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The PlayStation 3 - The Playstation 3 System
Play Playstation 3 system
The
ps3 station system has 256 Megabytes of Rambus XDR memory and 256 Megabytes
of GDDR3 memory devoted to graphics. Nvidia Corporation claims that the Reality
Synthesizer (RSX) can take full benefit of the combined 512 Megabytes of memory,
as it is in writing directly to system's memory. Moreover, the increased graphics
and memory bandwidth as well as storage space will allow game developers to
enable antialiazing and use high-resolution textures to provide jaggy-free,
detailed graphics. Reality Synthesizer (RSX) is programmable shade having capabilities
to significantly increase graphics effectiveness. It allows game developers
to use highly developed effects such as simulating human skin and subsurface
scattering.
The
new Sony Playstation 3 controller heavily resembles the conventional Dual Shock
game pad design. The R2and L2 shoulder buttons placed on the edge of the game
controller has been increased, with enlarged depth in stroke for additional
subtle game control. Sony also has enlarged the angle of tilt for the analog
joysticks to allow wider range of motion and delicate manipulation. While the
analog sticks of the Dual Shock 2 controller for the Sony Playstation 2 has
eight bit sensitivity, the new controller for the Play Playstation 3 system
will have ten bit motion detection.
The
new game controller has four topside trigger buttons, the traditional four-button
complement on the right side, and two analog sticks. On the other hand, the
new Sony Playstation 3 controller will have six axes that can sense the motion.
The game controller is able to sense motion in six degrees which are forward,
backward, left, right, up and down. The six-axis control will allow gamers to use
body motion for extra assist in controlling a game. For example, by tilting the game
controller upward in the air plane game War hawk, this will affect the nose of the
aircraft in the air and by moving the sides of the game controller down and
up will cause the plane to tilt in a same behavior. The game controller will
weigh no more than the old wired Dual Shock controller, even though with
the added six axis features, but that maybe due to the reduction of force feedback
support.
Quite
similar to the Microsoft Xbox 360 controller, the new Sony Playstation 3 controller
is wireless, but it will get its independence from Bluetooth compared to the
conventional 2.4 Gigahertz RF. Devices working with Bluetooth usually have a
range of nine meters, but Sony Computer Entertainment has stated that the Sony
Playstation 3 controller will have a twenty meter wireless range. The wireless
controller has a lifespan battery of thirty hours, an outline that appears to
be in the same line with other Bluetooth devices but short of the 300 hours
2.4Giga Hertz models available for present consoles. You can recharge the game
controller by linking it to the Playstation 3 using a USB cable. The game controller
will be efficient while tethered to the game system and will be hot plug capable,
which means that you can unplug and plug these controllers while the game system
is on.
Nevertheless,
you cannot replace the controller battery because if the rechargeable battery
dies, you will have to send the dead batteries back to Sony Computer Entertainment
for a replacement or purchase a new controller. It will take few years before
the battery dies. Let's just hope that at that time, we will all move to the
new Sony Playstation 4. Six axis wireless Playstation 3 controllers will cost
around USD 50.
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