599 € is the price of this little gem weighing five kilograms. A true technological revolution, it is the first console to integrate a Blu-Ray player, which allows for optimized DVD viewing with unprecedented quality. The very high price of the PS3 compared to other consoles is largely due to this expensive player, and its cost is reduced if you buy the console rather than just the Blu-Ray alone. The graphic quality really delivers, which should delight video game enthusiasts.
Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Fighter 5, Motor Storm are three of the twenty titles that are being released today in all stores across France on Sony’s new console, the PS3. At FNAC, there is excitement about the release of this technological marvel for which 80 reservations have already been made. But rest assured, everything is already planned to delight those who did not take this precaution, and there would be about 300 available in the Nice store premises.
In the “Video Games” section, the star was indeed there, admired by all. We were able to test it, and we can assure you that buyers will not be disappointed with their purchase. While the sale of the Wii leaves a bitter taste for sellers – “there was no stock, only orders,” one of them explains – a different outcome is expected with the PS3 – “we will do everything to have stock and enable impulse buying,” he continues.
Sales even seem exceptional today at FNAC with “as many, if not more, PS3s sold on the Friday (today NB) as Xbox 360s in December,” the same seller adds. And to entice its undecided customers, the famous record brand will offer “zero percent financing to pay in ten instalments only for the first day, presumably.”
The main quality of the console is not its aesthetic, although interesting, nor the twenty games offered, but the graphics. They are simply incredible. At the launch of “Motor Storm,” the animation film’s scenery seems real. Everyone around the television was amazed: “Stunning!”, “Magnificent!”, “Wow!” were repeated by the dozen people in front of the screen. The game is no less beautiful than the film that introduces it. The mud that “sticks” to the screen looks as authentic as that on the ground, the surroundings seem more real than nature.
And what about playability? It has not been forgotten with a very easy-to-learn control system. Within a few seconds, the basic controls are well assimilated. The wireless controller, as with previous consoles that have used it, allows a freedom of manipulation that enhances the sensations of enjoyment.
So, a real success is expected for the latest addition to the world of video games. It remains to be seen if the public will find what they’re looking for in France and Europe. Sony should not worry too much given the good results achieved in the United States and Japan where the console was released at the end of last year. Initial responses are expected tonight.
