| On November 16th, Playstation 3 celebrates its | | | | more data than traditional game discs. This will |
| first birthday. The newest addition to the | | | | provide for video games that boast incredibly |
| Playstation family officially became one year old, | | | | complex game playing graphics. Blu-Ray |
| and despite an admittedly slow start, business is | | | | technology will likely aide in bringing back a number |
| definitely on the rise. According to a report by | | | | of forever-favorite classic video game titles. |
| GameDaily, PS3 sales has reach 5.6 million units | | | | Playstation fans and current console owners don't |
| worldwide, out of which 2 million of those sales | | | | have to go out and purchase an entirely new |
| came in North America. As part of Sony's | | | | collection of games, since the PS3 is equipped to |
| strategy to increase their market share, it plans | | | | play - not only Playstation games - but PS2 |
| to release around 160 new Playsyation 3 title | | | | games as well, leveraging on a vast collection of |
| before the end of the fiscal year. | | | | games already in the market. |
| But when it comes to us, the game console | | | | Gamers are now able to connect with other |
| users, a fair question to ask is; is the PS3 still | | | | game-playing fanatics online in addition to being |
| worth for me? | | | | able to download quite a bit of content from the |
| There are many features to the Playstation 3 | | | | Internet, something that Microsoft has a strong |
| that have many saying "I want it" With its | | | | hand with its Xbox Live. This multiplayer game |
| Boasting Blu-Ray and up to a 60 Gigabyte of hard | | | | playing capability makes the PS3 appealing to large |
| drive, PS3 is moving ahead to become the gaming | | | | numbers of video game playing fanatics by |
| system that will be sitting on the top of the video | | | | allowing video game systems to be able to |
| game world for years to come. However, some | | | | compete with a huge majority of personal |
| don't believe all the hype. | | | | computer games. |
| The Playstation family of game consoles began its | | | | You have the option of paying out less money |
| dominance of the video game world in 1994 with | | | | with the base Playstation 3 model, although you |
| the Playstation 2 following suit in the year 2000. In | | | | get fewer features. A 20 Gigabyte model of the |
| the early 2006, Sony reported that the end of | | | | PS3 can be had for around $500 while the often |
| the Playstation 2 was at hand and with the launch | | | | harder to find 60 Gigabyte model weighs in at |
| of the Playstation 3, a new generation of video | | | | $600. |
| gaming was about to hit the market. So this has | | | | Now while most avid gamers will tell you that the |
| left many asking if the high price tag on the PS3 | | | | Playstation 3 is second to none in the video game |
| is worth paying. There are several exceptional | | | | industry right now, there are a couple of bad |
| reasons, which include the following: | | | | points to the system. In order to get the superior |
| Its Blu-Ray technology is utilized on the new PS3 | | | | graphic capabilities of the PS3, you need to have |
| games and it will allow the usage of six times | | | | a deep wallet as the PS3 retails at $600. |