Playable PS3s at Best Buy?

A lucky guy that goes by the forum name msuman2k4, from Michigan was able to get his hands on a working PlayStation 3 console at a Best Buy store. He related his experiences after being able to meet upfront Sony‘s much-awaited next-gen console. And playing on a Bravia with 7.1 surround on a 60GB version, he surely is one lucky guy.

According to him, four persons are allowed to check out and play the console for 30 minutes. As described by msuman2k4, the unit they used was hooked through HDMI and everything in the new cross media bar is fully accessible. Being able to see how the XMB works, he claimed that the XMB layout is the same as shown in recent pictures in the net. It was pre-loaded with some contents on the HDD and a demo on how the camera will work with the XMB was also shown to them.

On the Blu-ray aspect of things, he was quite impressed with the image and sound quality. As for the controller, msuman2k4 said its lighter in weight and very responsive, thanks to its motion sensing features. He also confirmed that the vibration feature of the controller has not been included. Games demos like Resistance: Fall of Man and Lair has been shown on a 1080p set.

All these could be allegedly found behind a black curtain in a roped-off section leading to the Magnolia area of Best Buy. Well, it seems pretty convincing that this event in Best Buy is true, but then again, we ain’t sure, so we are letting you guys know for you to see if they have playable PS3 consoles at the their branches. Let us know if this is true, ok? Anyway, check out these images captured by msuman2k4:

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A lucky guy that goes by the forum name msuman2k4, from Michigan was able to get his hands on a working PlayStation 3 console at a Best Buy store. He related his experiences after being able to meet upfront Sony‘s much-awaited next-gen console. And playing on a Bravia with 7.1 surround on a 60GB version, he surely is one lucky guy.

According to him, four persons are allowed to check out and play the console for 30 minutes. As described by msuman2k4, the unit they used was hooked through HDMI and everything in the new cross media bar is fully accessible. Being able to see how the XMB works, he claimed that the XMB layout is the same as shown in recent pictures in the net. It was pre-loaded with some contents on the HDD and a demo on how the camera will work with the XMB was also shown to them.

On the Blu-ray aspect of things, he was quite impressed with the image and sound quality. As for the controller, msuman2k4 said its lighter in weight and very responsive, thanks to its motion sensing features. He also confirmed that the vibration feature of the controller has not been included. Games demos like Resistance: Fall of Man and Lair has been shown on a 1080p set.

All these could be allegedly found behind a black curtain in a roped-off section leading to the Magnolia area of Best Buy. Well, it seems pretty convincing that this event in Best Buy is true, but then again, we ain’t sure, so we are letting you guys know for you to see if they have playable PS3 consoles at the their branches. Let us know if this is true, ok? Anyway, check out these images captured by msuman2k4:

Via PS3Forums