This Youtube video is posted another another blog called lol gaming, this is a pretty funny video on the sale of PS3 together with Xbox 360 and Wii. Watch it guys.
Btw, PlayStation 3 is coming to Asia this coming month, yes, March. It’s coming. No more parallel imports! Cheaper PS3 to asians.
Thousands of people lined up and slept in the corridors of the street in US, waiting for the day to start and get their dream console, the Sony PlayStation 3.
PlayStation 3 (PS3) is the second next generation console released, over a year after the release of Xbox 360. Nintendo Wii will be released soon too. While Xbox 360 has already scooped up the majority of the next generation consoles, Sony and Nintendo is not going to let fate decide itself.
The PlayStation 3, powered by multi-core Cell Processor, nVidia Reality Synthesizer and high definition Blu-ray drive. The selling price? US$599 for the 60Gb model, while US$499 for the 20Gb model. Reports show that Sony is suffering heavy losses in the sale of PlayStation 3. The manufacturing cost of the lower end PS3 is US$806 – Sony suffers a loss of US$307 per unit. The higher end model, with Wi-Fi connectivity and memory card slots, make Sony loses US$240 per unit.
As the PS3 looks more like a powerful supercomputer in the consumer market, the components of the console doesn’t come cheap. The Cell processor from IBM costs US$89, the RSX graphics chip from nVidia costs US$129 and the Blu-ray drive costs US$125.
Microsoft too, suffered loss from the sale of Xbox 360 last year. Microsoft lost US$126 per unit. Console makers usually lose money when selling their consoles, but earn from the sale of accessories and games. With a single blu-ray discs costs around US$25, PS3 games may not come cheap. However, the enjoyment factor may override the burning pockets of gamers around the world.
In case for those who still don’t know, Sony released PS3 few days ago. The release does not come with the many new games. However, blockbuster games like Final Fantasy XIII will be release next year. Good news is, PS3 can play Final Fantasy XII.
20GB PS3 costs US$499, while the 60GB model costs $599. Asia countries like Singapore still does not have local distribution of PS3, therefore the import version costs skyscraper price. In Singapore, the 60GB model costs SG$1599! If the PS3 spoil, there goes the thousands buck.
Yes, I found some youtube videos which features the soon-to-be release Sony PlayStation 3. It is a powerful device, use a Blu-ray disc instead of DVDs.
This is the commerical of the PlayStation 3
The commercials are promoting the power of the Cell processors of the PS3, providing a hyper-realistic gaming environment in the next generation of gaming console. The Cell processors, will be in charge of processing physics, artificial intelligence, environment and everything in the game. PS3 is definitely a must-buy for those who can afford the high price tag, especially PS fans. With more and more games to be released for the new console. Save some money for it.
Here is the PS3 startup sequence video by PSM3Magazine
The new Nintendo console, Wii, will release on 19 November, 2 days after the release of PS3 at the shores of America. And 2 Dec at Japan. The console will cost US$250 at America and US$213 at Japan. The Wii in Japan will not bundled with Wii Sports unlike the America’s version.
25 games will be available during the launch at America, while 16 games will be available in the other part of the World.
PS3 is due to release on 17 November, but the entire America is going to divide the 400,000 sets of PS3 available during the release. However the number of Wii available during the release is far more than PS3. As the holiday season is getting nearer, the number of consoles to ship worldwide need to be increase in order to meet the high demands of next generation consoles. Nintendo will ship about 4 millions consoles by the end of the year, almost double of what Sony will ship for PS3.
Moreover, the prices of the 2 new next generation consoles are of much difference. PS3 costs double of a single Wii. Price of the console does make a difference sometimes.
When it comes to the contents of the consoles, I think that PS3 may take the advantage due to its popularity with famous game developers and highly-anticipated games such as Final Fantasy XIII. But the price of PS3 makes casual gamers think twice about investing on this powerful monster.
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