Playstations And Why They Are Popular
Playstations are one of the most popular gaming consoles
on the market. There are several reasons for this. The biggest reason
is the graphics.
The Playstation has some of the best graphics
on the market, capable of rending 360,000 polygons per second. This
enabled it to render almost any image quickly and sharply, making
it ideal for any game that you could play on it, whether it was
taking jewels from a safe, sniping a villain, or slamming someone
to the floor.
The images were gorgeous, and are among the
industry s best. The controls are a dream; very responsive, and
easy to learn, the controls are some of the best designed in the
gaming industry.
Although the games themselves may have had
some ridiculous problems, the Playstation s controls themselves
allowed any player to master the game to whatever level the player
was capable of. Capable of handling up to four controllers with
appropriate hardware, the Playstation could easily keep a group
playing for days.
The Playstation was also the first console
to integrate a DVD player into itself. This allowed the interesting
situation of the owner being able to watch an anime, and then play
a game based on that anime, all on the same piece of equipment;
a great development on a console. Of course, it was a fully-functioning
player, with all the features that you would expect from a DVD player;
you could find an Easter egg on the player just as easily as you
could on the games. And the variety of the games is definitely not
second-rate.
With the Game Cube being for kids, and the
XBox for showing off, the Playstation seemed to be a personal industry
favorite. You could find games for any genre, any rating. You could
find the standard fighting games, platform jumpers, and side-scrollers,
as well as some truly weird games (such as Cubivore, a game of evolution
modeled on actual theories). There were some dating games available,
as well as games that were compilations of other games from years
past. Not only did it have the best games of today, but best games
of yesteryear.
The Playstation literally had a game for anyone,
with a strong line of educational games and more illicit games for
other ages. The system had few weaknesses. The DVD player wouldn
t last, having to be repaired after a relatively short time. Also,
there were only spaces for two controllers. At least the memory
cards could hold more game records than other games. In short, the
Playstation is easily one of the best consoles ever designed.
The console can keep a group of guys spellbound
for hours, and then a little girl could take over the system with
her own games. There s a lot to be said about a console that can
allow even the youngest child a wide range of entertainment options,
including education games and Disney DVDs. A good console for a
good time.
By: Nati Roberts -Nati Roberts is the editor of
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