera, or it’s obscured somehow, the controller still does a good job of figuring out its orientation and movement. A couple of games even have preprogrammed gestures for spin attacks where you literally spin yourself around, or taunts where you place the controller behind your back. In addition to the feedback of the light-up ball there’s also built-in rumble. Poor SIXAXIS never stood a chance.

On the face of the controller are small versions of the standard square / circle / triangle / x face buttons, which are slightly more resistive and clicky than a regular PlayStation controller — they’re clearly designed more for occasionally activating a function than constant mashing. Your thumb primarily rests on a large button in the center with the Move logo inscribed on it. We heard this called the “plunger” by one developer, though that doesn’t seem to be an official title. In games it’s merely denoted by a grey icon in the pill shape of the button. The button has a nice feel to it, and its unique shape means it’s easy to hold down without fatigue — something we’ve had trouble with at times with the Wii’s A button. Below the thumb button and recessed enough to be in no danger of an accidental press is the PlayStation button for bringing up the XMB and syncing the controller with the console. Around back is an analog trigger that is nicely notched and very comfy, and on the front sides are flattened Start and Select buttons.

The “sub-controller” (that’s the official, un-catchy name for it at the moment) is a much more limited affair, thought it’s easily more complicated than its Nunchuck competition on the Wii side when it comes to buttons. Up top there’s a nice, DualShock-style analog stick, below that is a d-pad flanked by replicas of the main controller’s X and O buttons (we’re guessing this will give people some flexibility in control schemes, otherwise it could cause some major headaches if each X or O does something different), and there’s also another PlayStation button. Around back is a second analog trigger more akin to the DualShock’s than the notched one on the main controller, and above that is an analog shoulder button. There are no motion sensors inside the sub-controller, and from what we can tell there’s no rumble either, though we couldn’t get a straight “no” on that.
PlayStation Move first hands-on

Uses

Between the PlayStation Eye, up to four Move controllers, some unnamed quantity of sub-controllers, and your hooligan friends, the combinations and uses are pretty endless. Here are some configurations that are possible off the top of our heads: we’re sure there are others, but this should get your imagination going:

* Single Move controller: This is the most basic setup, and how the controller will be sold as a kit: PlayStation Eye, Move controller, and game.
* Dual Move controllers: We saw a ton of examples of this in videos and in actual games we tested, so prepare to spring for a second Move controller right away. Luckily, many of the dual-controller games seemed to have a mode where you can control them with a single controller, but that sounds pretty sub-optimal.
* Move controller + PlayStation Eye: Obviously everything uses the Eye for detecting motion, but we also saw some games like Move! Party (a working title) and EyePet that rely heavily on the Eye. Uses include capturing your face and mapping it to a character, giving you a 3D prop but otherwise displaying the full video feed, and voice commands (there’s built-in mic on the Eye).
* Move controller + sub-controller: We’ve only seen this demoed with SOCOM 4 so far, and we get the feeling that Sony is going to reserve this more complicated, optional controller for its core gamers. Since there’s no way to track the motion of the sub-controller, movement possibilities are also reduced compared to a dual Move controller setup.
* Move vs. Move, or Dual Move vs. Dual Move: This is where it should get really fun / dangerous. Two people swinging two Move controllers around wildly. We’re guessing four player games will be possible as well with one person holding one Move each, but we didn’t see any demoed.

Setup

Sony says that most games need configuration before each play. Luckily, it’s a pretty painless process, but it also depends on your setup and the game. For instance, some Move games require a “wingspan check” where you hold one controller out to the side with your arm fully extended, and then hold it near your belt. Some dual Move games have this sort of “magnetic” pairing setup, where you place both controllers side by side and point them at the screen, and they rumble as if attracted to one another. For a shooter like SOCOM there’s a screen that lights up one center edge of the screen at a time and asks you to point there. For all games you’re supposed to stand about two or three yards away from the screen and center yourself on the PlayStation Eye. We don’t know if the PlayStation Eye can be placed either above or below the screen, but in all the setups we saw it was placed right above the TV.

Games

In a way, Sony is only ready to show tech demos at this point, to let people know that Move works and how it works, so it’s understandable that the games were pretty scarce and rough around the edges. We’re promised much more to come, and some more blockbuster-style stuff for 2011. Below is a quick rundown of the games we’ve seen:

Move Party (working title): A minigame collection that uses a lot of augmented reality and bizarre situations to delight, entertain, and eventually bore you. Check out Joystiq’s impressions.

