This document provides an overview and comparison of the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii gaming consoles. It describes the key features of each system, including the PS3's Cell processor and Blu-ray support, Xbox 360's hard drive and Xbox Live service, and the Wii's motion controllers and accessibility. The advantages of each console are summarized as the PS3's power and Home service, Xbox 360's larger online community and exclusives, and the Wii's low cost, new gameplay, and family-friendly focus. The document concludes that while upgrading a PC can be cheaper, the console experience is significantly different.

1. Guided by:-
Presented by:-
Prof. M. V. Malode
Vishal Chavan
SYMCA
Roll no. :30

2. Contents

INTRODUCTION

PLAYSTATION 3
 PS Move AND PS Eye

XBOX 360

NINTENDO WII
 MOTION GAMING TECHNOLOGY

ADVANTAGES

CONCLUSION

3. 
Introduction
Gaming consoles were designed for the sole
purpose of playing electronic games and
nothing else.
 Have been around since 1970’s.
 Gaming consoles have proved themselves to
be the best in digital entertainment.
 Video game consoles are now extremely
versatile and games can be created for a
number of purposes.

4. PLAYSTATION 3
 The PlayStation 3 officially
abbreviated as PS3.is the third home
video game console produced by
Sony Computer Entertainment .
 PlayStation Home allows users to
enter a “Virtual world”.
 The PlayStation 3 uses the Sony
designed Cell microprocessor as its
CPU.
 The system has Bluetooth, Ethernet,
USB 2.0 and HDMI .

5. PS Move and PS Eye
The PS Move is a wand-like
controller, equipped with a glowing
soft rubber orb for visual tracking
and several internal motion sensors
for further motion sensing.
This orb is tracked by the
PlayStation Eye camera and
through software its position in 3D
space can be accurately calculated.

6. FEATURES OF PS3

Dual Shock Remote Controller.
 DVD’s can be played.
 It provides Bluetooth and Wi-Fi facility.
 It uses Blu-ray Disc as its primary
storage medium.
 Third Dimension Gaming.
 Online Multiplayer Gaming.

7. XBOX 360

Xbox was the first video game
console to feature a built-in hard disk
drive.

Xbox 360 is the second video game
console developed by and produced
for Microsoft.

“Xbox Live” service that allows
players to compete online, and much
more.

Its main memory pool is 512 MB in
size.

8. FEATURES OF XBOX 360

Xbox Live

32-bit audio processor

Network capabilities

512 Mb RAM

9. WII
The Wii Remote motion controller

Uses motion sensing
controllers

The only internal
motion sensor the Wii
controller contains is
an accelerometer.

10. Cont.….

Nintendo includes the easy-to-play Wii
Sports with every new Wii console shipped.

It also has a low resolution IR camera,
which is used to give the controller
relative pointing abilities by tracking a
“sensor bar”

11. Motion gaming technology

12. Motion gaming technology

One example of WII Sports in Tennis.

You use the remote as a racket and your serve and
volley accuracy is determined by the speed and timing
of your swing.

Ability to use motion are the keys to the Wii's success

13. FEATURES OF WII

Backward Compatibility

Online Connectivity

Parental Control

Built-in Wi-Fi networking

14. ADVANTAGES OF PS3

Most powerful console

“Home” Sony’s new 3d Avatar based
virtual world (like the Sims) is used for
online community and gaming

Blu-ray player

Downloadable games

15. ADVANTAGES OF XBOX
360

Cheaper than the PS3

The online community is larger than that
of the PS3

Lots of popular exclusives

Watch movies

Social Networking

16. ADVANTAGES OF Wii

Cheapest choice

New style of gameplay using motion sensing
and pointing

New types of games

New types of players

Virtual console downloadable classics

Largest base of exclusive franchises

17. CONCLUSION

We hope you are convinced that upgrading a
PC for gaming can be significantly cheaper
than buying a console system. But we want to
remind you that the experience you get out of
playing on a console will be significantly
different than playing on a pc.