November 25th, 2007

PlayStation 3 Factory Images

Have you ever wondered how your gaming console (that is if you happen to own one) was made? What about the place where it was assembled? I know many people have this "phrase" that goes something like "these things were made on ships (on the sea, by inexperienced people)" - as to create an explanation for the possible malfunctions of the device. Well, here it is a proof that at least the assemblying job is not done really as most people think. From the pictures below you can see that there isn't exactly too much super extreme high-tech gear that moves constantly to produce these gadgets massively. Instead, a lof of work is based on manual mounting and on actual testing done by humans on the devices before packing and shipping.

We take things for granted many times, but if we were to pay a little attention to some objective details we could see things a bit differently. I think that these pictures could present some very realistic and actual production methods becaue it's not the first time I have seen what goes behind the scene: there's the collection of pictures taken at ShenZhen ESC motherboard factory last year, and published on the Bit-Tech website. At least it's nice to know that the products are checked before shipping.