The Mini Polystation 3 is an inexpensive video game console

Video game console

A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...

 whose design was based on the Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

 PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 game console. Like various other game consoles, such as the POP Station and Neo Double Games consoles, its design is based on a previously made console.

Game system

It features seven games: "Formula 1", "Soccer", "Basketball", "Motorbike Race", "Street Fighter", "Submarine Invasion", and "Space Guardian"; there are no other games available for the system.

The console requires 3 AA batteries

AA battery

An AA battery is a standard size of battery. Batteries of this size are the most commonly used type of in portable electronic devices. An AA battery is composed of a single electrochemical cell...

to be played, and does not connect to an external television, display, screen, or monitor. The controller is placed at the back of the console. The console also features a screen, which partially pops out when pushed.

Instead of the high glossy outside of a PlayStation 3, the Mini Polystation3 has a hard, black plastic outside which looks similar to the PS2 case, although it remains similar in appearance to the normal outside of the PlayStation 3. A mini dual shock has also been included with the console,

Unlike the Play Station 3 that it is based off of, it does not have the capacity to run DVD or CD media, the capacity to read Blu-ray disks, online connectivity, or any type of support by the producers.

Criticism

The PolyStation 3 system has been criticized as being a clone of the PlayStation 3, which it is named after and looks very similar too.
it also is criticized as being a fraud, essentially copying the physical appearance of a PlayStation 3, but in reality it is considered to have a Cartridge system more similar to Nintendo's NES, and games considered inferior to those of the NES.