PlayStation 3
(Counter-clockwise from top) Original logo, new logo, original model, controller, newer slim model. | |
| SCEI | |
| Sony EMCS, Foxconn, Lanix, ASUSTeK[1] | |
| PlayStation | |
| Video game console | |
| Seventh generation era | |
| November 11, 2006 (details) | |
| 35.7 million (as of March 31, 2010)[2] | |
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| XrossMediaBar System software version 3.40[3] | |
| 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 7 SPEs | |
| 2.5" SATA hard drive (20 GB, 40 GB, 60 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB, or 320 GB included) (upgradeable) | |
| 256 MB system and 256 MB video | |
| Video output formats
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| 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' | |
| Audio output formats A/V-Multi
TOSLINK
HDMI
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| Sixaxis, DualShock 3, Logitech Driving Force GT, Logitech Cordless Precision™ controller, standard USB controllers, GT Force, Rhythm game controllers, PlayStation Move, GunCon 3, PlayStation Portable, Keyboard and Mouse | |
| (details) Flash memory input
Audio/video output
Other
**Included in box ***All except 20 GB model | |
| PlayStation Network | |
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 4.75 million (as of May 14, 2009)[5] | |
| PlayStation (all models) PlayStation 2 (20 GB, 60 GB and some (CECHExx) 80 GB models) | |
| PlayStation 2 | |
The PlayStation 3 (officially abbreviated as PS3[6]) 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.
A major feature that distinguishes the PlayStation 3 from its predecessors is its unified online .
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