Sports Champions (working title): It’s like Wii Sports, but in HD! We didn’t see all the games, but we know that at least table tennis (single Move, multiplayer is possible) a gladiator game (dual or single Move) and archery (dual Move, probably single Move, it’s unclear). Check out Joystiq’s impressions.

SOCOM 4: It’s a FPS, much akin to a traditional Wii FPS control setup, though with a bit more sensitivity for pointing off screen for camera movement. Uses Move controller + sub-controller. Check out Joystiq’s impressions.

TV SuperStars: A terrifying minigame collection involving tons of facemapping that we’re avoiding at all costs. Steer clear of Joystiq’s gallery.

Slider: Some really bizarre, truly Japanese game where an office worker and a rolling deskchair slide improbably through a cityscape. We haven’t seen it in action yet, but we’re dying to. Joystiq has a gallery.

The Shoot: An on-rails shooter using a single Move controller, with a few motion gimmicks like a spin attack. Was not only unimpressive, but also relatively laggy. We’ll be avoiding. Check out Joystiq’s impressions.

Motion Fighter (working title): A very visceral, “gritty” underground boxing game that uses Dual Move controllers. We didn’t get to play this, but the demo we saw on stage was pretty impressive, including putting an opponent in a headlock and punching their face with the mere power of mime. Joystiq has a gallery.

EyePet: A PlayStation Eye game that’s already available in Europe, but will launch in the US with Move, replacing its card-tracking interface with a Move controller. Joystiq has more info.

Brunswick Pro Bowling: We didn’t see this in action, but we can guess how it goes down.

Most of these from what we can tell are slated to launch when PlayStation Move launches this fall. You can follow the rest of Joystiq’s coverage here, and check out our hands-on impressions with the games / controllers here.

Retail plans

So, now that you know what it is, when can you buy it? It’s slated for a “holidays” launch, which could mean any number of things, but we’re guessing Sony’s going to want this out not long after November. Unfortunately, Sony has a pretty bad track record with launching stuff on time; PlayStation Move was originally slated for Spring, for instance. Obviously they “have” to get it out for the holidays with Microsoft’s Natal launching in a similar time frame, but there’s always the danger of a last minute hiccup, and we’re not going to put too much stock in projected dates until it’s really out.

Pricing details are a little more firm, with a sub-$100 kit slated to bring people the core experience of a PlayStation Eye, Move controller and game (we’re guessing Move Party or Sports Champions, though there’s no confirmation of either). There will also be a PS3 bundle with all those elements, some high-profile games will be bundled with Move, and you can of course buy each element separately — perfect for someone who already owns a PlayStation Eye. There isn’t any word on prices for separate components, but that’s going to be a huge factor in this platform’s success — which we’re sure Sony knows as well as anybody. The beauty of Natal is that you buy it and you’re set, no extra peripherals needed, no matter how many players you add.

Last thoughts
In all, what we saw here at GDC is a very early incarnation of PlayStation Move. While we doubt the controller will change before launch, Sony even has disclaimers on its press images saying that “design and specifications are subject to change without notice,” so anything’s possible. All the software, meanwhile, was labeled “pre-alpha,” and we really think they mean it. Nothing was feature complete, most games had lag and frame rate hiccups, and we kept hearing “we might be adding that” when asking about specific features. It was a true tech demo, and we are sincerely impressed by the technology, despite the issues. However, at the end of the day Sony’s going to have to show up for its little battle with Natal with some serious gaming firepower, and tight, refined experiences. There’s a clear learning curve for developers when it comes to motion controlled gaming that was somewhat forgivable with the Wii at launch, but a few years in we’re frankly expecting perfection, no matter how “unfair” that might be. There aren’t enough pieces for our hearts to break into if this turns into another SIXAXIS debacle.

Playstation 3 console is the latest generation of playstation series that launched by Sony Entertainment. You know, playstation 3 has been changed a lot compare to playstation 1 and playstation 2. It is integrated with build in hard disk that allow you to save the game data, music files, photo files into the harddisk.

It is also the only game console that able to act as Bluray disc player in the market now. What is a Bluray Disc player? It is similar to the DVD players that most of us know, just that it use to run Bluray disc.

