After many years of waiting, Sony finally released its spanking new Playstation 3 console to the public on 17 November 2006. Touted to be the most sophisticated gaming console (aside from the PC) in years, the PS3 console was designed to provide people with a gaming experience as close to reality as possible with the technology at the time. The Playstation 3, with its incredibly powerful technology was looking ahead to the future of gaming and if we are to learn anything from the release of this new game system - the future of gaming, from Sony's perspective anyway, looks pretty good.

One of the things that makes the Sony Playstation 3 console so incredible is the large number of newest generation high tech parts that it uses. In contrast to the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, the Playstation 3 console looks almost like a supercomputer in a black lacquered case. To start with, the PS3 features a CPU that uses as many as eight cores for rapid computational power. While this may sound totally amazing compared to the one or two cores in the modern day home computer, you cannot compare the two types of processors, since the PS3's processor is only capable of doing simple calculations, meaning that it is still not nearly as powerful as a modern gaming computer.

In the graphics card department of the Playstation 3 console, we see that Sony has incorporated a relatively high end chip much like the ones used in modern day gaming computers. Unfortunately, much like the PS3's processor, the graphics chip is also rather limited in what it can do. A few weeks before the PS3 console went on sale, a new video card was released for home computers that completely eclipsed the power of the PS3, making it old technology before it ever hit store shelves.

Now, not all is lost if you are considering the Playstation 3 console. It is still a remarkable piece of engineering and has some excellent capabilities. First off, it features a Blu-Ray disc player for high definition movies on Blu-Ray format. Blu-Ray is one of the competing video disc technologies that is supposed to replace the current DVD format. At the price of six hundred dollars for the Playstation, you cannot find a standalone Blu-Ray disc player in any store at that price point, making the PS3 an exceptional deal even if you have no desire to use it to play games.

Secondly, the PS3 console is the only system that will be able to play games in full 1080p high definition. The Xbox 360 and the Wii are limited to 720p/1080i (natively) and 480p respectively, so neither console harnesses the power of full high definition technology. Also, you can turn the PS3 into a full home entertainment system with a simple download of an operating system that was carefully designed to use the Playstation 3's unique processor, meaning that you can have a computer, home theater system, and gaming console all rolled into one for only six hundred bucks.

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