Sony hardware key moments

The piece of hardware that started Sony Computer Entertainment was indeed the 'PlayStation'. The PlayStation was released in Japan on December 4th, 1994 and later in North America on September 9th, 1995. Current the highest selling console of all time.

In the year 2000 the PlayStation 2 was released which was powered by a proprietary central processing unit, the Emotion Engine and was the first game console to ever have DVD playback included.

Finally the latest Sony games console of the seventh-generation of gaming machines is the PlayStation 3, which was launched in November 2006 and is currently the most powerful console to date.

   I did some research and found a article on eurogamer.net that explains in rough context why the PS3 is the most power console.

PS3 is most powerful - Hirai

By Tom Bramwell Published 9 January, 2007

Anything else "is not true".

Ignoring the howls of anguish emanating from his public relations department, Sony president Kaz Hirai has been saying things again - and guess what? He reckons PS3 is the most powerful games console, that Blu-ray is ace, and that Sony is amazing.

"I have heard many people say our competitors' systems are just as powerful as the PS3. That simply is not true," he told a CES trade rag, in comments picked up on by IGN. "No other next generation entertainment system pushes the envelope on advanced technology like PS3."

He goes on to declare that you "just can't expect that 9GBs of storage capacity found on today's DVDs are going to have enough space to hold tomorrow's games," adding that Resistance: Fall of Man's 16GBs "simply wouldn't be possible on any other system without using multiple discs". To be fair, he was talking to "Blu-ray Today".

He also reckons no one could have foreseen the problems of blue laser diode production for PS3. "I suppose if we had simply done a mild upgrade to the PS2 and not pushed the envelope so hard, it would have been easier on ourselves," he noted, pensively. "However, if we did that every time, we wouldn't be Sony."

Oh Kaaaaaz.____________________________________________________________________

I actually agree, even though I am a Microsoft user I still agree exactly what this guy is saying, if Sony didn't drive towards something new then we wouldn't have Blu-ray for example. 

Blu-ray has evolved the gaming experience by enhancing image quality and increasing memory capacity so greater detail can be made while a game is in development. Sony just needs to use its full potential.