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One of the 3 Seventh Generation Gaming Consoles (together with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii), the Playstation 3 (PS3) produced by Sony is a continuation of the PlayStation series and a successor to the ever-so-popular PlayStation 2 (PS2). The PS3, although not as popular as Wii and the 360, is still widely known as the gamer's console, has a totally different graphics engine as compared to PS2. This means that the games, although on both PS2 & 3, would have totally different graphics, eg. on Fifa 08.

One of the unique features of the PS3 is its built-in network system, known as the PlayStation Network. It has a total contrast as to the old-feature, the one that depends on the game developers for network games. The PS3 has also fulfilled the players' desire for a console with a graphics engine that would change the old 3D versions of gaming. With the graphics processing done by the NVIDIA RSX, which can output resolutions from 480i/576i SD up to 1080i/1080p HD, the graphics of a PS3 game would most definitely dwarf that of the other consoles.

One other unique feature is the disk inserting method of the PlayStation 3. In all other game consoles, the disk is to be put on a standard disk tray, having to move it in and other of the game system. The new PS3's way of inserting disk is a slot loading system, where the disk tray is omitted and the method of inserting is just to slot the disk into a small slid on the console, and the disk would somehow be "magically" sucked into the system. It is a 2x Blu-ray Disc drive for all games, movies and other multimedia.

Personally, I don't own one, but then again, I played it several times in shops / other people's homes. My experience, well, it's not bad a console and that having wireless controllers mean that players have the freedom to move around the wireless range of the PS3 without being restricted by wires. All those season console gamers would have most definitely encountered the fact of wires become entangled with the other controllers. With the wireless controllers, this problem no longer stands and it is much more convinient for players to have more mobility while gaming. The games are also quite cool, with new compelling exclusive games (such as Metal Gear Solid 4, etc) released exclusively on the PS3, players should get their hands on their own version of the PS3. There are 5 PlayStation 3 hardware models with different sizes of hard disk drive on retail shelves, namely 20GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB and 160GB models.

However, there seems to be this tiny drawback to the PS3. Buttons such as the power button and the disk eject button seem to be quite a nuisance, especially since they are just grooves on the console, it is exceptionally hard to press on them. This becomes quite a nuisance when the game hangs and you have to restart the console without switching off the main power supply. Despite having played the PS3 for quite a long time, it still poses a problem for me to reach for those buttons and get them to work. Perhaps it could be the problem with that particular console or it's a design fault throughout all consoles.

Anyway, Sony PlayStation 3 is a much anticipated gaming console that broke several sales record with its release in 2007. Despite the minor problems with the buttons, PS3 still manages to stand true to its promise, to bring the best of gaming to the room. The advantages of having a much better graphics definitely outweigh the slight design faults and is a console worth buying.

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