Playstation 3 Hardware Facts

Quote from: jonielle on March 27, 2008, 12:26:50 PM

* 1.4 - WHAT KIND OF PS3s HAVE BEEN RELEASED? *
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Previous PlayStations displayed their hardware version number on the outside of
the box; it always started with the prefix "SCPH". Sony seems to have abandoned
this practice with the PS3, so now PS3 models are usually associated with the
size of the hard disks bundled with the consoles.

Here are the PS3s that have been released as of October 2007:

* 20 GB
Availability: Japan (discontinued in January 2008),
Hong Kong (discontinued?),
Taiwan (discontinued?),
Singapore (discontinued?),
North America (discontinued in April 2007)
Card Readers: None
Wi-Fi: None
USB Ports: 4
PS2 Backward Compatibility: Hardware
SACD Support: Yes

This PS3 model was available at launch in Japan and North America. Contrary to
early media reports, this model did have an HDMI port, but it did not have any
card readers or Wi-Fi support. Not too surprisingly, no one bought it.

* 60 GB
Availability: Japan (discontinued in January 2008),
Hong Kong (discontinued?),
Taiwan (discontinued?),
Singapore (discontinued?),
North America (discontinued in July 2007)
Card Readers: Compact Flash, SD, Memory Stick
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
USB Ports: 4
PS2 Backward Compatibility: Hardware
SACD Support: Yes

This PS3 model was also available at the Japanese and North American launch; a
slightly different version of this console was available at the European launch
(see below). Unlike the 20 GB model, the 60 GB model had Wi-Fi and card readers
for SD and Sony Memory Stick cards. A lot of hardcore PS3 fans consider this
model to be the best one Sony has released to date, since it had ports for
everything as well as hardware PS2 backward compatibility. It was discontinued
in North America in July 2007, and existing models had their price slashed by
$100. It has since been discontinued elsewhere.

* 60 GB-E
Availability: Europe (discontinued in October 2007),
Australia (discontinued in October 2007),
New Zealand (discontinued in October 2007),
Middle East (discontinued?),
India (discontinued?),
Pakistan (discontinued?)
Card Readers: Compact Flash, SD, Memory Stick
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
USB Ports: 4
PS2 Backward Compatibility: Software
SACD Support: Yes

This model was the only console available at the European launch. It was the
same as the regular 60 GB PS3, except that Sony removed the "Emotion Engine"
MIPS CPU and included a software EE emulator. Although PS1 backward
compatibility was not touched by this change, the change meant that PS2 games
were no longer 100% backward compatible. This model was discontinued and
replaced with the 40 GB model.

* 80 GB
Availability: South Korea, North America
Card Readers: Compact Flash, SD, Memory Stick
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
USB Ports: 4
PS2 Backward Compatibility: Software
SACD Support: Yes

Originally released in South Korea, this is the current PS3 model in North
America. Other than the larger hard drive, the only changes Sony made to the
hardware is they added IPTV compatibility, and removed hardware PS2 backward
compatibility from the Japanese and North American versions of the console.
(The console will still run most PS2 games, but only in software emulation.)

The game "MotorStorm" was bundled in with this version of the console. Sony has
announced that a future version of this console will come with a Dual Shock 3
controller (instead of the current SIXAXIS) and include the bundle-in game
"Metal Gear Solid 4".

* 40 GB
Availability: Europe, Australia, New Zealand,
Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore,
North America
Card Readers: None
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
USB Ports: 2
PS2 Backward Compatibility: None
SACD Support: No

The 40 GB PS3, announced in October 2007, had several hardware components cut
in order to reduce the cost of the model. Although this PS3 still supports more
than 2 player gaming, only 2 USB ports were included. The removal of the memory
card readers means that USB drives are the only means of transfering files
to/from the hard disk.

However, the most notable (and controversial) change was the complete removal
of PS2 backward compatibility, since this PS3 model does not have the PS2's
"Graphics Synthesizer" GPU on board. PS1 games will still work as expected.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: There is a rumor floating around out there that Sony
will add PS2 backward compatibility to this model via a future software update.
THIS RUMOR IS FALSE. Sony has stated that they have no plans to add backward
compatibility to this console **ever**. The PS3 simply does not have the power
to emulate both the PS2's CPU and GPU in software and give users a good game
experience.

The Asian version of this console is available in black and ceramic white.
Rumor has it that the ceramic white version will be released outside of Asia,
but when this was written, there was nothing concrete about this.

The North American version of this console comes with the Blu-ray movie
"Spider-Man 3".

As of February 2008, the European version of this console comes with no movies
or games. That will change in March 2008. Sony has announced two 40 GB PS3
bundles for Europe, one of which (which will not be available in the UK for
some reason) contains the movies "300", "Casino Royale", and "Spider-Man 3",
while the other contains the game "Gran Turismo 5 Prologue".

WHAT PS3 MODEL SHOULD I BUY? *
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The only person who has the answer to this question is you. It all really
depends on a few things:

1. Your budget (the PS3s with smaller hard drives and less features are
cheaper)
2. The importance of PS2 backward compatibility to you
3. The importance of the presence of card readers to you
4. Whether or not you need Wi-fi support

All PS3 models come with Bluetooth, USB, HDMI, PS1 backward compatibility, and
optical audio support, so you don't need to worry about those features.

If all you care about is the price, and the other features don't matter to you,
then you should probably buy either the 20 GB or 40 GB model. Otherwise, you
should probably buy either the 60 GB or 80 GB model.

source :

hxxp://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps3/file/927750/50212

so thats why mas lumakas ang benta ng nintendo wii due to some issues with the later ps3's