PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 PS3 is a home video game console developed by Sony data processor Entertainment. a successor to the PlayStation 2, it is component of the PlayStation vintage of consoles. It was number one released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, in addition to March 23, 2007, in Europe in addition to Australia. The PlayStation 3 competed primarily against Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as component 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 Disk technology as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, including the PlayStation Network, as alive 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 advantage example of the PlayStation 3 was released. It no longer submission the hardware ability to run PS2 games. It was lighter and thinner than the original version, and made a redesigned logo and marketing design, as alive as a minor start-up modify 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 would receive more positive over time. The system had a behind start in the market but managed to recover, particularly after the first positioning of the Slim model. Its successor, the PlayStation 4, was released later 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.

Software

Sony has referenced the ability for the operating system, covered to as System Software, to be updated. The updates can be acquired in several ways:

The original PlayStation 3 also included the ability to install other operating systems, such as Linux. This was non included in the newer slim models and was removed from all older PlayStation 3 consoles with the release of firmware improved 3.21 in April 2010. The functionality is now only usable to users of original consoles whonot to enhancement their system software beyond representation 3.15 or who earn installed third-party, modified and unofficial list of paraphrases of the firmware instead.

The specifications PlayStation 3 explanation of the XrossMediaBar pronounced "Cross Media Bar" and abbreviated XMB includes nine categories of options. These are: Users, Settings, Photo, Music, Video, TV/Video Services, Game, Network, PlayStation Network and Friends similar to the PlayStation Portable media bar. TheTV/Video Services category is for services like Netflix and/or if PlayTV or torne is installed; the first category in this constituent is "My Channels", which gives users download various streaming services, including Sony's own streaming services Crackle and PlayStation Vue. By default, the What's New member of PlayStation Network is displayed when the system starts up. PS3 includes the ability to store various master and secondary user profiles, manage and examine photos with or without a musical slide show, play music and copy audio CD tracks to an attached data storage device, play movies and video files from the tough disk drive, an optical disc Blu-ray Disc or DVD-Video or an optional USB mass storage or Flash card, compatibility for a USB keyboard and mouse and a web browser supporting compatible-file download function. Additionally, UPnP media willin the respective audio/video/photo categories if a compatible media server or DLNA server is detected on the local network. The Friends menu enables mail with emoticon and attached picture qualities and video chat which requires an optional PlayStation Eye or EyeToy webcam. The Network menu allows online shopping through the PlayStation Store and connectivity to PlayStation Portable via Remote Play.

PlayStation 3 console protectstypes of data and uses digital rights administration to limit the data's use. Purchased games and content from the PlayStation Network store are governed by PlayStation's Network Digital Rights administration NDRM. The NDRM allows users to access the data from up to 2 different PlayStation 3's that develope been activated using a user's PlayStation Network ID. PlayStation 3 also limits the transfer of copy protected videos downloaded from its store to other machines and states that copy protected video "may not restore correctly" following certain actions after devloping a backup such as downloading a new copy protected movie.

Photo Gallery is an optional a formal a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an controls to be considered for a position or to be allowed to do or have something. to view, create, and group photos from PS3, which is installed separately from the system software at 105 MB. It was introduced in system software version 2.60 and provides a range of tools for format through and displaying the system's pictures. The key feature of this a formal a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system. to be considered for a position or to be allowed to do or have something. is that it can organize photos into groups according to various criteria. Notable categorizations are colors, ages, or facial expressions of the people in the photos. Slideshows can be viewed with the application, along with music and playlists. Te software was updated with the release of system software version 3.40 allowing users to upload and browse photos on Facebook and Picasa.