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The PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console has been produced in various models during its life cycle. At launch, the PlayStation 3 was available with either a 20 or 60 GB hard disk drive in the US and Japan, respectively— priced from US$499 to US$599; and with either a 40, 60, or 80 GB hard disk drive in Europe, priced from £299 to £425. [1]
The PlayStation 3 was originally launched in Japan on November 11, 2006 and in North America on November 17, 2006 with two SKUs: a 20 GB version and a 60 GB version.Both of these models included hardware backwards compatibility for PlayStation 2 games.
Original PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 3 Slim with DualShock 3 controller. This is a list of video games for the PlayStation 3 video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. As of March 31, 2019, a total of over 999.4 million copies of PlayStation 3 software had been sold worldwide. [1]
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). 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, [16] November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.
PlayStation 2 Slimline PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 Slim PlayStation 3 Super Slim; Image Key dates First released December 1994 March 2000 October 2004 November 2006 September 2009 September 2012 Discontinued March 2006 October 2004 January 2013 October 2009 September 2012 May 2017 Dimensions (WxHxD)
When online-only consoles such as the PlayStation 3 was released in Indonesia, authorised dealers initially controlled the distribution. However, once piracy took up these distributors withdrew from the country, causing a scarcity of authentic video game copies and raising the prices–resulting in further increase in piracy.
The original PlayStation 3's case was designed by Teiyu Goto of Sony, and uses the same typeface as the marketing materials for the film Spider-Man 3. [30] It has a glossy piano-black finish, and the power and eject buttons are touch-sensitive. The PlayStation 3 Slim is quieter and more compact than its predecessor.
The platinum band can also be seen on the manual. The PlayStation 3 Platinum range box art replaces the black background of the PlayStation 3 logo on the left with a yellow background, and has the original box art shrunk slightly, with a grey border, and a yellow rectangle on top of it, with Platinum The Best of PlayStation 3 written on it.