Playstation 3
...Do you want to know the positives and negatives of buying a Playstation 3 console system? Read on and find out. We'll show you the good and bad things in buying this console, and it would be for you to decide if it would be worth spending your money on and whether it offers value for money to you.
The cost of a Playstation 3 unit is normally the first consideration for many people. However the price depends on the model of the console. You can opt to spend $499 or $599, depending ...more
XBox 360 Red Ring of Death - What You Need to Know
...ious problems. When the normally green lights turn red, the gamer knows there is a serious problem, one that may not be resolved easily.
Deciphering the Red Ring of Death
The xBox 360 Red Ring of Death is divided into four quadrants and there is meaning behind the various patterns of red and green lights. For example, a general hardware failure will turn every light red except the first quadrant. If the system is overheating, every light except the second quadrant will remain green.
If every quadrant except the third is blinking red, this is once again a hardware problem. If the entire xBox 360 Red Ring of Death is blinking angrily, the user should be happy: it simply means t...more
Troubleshooting The Xbox 360 problem
...lite and Xbox 360 premium have better heat sinks, and some third party manufacturers even introduced external cooling systems, but the overheating problem is still existent for most of the Xbox 360 users.
The fix is not easy for such a problem - you obviously need to cool down your system. So turn it off and try to expose the Xbox to a very low temperature. Other users report success by using a "towel trick" - wrapping the Xbox in a towel for 10-12 minutes while still on, then turning it off for 15-20 minutes. There are pros and cons for this approach, and most o...more
Next-Gen Console Focus - Playstation 3 - 7th Generation Console With A Cell For Power
...The Playstation began way back in 1986 - when Nintendo was experimenting with disc reading technology. when the CD ROM XA format was released, Nintendo began to talk to one of the two companies involved with the standard ... Sony. The two companies struck a contract deal whereby Sony would develop a Nintendo branded console that would load both traditional cartridges and the new Sony-developed CD format for gameplay.
However, the deal fell through in a shocking fashion at the 1991 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) when behind-the-scenes re-negotiations by Nintendo cancelled the contract between them and Sony and struck a new deal with Philips. This sent waves through the Japanese business community as this type of backstabbing had never before been done - it as very un-Japanese. However, the deed had been done, and Sony was left in the cold. They took their technology which they had dubbed "Play Station" and went forward with it, developing their own games for the new console.
The Official Launch of the PlayStation was on Dec 3, 1994 and in North America on Sept 9, 1995. The PlayStation had in fact released over a year previously in Japan and had been the subject of a lawsuit between Sony and Nintendo as Nintendo tried to block sales and production claiming full ownership of the technology. Nintendo lost the lawsuit.
Sony had an innovative advertising campaign that helped to massively fuel expectation for the PlayStation release to a public unaware of Sony as a gaming company. It worked and has helped to push sales of the PlayStation console to more than 100 million units by the end of it's production run in March 2006.
The Playstation 2 wa...more