A piece of bluray disc can save data up to 54 Gigs whereby normal double layer DVD disc can only save data up to 9 Gigs.

In shorts, by having more storage space in the Bluray disc, it can carry 6 times more data than the DVD we use now; which able to contribute high definition effects to the TV pictures that shown on the screen.

You can use the playstation 3 console to watch HD movies if you want to

Before that, you need to have a set of HDTV (either plasma TV or LCD flat screen TV will do, just that LCD is better for your health since it do not spread any radiation effects )and HDMI Cable ( High Definition Multimedia Interface ) to connect from your playstation 3 to your High Definition TV in order to have these HD effects.

Let me explain in a bit more here :-

HD means “high definition”. You know, our TV screen picture is build up by lot of small pixels just like our PC screen. If the TV screen picture is build up by more pixels, the picture will become more clear and sharp; and more pixels will required more storage space that pictures produce by Bluray Disc will be much higher quality compare to DVD disc, because it has more storage space to carry more pixels.

HDTV able to shown all the small pixels in the TV screen and you need HDMI cable to transmit large volume of pixels from your playstation 3 to your HDTV to give you HD effects. Are you getting more clear now?

You might also want to increase your movie or gaming experience by attached a home theater system to your HDTV to enhance the audio effects which can up to 7.1 channels.

You shall buy Pioneer brands seem they are so popular in the market for the high quality sound that they are able to produce.

Which model you shall buy? Of course, higher price contribute higher sound quality. You just need to justify between quality and budget by yourself

Beside Bluray disc player, you can use some model of the playstation 3 to play majority of the playstation 1 and playstation 2 games.

Why I say some model? There are 4 models of playstation 3 which can commonly get in the market :-

1. 20GB Console – have the least harddisk space and unable to connect your playstation 3 to internet.

However, it is integrate with Emotion Engine that allow you to play majority of the playstation 1 and playstation 2 games.

2. 40GB Console & 80 GB Console – can allow your playstation 3 online but unable to play majority of the playstation 1 and playstation 2 games

3. 60 GB console that allow you to play majority of the PS1 and PS2 games and ven online games.

It is better to get 60GB console if this is your first playstation console since there are also quite a few of nice PS1 and PS2 games that worth to play.

Besides, it allow you to play online playstation games. In fact, the major selling point of playstation 3 games are online games that allow you to battle with other hardcore gamers from worldwide.

You will not getting bored with a single game since your opponent have turn into smart humans; and game developers are happy as well since they just need to maintain their game server and no need to worry the pirated copy of the PS3 games to exist.

Why? If you buy the pirated copy, you are unable to play the online game

You can even download the trial version of playstation 3 games and play for free before buying the game. If you not happy with it, just delete it and look into next game

You can get more info about playstation 3 tips from Playstation 3 Tips Section

The PSN, or PlayStation Network, is Sony’s method of giving online access to the PlayStation 3. The service competes directly with Microsoft’s Xbox Live, and as such, the two are frequently compared. The cost of the PlayStation Network is included with the purchase price of the console, and users won’t be required to pay any additional money in order to use the service.

Gaming Over the PlayStation Network

Playing multiplayer games online is done through the PlayStation Network. This process is automatic; so long as you’ve registered with the PlayStation Network, which you’ll be prompted to do the first time you power on your PlayStation 3 and connect it to the Internet, you won’t have to sign into PSN when you want to play a game online. Instead, simply play the game itself and use the menus to navigate to online play.

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Using the PlayStation Network Store for Purchasing Games

One of the most useful features of the PlayStation Network is the PlayStation Store, where you can browse, preview, and purchase games for your PlayStation 3 console. To access the PlayStation Store, simply turn on your PlayStation 3 and scroll over the to the PlayStation Network icon. From here, scroll down to PlayStation Store and press the X button.

From here, you’ll be able browse through a selection of new releases, game demos, add-ons, and other media to enhance your PlayStation experience. On the right of your screen, you’ll see a listing of the most popular PlayStation Store downloads. A menu on the left gives a listing of your options, including New Releases, Games, View All by Title, Demos, Add-Ons, Media, Themes & Avatars, and more. The Demos section offers an extensive listing of playable demos for current PS3 games, as well as upcoming games for the console. The Games section offers full games, ranging from high definition PlayStation 3 exclusives such as WipeOut HD to PlayStation One classics like Final Fantasy VII. Higher budget modern games usually cost between $20 and $30. Older PlayStation One games cost around $10, and sometimes even less. Demos are free.

