STUDENT WRITING: EVALUATION BY MIGUEL SOTELO

Play Station 3

Could you have imagined a video game console with everything that a teenager needs ten or more years ago? When I was a child, I remember that I had a VCR, radio, computer, and a video game console in my room. But all these things were too big and old fashioned. Now they are in only one device: the new Play Station 3. Play Station 3 can connect to the internet, has Blue Ray, high definition in games, 3D video games, and downloadable video games, music, videos, and movies.

This video console is the seventh generation of Play Station made by Sonic. It was introduced into stores on three dates, November/11/06, November/17/06, and March/23/07.It can be connected to a USB, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. It has a special service named Play Station Network. With this connection people who have the console can play video games online with other people. This is a fantastic way to interact with other people and improve your skills in order to pass the game or be a better video game player. You play against every kind of player even professionals. It is the best-selling video console in the world with 34 million units sold. It was very popular and famous even before it was sold the first time because Play Station would change the world of consoles. It has hardware around 20 GB and 60 GB. It competes with Xbox 360 of Microsoft and Wii of Nintendo.

Play Station has many things that others do not have. For this reason it is very special, successful, and useful. You can play a video game, buy it or download it on the same machine. You don´t need to turn on the computer. A Player can enjoy a game and hear their favorite music at the same time.

I believe this is fantastic because in the past you had to hear the annoying, distracting, and boring songs of videogames. Many people have said that video games can damage childhood because children do not do exercise and do not interact with other kids. This thought was true in the past but now they are completely wrong because Play Station has many ways to interact with other people when you are playing at the same time and this helps to meet people from other countries or cities. Writing a message and talking by microphone are ways that people interact with each other. One of the most innovative things that Sony or Play Station invented was a new device named Kinect which is a control that does not use buttons. It has a little camera or laser that detects someone´s movement and this movement is reflected in the game character.

In conclusion, Play Station regenerates the video game console era because it was the first one with all these features together in one device that has been completely successful. In the past Xbox tried to do it but they failed, and Nintendo is too far far away from this new generation of consoles to be considered.