what is PS3?

Answer 1

PS3 is a gaming console from Sony commonly known as play station and since it is the 3rd generation it is known as ps3. It has hd capability blu-ray player wi fi browser, movie play back...

Answer 2

PS3 is an acronym or abbreviation for the Sony Corporations Next Generation games console the full name of which is "Sony PlayStation 3"
It features very high quality graphics capabilities and amongst other things allows you to play video games, DVD movies, Blue-Ray Movies (a new high definition format of DVD), Music CDs, Store and display pictures + film, and surf the Internet. Sony are billing it as an all in one home entertainment system.
It retails at approximately £450 (UK) and is currently the most powerful, if not the most popular, games console on the market today.

Answer 3

PS3 stands for Playstation 3 which is a video game console made by Sony.

Answer 4

the playstation 3 is a third generation console that is basically revolve around sharper graphics, up to six people can play with one console WIRELESS, and it play HD blu-ray movies, which it give you a better picture. Also, it can let you use the online to download demos, game trailers, and other cool stuff, and the best part that the internet is free, unlike xbox 360.

Answer 5

ps3 is the 3rd generation (next-gen) of sony's video gameconsoles. it stands for playstation 3. you can plays games and more. it is the most powerfull out of the next-gen but is alos the most exensive (the others are the nintendo wii and the xbox 360)

Answer 6

Lol Nice Joke For real how can u not know what a Ps3 is

Answer 7

its the new gaming console from sony, its the most advanced gaming system in the world, and the most expensive,it plays video games, blue ray dvds, cds its the 3rd console sony have made.

Answer 8

It's the 7th generation game console. Most powerful of them all. Uses a lot of advanced technologies.
Here is a brief comparsion of PS3 and it's rival Xbox 360:

PS3 will win the console war, no doubt. Xbox 360 and Wii are so weak from technological point of view, that in couple of years they won't be capable of dealing with serious graphics. GTA IV, for instance, isn't even announced for Wii - this toy won't be able to cope with the game's requirements. Xbox 360 is getting GTA IV, however, the game is going to be released on several DVDs - Xbox 360 owners will have to interrupt gaming process and switch discs (Rockstar complained about this issue). Only PS3 will have it on single BD-DVD.

Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:

A third of XBOX 360 (33%) are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%.

PS3 has 8 (7+1) kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3.
PS3 uses advanced tech called Blu-Ray, one disc can store up to 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), Xbox 360 - regular dual layer DVD-9 (8.5GB). It's possible to get HD-DVD (max. - 30GB) for 360, but it'll cost you around 180$, in this case Xbox is going to be MUCH more expensive, than PS3.
Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
PS3 has full media support - USBs, built-in card reader (except 20 gb version), ability to use printer and so on.
Xbox 360 has USBs and only 2 memory slots.
PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $

Graphics are stronger in PS3, due to RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. To estimate its power (roughly) - take 6800 Ultra nvidia graphics card, multiply it by 2 - get a result, still PS3 stronger, because 6800 Ultra runs on 400 Mhz and RSX runs on 550 Mhz.

PS3 uses technology from AGEIA company. It does to physics of the game same thing GPU (videocard processor) does to graphics. This thing is on sale for PC(special card). The price is around 350$. There is no such thing in 360.

Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 8 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it.

Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.

In 2008 PS3 will get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4, The Agent and other great exclusives. Here is the good link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......

PS3 online is free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.

There were reports, that 360 scratches discs. No reports on that in PS3.

In some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".

The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console.

On PS3 you can install other OS, such as Linux Yellow Dog, Ubuntu and others. Sony officially lets you do it. There is no such thing in 360.

PS3 HDD can be replaced easily with any 2.5" SATA 5400 RPM HDD (used in laptops). 250 GB will cost you around 170$. In 360 you have to buy exclusive HDD, where 20GB will cost you 100$.

Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years. Also Sony reduces price now. Soon there is going to be cheaper 40GB version of PS3.

Sony constantly upgrades PS3 software (free updates for OS) - you get new functions and improvements.

PS3 controller (sixaxis) has a motion control - you move controller - game responds. Wii has it, Xbox 360 - doesn't. PS3 controller is getting vibrocontroller soon (Dualshock 3).

I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it. Leave it for kindergarten and casual games.

Answer 9

the counter argument for Xbox 360

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playstation_3

this is all about the ps3