Technology of Playstation 3

The data shown on the PS3 is very impressive. The heart of a Cell Broadband Engine processor, with a theoretical capacity of 2.18 teraflops approximately twice as high computing power, such as what the XBOX360 owns. Responsible For the impressive graphics is a NVIDIA RSX graphics processor with 550 megahertz clocking. The high computing power of the PlayStation 3 offers game developers thus a technical environment, which the gaming industry can could new structures.

What else can the “miracle box” do?
Based on your extensibility and compatibility, the Playstation 3 is a central home entertainment center. It recognizes DVD’s, CD’s, Blue Ray discs, MP3, MPEG4, WAV, WMA, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, etc … – and all popular video, music and picture formats and is thus an ideal device for family entertainment.

Anyone with a suitable Internet connection can go into digital worlds, download games, or surf the Internet and communicate with people all over the world. Through “Home” – a virtual community can be as in “Second Life” has its own character that generates a customized designer apartment after his taste, and through its own upstream even music from the HDD to a party in virtual space is available.

Games for the PS3

Faster – colorful – loud! The previously released games for the PS3 bring nothing really new, but tried in a new costume. Final Fantasy games such as Need for Speed or get through the impressive intro movies and game graphics for hours of fun, but right novelties such as the launch of the PS1 (Resident Evil) are not there. Full of hope titles like “Resistance – Fall of Man” are promising, but still can not talk about a sales boom. Given the potential of the Playstation 3 in the gaming industry has not yet been fully exploited, which can be found at the following games developments.

Compatibility and expansion

The intention of Sony, in the growing segment of the All-in-one entertainment place is to try to reflect the compatibility of the PS3 all the way down. Equipped with WLAN, Ethernet, USB2 and Bluetooth is the PS3 hardware for all sorts of additives open and offers the basic Linux software applications, even the possibility for the PS3 are owners can do the programming themselves.

Prospects

After an initial euphoria in terms of sales figures (approximately 800,000 units in Europe) is still behind the Playstation3 Nintendo’s WII. Given the premium price of about six hundred dollars, many may still wait before some time with the acquisition of high-tech consoles. If the price is not too high, should monoplane with a lot of caffeine, because the PS3 will make a few sleepless nights.