Two days ahead of the upcoming E3 Sony have released details and images of their latest console.

"This is a system to be placed in the centre of the living room around the world," said Ken Kutaragi, head of Sony's game unit, at a news conference in Los Angeles announcing the PlayStation 3.


In a dig at Microsoft, Sony said the processor was twice as fast as the one in the Xbox 360.
The console also boasts a new graphics chip from Nvidia, which Sony claims can create movie-quality images in real time in games.
The PS3 will use the Blu-ray disc format, which can hold 50 gigabytes of information - the equivalent of six DVDs. It will also have a small removable hard drive, though Sony did not say whether it would come as standard.

The battle between Sony and Microsoft is really hotting up now. With Sony claiming their cell processor is twice the speed of the xbox processors. Thanks for the heads up from the BBC News site.