The new millennium brought us a lot from Sony so far. With production of the Playstation 1 being great and selling quickly with a high popularity level, they brought in the Playstation 2 in 2000 and then finally the Playstation 3 in 2006. Both of these consoles brought their own respective aspects which made them great and finally had them competing with Microsoft's Xbox console for the best gaming console on the market too date.
Playstation 2 brought many new features in its March 4th, 2000. Probably the most obvious, once actually played, was the advanced graphics it presented at the time. Sony inserted a new graphics chipset, the Synthesizer clocked at 147.456 MHz. This proved to be big upgrade from the previous Playstation console and was noticeable better. Backwards compatibility integrated. The PS2 also introduced the DualShock 2 controller, with upgraded buttons and feel of the controller, and finally the same force feedback feature known as the vibration. Also adding a new external memory card featuring 8MB this time around. Finally I believe the biggest part added was the online gaming that it introduced. This was added by buying the online network adapter and didn’t come with the console itself. This had a really good impact, as sales were through the roof and I believe I remember that once they got sold out, people were selling them on EBay for 1000$, and yes they sold! A big hit game was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas selling around 17.33 million copies! 
The Playstation 3 console released on November 11, 2006 had major upgrades to be announced. This new console comes in many different memory sizes, as it introduces internal memory for the first time for the Playstation series (20GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB or 160GB). Some important new features are the new interface, OS that the PS3 has, web browser, wifi and bluetooth. New controllers dualshock 3, also with new feature, the sixaxis feel being able to control the game with the movement of the controller. The biggest features other then the online gaming would have to be the update to play 3D games and movies, and also the crystal clear, life like graphics added. To sum it up, there was also a blueray player added. All these features combined to be one of the best releases to date, as it competes greatly with other consoles on the market as the Xbox 360. All though the console was great, and sold out just as the PS2 did, it had many issues that it back. Even with those problems, it still ended up being a great console, especially when later versions released. Big name games are the call of duty series, most recently Black Ops.
Finally, internet gaming, better graphics, 3D graphics, bluray players, internal memory, backward compatibility, all these features proved to be game changing once again. Sony has stepped it up in the 21st century as it felt Microsoft creep up on it with the release of the Xbox. Even with all these new great features, Sony still seem primed to make even bigger releases in the future coming! http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2029221,00.html
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It is so hard to decide which console I like better Xbox 360 or Playstation 3. I like the graphics on Xbox a lot better but Call of Duty on playstation is so much easier!!! So I look better :$
ReplyDeleteHaha I know what you mean, I have both, and I'll definitely agree with you that it's a lot easier on PS3! But graphics wise I like both. No real favorite for me!
ReplyDeleteI actually don't have neither of those consoles, but I have played both at friend's houses, and personally I like the 360 better, I feel like it has an easier interface. PS3 is still great, but I no longer believe that Sony is in lead anymore.
ReplyDeleteYea your right about that, having owned both of them, Xbox is definitely the more user friendly console!
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