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60GB Playstation 3

As DVD playback completed the Sony Playstation 2 as more than just game machine, heavily built multimedia characteristics make the new Sony 60GB Playstation 3 more flexible as a home entertainment machine than any other previous consoles. Moreover, features like video, digital audio; digital photo viewing, Internet access and video will probably make the gaming console into a main component of high tech media setups. It is first and foremost a game console and a great one at that.

The new Sony 60GB Playstation 3 features NVIDIA graphics processor and IBM's "Cell" processor that en ables the sytem to execute two trillion calculations in a second. Roughly, that is around 320 times the calculations per second of the Playstation 2. Along with the composite connections and conventional AV, Sony's 60GB Playstation 3 also has an HDMI port, which transfers unconverted and uncompressed sound and digital picture which is compatible with high definition projectors and televisions. The game system is capable of dealing with 128-bit eye astonishing pixel precision.

New gamers instinctively move the game controller while playing, although that movement has conventionally had no relativity to what is going on in the Sony 60GB Playstation 3 game. Sony Computer Entertainment has made full use of this and is applying it to bringing a new stage of control into the new Sony 60GB Playstation 3. Inside the game controller is a high-accuracy six axis sensing system that can detect movements like yaw, roll and pitch accurately, and also three dimensions of movement, while controlling the games. Automatically, this means that future of Sony 60GB Playstation 3 games can be controlled by the actions of your hands. Ttake this for example, you can steer a car just by holding the controller like you are holding your steering wheel.

While the Sony 60GB Playstation 3 controller looks more like its previous Dual Shock predecessors, the controller will be lacking of the force feedback vibration since these will intercept with the sensing system of the controller. The controller uses Bluetooth wireless technology. It can also handle up to seven wireless controllers at the same time. It is using a hot plug system. If your controller is low in power, you can pause the game and connect it to the main console by linking it with a USB 2.0 cable. You can continue playing your game while your controller will recharge its power automatically.

The Sony 60GB Playstation 3 will be backward compatible with Playstation 1 and 2. The Sony 60GB Playstation 3 can play all the games that were designed for these systems. This means that you will be able to play your favorite game without having to hold onto your old Playstation. The Sony 60GB Playstation 3 will have slots for a Compact Flash memory slot, an SD slot and Memory Stick Duo. The console will be equipped with a pre installed hard disk drive, which allows one to save any games and download files from the Internet.

There are many game publishers already backing the Sony 60GB Playstation 3 and some of them have confirmed their games for the new Sony 60GB Playstation 3. During the E3 2006 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) which is held at Los Angeles Convention Center, there were more than thirty games displayed for the game console, such as Final Fantasy XIII, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Gran Turismo HD.