What’s the best way to sell an almost 5-year-old gaming console, that’s rumored to be replaced sometime soon, but still has some value today? You repackage it as a special limited-edition device of course! And that’s what the folks over at Sony are doing with the aging PlayStation 3. The company has just announced that it will be releasing the “PlayStation 3 NINOKUNI magical edition” for fans of the upcoming fantasy RPG, Ni No Kuni, later this year.
The limited edition console will receive a classy looking coat of pearl paint, and will have the PS3 logo and a character from Ni No Kuni on the top of console in gold. The bundled dual-shock controller will be treated similarly as well, making it one of the most elegant-looking PS3 consoles. It will go on sale in Japan only starting on November 17th for about $443 – so if you plan to get your hands on this limited edition PS3, you better start planning your trip there soon. The Ni No Kuni game will be sold separately for $115.
The presentation of PlayStation 3 was held in Hollywood, in one of the pavilions of Sony Pictures. The console was introduced by the Co-founder of Sony and the father of PlayStation – Ken Kutaragi. Here it has become a common subject on how Sony is going to deal with X-box 360.
The name of the new console has remained the same, only number 3 is added to the end of the name. In fact Sony does not need any additional characters, like 360. PlayStation is a super brand, which in 2004 celebrated its 10th anniversary. PlayStation has sold about 190 million consoles and 2 billion copies of games. By the way, one third of the Sony proceeds are brought by consoles.
During the presentation the “iron characteristics” of PS3 were introduced. The heart of the whole system is CPU Cell, developed jointly by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. Having the size of a pin, it has a high productivity. The basis of this miracle is 64-bit kernel, built on the PowerPC technology and operating at 3.2 GHz frequencies. In the future, the frequency will be increased up to 5 GHz (!). There are 234 million transistors, while its area is only 221 square mm.
The company NVIDIA is responsible for the development of graphics processor for PS3, but X-box 360′s graphics processor develops ATI (note that even here the opposition of two “graphics giants” is clearly seen). It will be called RSX (“Reality Synthesizer”). Its operability is carried out at a frequency of 550 MHz. But the main advantage of PS3 is its capacity, which 2 times exceeds X-box 360′s.
The original gamepad for Free PS3, remotely resembling a boomerang, work on the protocol Bluetooth, and the battery can operate over 24 hours. As you can see from the specifications you can connect up to 7 gamepads.
PS3 will be equipped with a rich set of multimedia features: video chat, Internet access, as well as the opportunity to watch video and listen to music. Separately there was mentioned about an improved version of EyeToy – it is possible that the console can be controlled with the help of gestures. The participants of the presentation were very impressed by the manipulations made before EyeToy with conventional plastic cups, with the help of which they could draw virtual water on a huge screen, and transfuse it from one cup to another.
Sony PLAYSTATION Portable PSP – one of the recognized world leader in the mobile gaming consoles market. Millions of fans of the game selected the psp because of the high-quality of graphics, reliability, simplicity and ability to play virtually anywhere.
A distinctive feature of psp and psp slim & light (even a miniature version of psp) is the graphics quality, comparable to desktop gaming PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 (ps3). It’s no wonder that Sony, the developer of psp, is a recognized world leader in digital television, graphics and gaming applications.
An important quality of psp is its versatility. Tired of psp-games? No problem – go, listen to audio clips, watch videos, go to the internet via the existing Wi-Fi connection, read news, download from the Internet a new psp-game or software for the psp. Up to eight hours of uninterrupted work offline – play in the subway or bus, listen to music over lunch, watch the video in the queue and razvlekate himself at any time, in the most unexpected places! And vice versa – in appropriate circumstances, you can connect the psp-console to your TV and play with high resolution.
So, you have opted for a mobile game console, psp or a psp-slim, or are interested in purchasing the game consoles, for example, ps3, xbox 360, wii. Perhaps you need a game for the psp or software for psp-slim. But how to make the right choice and buy a really high quality product that meets all the requirements? How to protect yourself from cheap imitations, irresponsible vendors, lack of adequate safeguards to repair psp? Answer these questions can be quite simple since numerous websites provide reviews for such cases. For example TestFreaks rated the PSP 6.5 out of 10 .
