Playstation 3 Magazine gets a live PS3

Wednesday, Oct. 4 2006 | Author: Griffith

Well, it looks like the PS3M has beaten everyone to the race and has gone out with the first Playstation 3 pictures that aren’t inside a Games Show, but on an actual house. And, ironically, playing on an HD Samsung television.

I think that the picture speaks for itself. But more importantly, PS3M made some comments on how the unit is performing.

1) It’s quiet like a sleeping baby. A barely audible hum. With the TV on you simply can’t hear it at all.
2) It’s heavy like a planet. No, really. It’s impossible to pick up with one hand.
3) It’s shiny like a mirror. In fact, it’s impossible to take a photograph of it without the flash spanging every picture into a starburst mess. And therefore it’s massively prone to fingerprintage too, with the tiny amount of dust in the office magically attaching itself to its surface in seconds.
4) The PS3 joypad is very light and the tilt system is very responsive. We like.
5) The start up is amazingly fast. And game load times were faster than expected. In fact, PS3 does both at about the same speed of PSP. ie, Long load times due to the massive Blu-ray disc? Nope. Simply not an issue.
6) Andy’s fingers kept sliding off the shoulder buttons. But that’s because his fingers are slippery.

Though I have to admit that after reading their article it sounds like they’re suffering from fanboy syndrome I guess that they are understandable (or just exactly what they’re being payed for). But still, it’s nice to read that of the things some users have been speculating are untrue.