Product Overview - Playstation 3

Product Overview - Playstation 3

PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) is a fully featured multimedia device, capable of handling not just awe-inspiring games, but all your photos, music, movies, your downloads, your Internet, your entire digital life…

The PLAYSTATION 3 is a revolutionary digital entertainment hub. At its core it provides the best possible gaming experience. In addition to great gaming, the PLAYSTATION 3 has a built-in and expandable hard disk drive allowing for the easy storage, transfer and management of your digital photos, video and music. It adopts Blu-ray Disc technology, providing more storage of gaming content and the ability to playback high definition movies. It has a 1 giga bit Ethernet Port and built-in wireless connectivity (Wi-Fi), plus it features a comprehensive web browser allowing you to surf the web from your TV. It supports a variety of inputs from USB to Bluetooth, allowing you to plug in everything from a keyboard to your digital camera. The PLAYSTATION 3 moves your digital lifestyle from the office to the living room.

More about PLAYSTATION 3
PLAYSTATION 3 is the most advanced computer entertainment system ever created, featuring new technologies and capabilities such as the Cell Broadband Engine, Blu-ray Disc, HDMI output and 1080p resolution. PS3 also comes with an internal 60GB hard drive, the new SIXAXIS motion-sensor controller and free network gameplay, everything that will make this system relevant for the next decade.

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PLAYSTATION 3 is set to change the videogame console to a living, growing entertainment system. Online connectivity and a standard built-in hard drive mean the capabilities of the PS3 can be dynamically expanded at any time. Such updates will bring further interactivity with PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and increased multimedia functionality. The community environments found on the PS3 will continue to expand, creating online worlds for consumers to explore, create and share user-created content.

Through the free PLAYSTATION®Network, PS3 users can access the PLAYSTATION®Store. There they will find downloadable content, such as games, HD game trailers, demos and game update packs.

Exciting PS3 software titles scheduled to launch alongside the console on the 23rd March include MotorStorm™, Resistance: Fall of Man™, FORMULA ONE™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION, Genji™ Days of the Blade and Ridge Racer™ 7. In addition, PS3 fans can look forward to a selection of downloadable titles from the PLAYSTATION®Network such as Flow™ and Blast Factor™.

Key Features
• State-of the-art Blu-ray Disc technology
• True 1080p high definition support
• Motion sensitive SIXAXIS™ Wireless Controller compatibility
• 60GB built-in storage space for games, movies, music and much more
• Internet-ready – experience online entertainment and gaming at its very best
• Unique interconnectivity with PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)

Available: 23rd March 2007
Price: 60GB PLAYSTATION 3 - $1199.95 RRP
Consumer Website: www.playstation.co.nz/ps3

About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, sales and marketing of PS one®, PlayStation®2 and PSP™ hardware in 104 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes games software for the three formats, and manages the third party licensing programmes for these formats in the PAL territories. At the end of December 2005, over 40 million PS one® consoles had been shipped across these PAL territories, over 102 million worldwide. Between its European debut on 24 November 2000 and the end of December 2005, over 37 million PlayStation®2 consoles have been shipped across the PAL territories, over 100 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history. Between the launch of PSP™ in Japan in December 2004 and the end of December 2005, over 5 million PSP systems have been shipped across the PAL territories, over 15 million worldwide.

About Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand
SCE New Zealand, based in Auckland, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PS one®, PlayStation®2 and PlayStation® Portable software and hardware in New Zealand. Over 330,000 consoles have been shipped in New Zealand as of February 2006. With both CD and DVD capabilities, PlayStation®2 offers consumers a diverse range of computer entertainment solutions and is supported with over 800 high quality software titles.

More information about PlayStation® products can be found at www.playstation.com and www.yourpsp.com or visit the Virtual Press Office at www.scee.presscentre.com.

PlayStation and the PlayStation logo and PS one are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. PSP and UMD are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, F1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and translations thereof are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula One Group Company. Licensed by Formula One Administration Limited, a Formula One Group Company.

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