The Sony PlayStation 3 console is without a doubt the hottest item on the market right now. Thousands of people are looking for one to buy, unfortunately most retail stores in the United States can only stock a handful. People were reported to be camping outside these tents the night before to get one. Due to their limited stock, some stores choose to give a mark to each person who showed up on the launch date. Then they took their numbers out of a box, the lucky ones had the pleasure of acquiring the PlayStation 3 console.
For anyone who has been unlucky enough to miss out on buying at a retailer, it will cost much more to get one elsewhere. All the time there are advertisements in the newspapers offering them for sale. The online auction site eBay and Yahoo Auctions sell them like hot cakes. The opening bids in many cases are several hundred dollars more than the retail system would cost you. For those parents who don’t want to disappoint their children with this long-awaited console, cost is not an issue. Many gaming enthusiasts are also trying their best to get their hands on the new PlayStation 3.
The retail price of the PlayStation 3 console is on average $499.00. You might be lucky to find it a little less if you shop around, but that price is the ballpark general figure. At the time of writing this article, I took a quick look at eBay to notice that they are currently selling for between $800 and $1,250 on eBay. If you’re not one of the many gaming enthusiasts out there, you may be wondering what it is about the PlayStation 3 that drives such demand.
If you’ve got your hands on the latest hot property, be careful. In some cases, shoppers have been harassed for their console as soon as they left the store. Only to have been left empty handed in a matter of minutes due to thieves. In addition, the number of thefts that are taking place in electronics stores in the country is unimaginable. In most cases, all that was taken was the stock PlayStation 3 consoles. This all seems a bit harsh to me, but it’s happening.
So what is included with the PlayStation 3 console? First of all, it incorporates excellent memory capabilities. You can play games on it and watch your favorite movies. PlayStation 1 and 2 games are designed to run on the PlayStation 3 console, and you’ll be able to experience high definition on them. PlayStation 3 is reported to be the most powerful video game console on the market today; It’s twice the power of the Xbox. It has also been designed to be 35 times more powerful than its predecessor, the PlayStation 2.
An added benefit of your PlayStation 3 console is that it can be used for free online gaming. You have the option to download Internet games and videos to the console’s hard drive. As for the technical aspects, the PlayStation 3 comes equipped with 256 MB of main RAM at 3.2 GHz and 256 MB of VRAM at 700 MHz. The system is equipped with Dolby sound for great quality. The higher specification in the system is very evident in the graphics of the games.
The PlayStation 3 console is the most demanded item today. Gamers all over the world have been anticipating the arrival of PlayStation 3. It has not been released worldwide yet. The planned release date for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia territories is March 23, 2007. Approximately 1 million units are expected to be available on release date, which will be spread across all PAL territories.