Using the PlayStation Network Store for Viewing Movies and TV Shows

Using the PSN to rent, purchase, and view movies and TV shows is nearly identical to purchasing and playing games. You’ll access the PlayStation Store in the same way. Look for a tab at the top of the screen labeled Video and select it. From here, you can rent or buy standard definition and high definition movies and stream them directly to your PS3 for storage. Rental movies are available for 24 hours, while purchased movie remain on your hard drive indefinitely. Prices range from $2.99 for an older standard definition movie to $6.50 for a new release in high definition, while movie purchases cost between $9.99 and $14.99.

TV episodes are also available for purchase. For example, you can purchase new episodes of ABC’s Lost immediately after they air at a cost of $1.99 for standard definition or $2.99 for high definition. These episodes are yours to keep on your hard drive.

The PlayStation Network offers a fantastic means of getting your PS3 online and experiencing the best content the system has to offer. With game demos, full games, and high definition movies, the PSN represent a complete entertainment package.

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The PlayStation 3 or PS3 (as has been abbreviated by worldwide PSP gaming enthusiasts). The way players pronounce it PS3, it certainly shows off players’ loads of attitude to take the roughest and the most difficult challenge to win. That is what this PS 3 is all about and no wonder, this is why, PlayStation 3 games have rippled a rage across the world since inception. The entire set up of this PlayStation is a combination of sophisticated hardware, software and additional accessories which hardly lets players feel they are actually out of the console with remote and other accessories in their hand.

PS 3, the third home video gaming console to be created by Sony Computer Entertainment and the next generation PlayStation 2, is known to stimulate loads of excitements in players. There are several features which have pushed it ahead from its prior generation of PlayStation. However, the major advancement brought in PS3 is the integration of online gaming service that is referred as PlayStation Network. Apart from inducing this online gaming facility, Sony has appended more high class technological features including robust multimedia capabilities, connectivity to the PSP (PlayStation Portable) with Blu-ray Disc, a high-definition optical disc format to use as primary medium for storage. The PS 3 is the first PlayStation to be equipped with Blu-ray 2.0. PS 3 is also a strong rival of Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360.

Since the primitive phase of its launch in Japan, on November 11, 2006 around 7 o’clock, it has generated huge sales records which is marked by sale of 81,639 PS3 systems within 24 hours. Later on on November 17, 2006, it arrived in the market of North America. However, The famous PlayStation 3 by the Sony was launched on March 23, 2007 with instant sale of around 600,000 units within first couple of days. The PS 3 was launched with 20GB and 60GB HDD and later on, even an 80 GB version was introduced. Also PS 3 models are available with 2.5” SATA hard disc drives. Players can enhance excitements of game by upgrading with wide array of accessories such as wireless Sixaxis, DualShock 3 controllers, the PlayStation Eye camera, the BD Remote and PlayTV DVB-T tuner/digital video recorder accessory.

Rampant craze for PlayStation 3 is ubiquitous all over the world, however, possessing these gaming widget at convenient bargains has never been feasible enough even though the rage and demands for the game is ever growing. But, there are few and probable ways in which players can manage to find out comparatively cheap PlayStation 3. One way to locate a cheap PlayStation 3 is through local newspapers or classifieds. Through these ads, you may get contacts of those who have bought these PS 3 in bulk quantity and are now willing to sell at reasonable rates as they need cashes. You may strike and negotiate with them to come at a good discounted bargain.

Another route to buy cheap PlayStation 3 is browsing through Internet auction sites. Various auction sites offer discounted prices, hence, you are likely to spot a discounted tag by searching and comparing thoroughly at these websites charging much lower than actual price rates of PlayStation 3. Before you opt for a second hand PS 3, make sure the seller is able to confirm good condition of the entire unit.

At last, one more option is left where you are likely to locate cheaper bargain on PS 3 is through reputed online classifieds websites. These classifieds sites assist visitors with abundance of good deals that they collect from online retail outlets and listings. Moreover, these classifieds do not even charge anything for showing good bargains. However, you must stick to your budget which you have set as per your feasibility and exceeding this range is not advisable as these auction sites do not guarantee the condition of the PlayStation 3. Therefore, be cautious as it is all about your investment and satisfaction.