Play Station Info

Info on Play Station : A Preview

Playstation is the video game console of the seventh generation era and the third in the series of the Playstation. PS is Sonys response against Nintendos Wii and Microsofts Xbox .

The launch will be done on November in the United States and Japan. In Australasia and Europe, the PS will be available in the market on March . The delayed date of release in the Australasian and European regions has been charged to the shortage of blue-ray drive diodes.

Sony announced that the Playstation will be released in two configurations. The first one is the premium version. Units with this configuration come with Blu-ray disc drive, USB ports, Wi-Fi connectivity, memory card readers, and an internal -Gb hard drive. The alternate version, on the other hand, has only a -GB internal hard drive and does not come with Wi-Fi features and memory card readers. However, the user has the option to upgrade the hard drive and connect memory card readers via adapters. The Wi-Fi feature, however, cannot be installed.

With the blu-ray drive, PS users can play movies and game discs. Because a blu-ray disc has a capacity of holding up GB of data, users will not have to want for additional media space.

The portable hard disks provide the system with the required storage space needed for Playstation Network applications, downloads, and other files. For the games, the hard drive will also be used for saving game points.

In the United States, the expected pricing release of the -GB is $ and $ for the -GB. In Japan, the price lists about $ for the -GB. Sony has chosen to set an open price for the Japanese retailers for the -GB model. Meanwhile, for the European release, the -GB and the -GB versions cost $ ad $, respectively. In Australian regions, the premium model will retail for $ while the -GB will retail for $.

The PS console is elegantly designed to feature pleasing lines and curves. The sides of the PS appear to expand outward, hardly enclosing the hardware in it. Moreover, the PS case is outlined with a highly developed cooling system to deal with the heat output released from the system power supply and the Cell processor. Many would expect that because PS consumes much power, the system would sound significantly noisy. But actually, the PS operation is remarkably quiet.

Early models of the Playstation consoles were in silver, white, and black. However, the initial release will only include black. To add an extra touch of sophistication to the design, Sony made use of quality material choices. In official previews of the design, the exterior of the PS console looked to be opaque and glossy black. The system casing, however, appeared to be dark and partially transparent black. And with the curved shape of the console top, users will have to stack the PS at the topmost layer of their equipment. The PS console weighs pounds and its dimensions measures . x . x ..

The PS, just like the other consoles, can sit horizontally or placed vertically on common AV racks. Users of the PS do not have to worry about unintentionally damaging their movie or game discs while changing the position of the console.