Thumbs up for Sony Playstation 3

PLAY ON: A sleek black monster, Playstation 3 is a fantastic machine with real raw processing power inside.

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New Delhi: The mother of all gaming consoles is here! The PS3 is finally in India.

Priced at a hefty Rs 40,000 for the 60 GB version, this machine is all you need for HD entertainment.

A sleek black monster, a fantastic machine with real raw processing power inside, it still remains surprisingly silent.

And even if you are not interested in playing games, this is still the cheapest blu-ray dvd player in the market today.

That apart, the controller is beautiful, light and rechargeable but disappointingly, it doesn't vibrate in time with the game you're playing.

Compared to the Microsoft Xbox, the PS 3 is heavier at about seven kilos. It doesn't have as wide a choice of games to play either.

But hopefully, that should be rectified by the end of this year. So all in all, we still are thoroughly impressed with this machine and give it four stars in our review.