As the clear leader of the video game industry Sony decided to further expand their success with another next-gen console, the PlayStation 3 which came in 2006. Sony, as they did in previous generations, marketed the PlayStation 3 as a multi-media device. The PlayStation 3 consisted of a Blu-ray player, a hard drive and a built-in wireless network interface. The console also had a multitude of ports to accommodate all sorts of media devices. The one thing that was overlook was the games and we all know that a console's main success comes from it's game library. The initial launch titles were not really great and the main problem was the price of the console started at $600, which was highly expensive. Due to continuous sales of the PlayStation 2, Sony kept earning it's money while PlayStation 3's profits plundered.
Blu-ray drives were not an ideal source for game, with painful loading times in the early games released. Along the years Sony realised it's flaws and started doing mandatory installations beforehand to minimise load times. Some installation were tremendously long and the will to play the games decreases quickly. Another problem came out with the hard drive's limited space because the updates and installations were eating it all away all, leading to consoles with higher HD capacity.
The console itself could output a resolution of 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and full HD 1080p with 2 HDMI ports. It had a cell processor 3.2GHz CPU, with a 550MHz GPU. It's asymmetric design can be placed horizontally or vertically on it's side. With it's elegant curves and shiny looking, monochrome black surface it definitely looks like a beast. In the front there were two touch buttons which consisted of turning the console ON/OFF and ejecting the CD.
A special edition Silver PlayStation 3
The controller initially was a total disaster. There was no sense of innovation and stayed basically the same. It was even worse than the PS2 controller because it lacked vibration capability which was something standard. It' was basically a wireless PS2 controller. Later along the years Sony released a Dual Shock 3 controller which was a slight improvement. Their main advantage was that they could be directly charged by plugging them in the console.
In September 2012 in Tokyo, Sony announced a new versions of the PS3 called the PS3 Super Slim. It was available with either a 250GB or 500GB hard drive. The 250GB one was not available in PAL regions.
PlayStation 3 Commercial
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