Game Console
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia. The PlayStation 3 competed primarily against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.
The console was first officially announced at E3 2005, and was released at the end of 2006. It was the first console to use Blu-ray Disc technology as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, including the PlayStation Network, as well as the first to be controllable from a handheld console, through its remote connectivity with PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. In September 2009, the Slim model of the PlayStation 3 was released. It no longer provided the hardware ability to run PS2 games. It was lighter and thinner than the original version, and featured a redesigned logo and marketing design, as well as a minor start-up change in software. A Super Slim variation was then released in late 2012, further refining and redesigning the console.
During its early years, the system received a mixed reception, due to its high price ($599 for a 60-gigabyte model, $499 for a 20 GB model), a complex processor architecture, and lack of quality games but was praised for its Blu-ray capabilities and “untapped potential”. The reception improved over time. The system had a slow start in the market but managed to recover, particularly after the introduction of the Slim model, and managed to sell 87.4 million units to outsell the competing Xbox 360 and become the eighth-bestselling video game console in history. Its successor, the PlayStation 4, was released in November 2013. On September 29, 2015, Sony confirmed that sales of the PlayStation 3 were to be discontinued in New Zealand, but the system remained in production in other markets. Shipments of new units to Europe and Australia ended in March 2016, followed by North America which ended in October 2016. Heading into 2017, Japan was the last territory where new units were still being produced until May 29, 2017, when Sony confirmed the PlayStation 3 was discontinued in Japan.
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Short Info
Also known as: PS3
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony, Foxconn, Asus
Product family: PlayStation
Type: Home video game console
Generation: Seventh
Release date:
- JP: November 11, 2006
- NA: November 17, 2006
- PAL: March 23, 2007
- IND: April 26, 2007
- IDN: October 1, 2009
- BRA: August 11, 2010
Introductory price:
- 20 GB model
US$499.99, ¥49,980 - 60 GB model
US$599.99, ¥60,000, £425, €599 (€629 in Ireland), AU$999.95, NZ$1199.95
Discontinued:
- NZ: September 29, 2015
- EU: March 2016
- AU: March 2016
- NA: October 2016
- JP: May 29, 2017
Units shipped: 87.4 million (as of March 31, 2017)
Media:
- Blu-ray Disc (PlayStation 3 game disc & movie disc)
- DVD
- Compact disc
- PlayStation game disc
- PlayStation 2 game disc (1st and 2nd generations only)
- Super Audio CD (1st and 2nd generations only)
- Digital distribution
Operating system: PlayStation 3 system software
CPU: 3.2 GHz IBM Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE and 8 SPEs
Memory: 256 MB XDR DRAM system and 256 MB GDDR3 video
Storage: Removable 2.5-inch SATA hard drive (20 GB, 40 GB, 60 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB, 320 GB or 500 GB included) (user upgradable to a 1 TB readable partition)
Non-removable 16 GB (12 GB Usable) eMMC (Super Slim only, can be upgraded with a hard drive)
Display: Video output formats
Graphics: 550 MHz Nvidia/SCEI RSX Reality Synthesizer, 192 GFLOPS
Sound: Audio output formats
Controller input: Sixaxis, DualShock 3, DualShock 4, DualSense, Logitech Driving Force GT, Logitech Cordless Precision Controller, standard USB controllers, GT Force, rhythm game controllers, PlayStation Move, PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Remote Control, GunCon 3, PlayStation Portable, Wonderbook, PlayStation Vita, keyboard and mouse.
Connectivity:
- Flash memory input
- MemoryStick/PRO/Duo
SD/MMC
CompactFlash/Microdrive - Audio/video output
- HDMI 1.3a out
HDMI-CEC**
S/PDIF out (TOSLINK)
AV Multi out
Composite video/stereo audio cable***
S-Video cable
SCART cable
Component video cable
D-Terminal cable - Other
- IEEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi****
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
2 × USB 2.0 (4 × in 60 GB launch model)
Wired gigabit Ethernet
Online services: PlayStation Network
Best-selling game: Grand Theft Auto V, 29.52 million copies
Backward compatibility:
- PlayStation (all models)
- PlayStation 2 (20 GB, 60 GB and some (CECHCxx) 60 GB and (CECHExx) 80 GB models)
Predecessor: PlayStation 2
Successor: PlayStation 4
Website: playstation.com/explore/ps3