PlayStation 3
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The PlayStation 3 (プレイステーション3) or PS3 is a video game console created by Sony as a successor to the PlayStation 2. It was released in late 2006 and competed in the seventh generation of video game consoles, primarily against the Xbox 360 and Wii.
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Overview
For the most part, the PlayStation 3 can be seen as an expected upgrade over the PlayStation 2, with superior technical specifications, online support, improved controllers and a more streamlined console design. It was released onto the market a full year after the Xbox 360, giving rivals Microsoft a head start, and was written off by many critics at the time for providing too little, too late. However, brand awareness and relatively strong lineup of exclusive games kept the PlayStation 3 afloat, and future cost-cutting measures and price drops caused the PlayStation 3 to become competitive once again.
Though theoretically the more powerful console, PlayStation 3 games are seen as roughly on-par from a technical perspective to their Xbox 360 counterparts. The larger storage space of Sony's chosen storage media, Blu Ray discs can give the PlayStation 3 an edge, but the often cumbersome hardware often leads to slower and blurrier games than the Xbox 360 (although in some cases, the roles are reversed). For the most part, despite Sony's efforts to prove otherwise, the PlayStation 3 was considered to be an equal player in the seventh generation of consoles, receiving mostly the same games as the 360 with very few differences between the two versions.
Similar to the PlayStation 2 before it, the PlayStation 3 became the de facto choice of console for Japanese developers, although with most of the major seventh generation titles being published by western companies such as Electronic Arts, Activision and Ubisoft, the impact was far less apparent than in prior generations. Though the PS3 continuously outsold the 360 in the Japanese market, the reverse was true in North America and the situation was split across Europe, meaning that the PlayStation 3 sold roughly the same amount of units as the 360 in the end (as oppsoed to the PlayStation 2, in which six times as many units were sold than Xbox consoles).
Sega Support
Like many third-party publishers, Sega supported the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in roughly equal measure. Games released for the Xbox 360 in its first year of service (i.e. before the PS3 was released) and the preference over Xbox Live Arcade over the PlayStation Network were balanced out by PlayStation-exclusive franchises such as the Yakuza series, which even led to Yakuza-branded PlayStation units.
A situation quickly emerged in which all Xbox 360 games published by Sega would see a release on the PlayStation 3, usually on the same day. As a result it is difficult to know what Sega's opinions of the console were.
Lists of games
- Alien: Isolation
- Aliens vs. Predator
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Alpha Protocol
- Anarchy Reigns
- Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match
- Armored Core 4
- Bayonetta
- Beijing 2008
- Binary Domain
- Blade Arcus from Shining EX
- Captain America: Super Soldier
- Condemned 2
- Dead or Alive 5
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
- Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
- Dead or Alive 5+ & Dead or Alive 5
- Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
- Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition
- Full Auto 2: Battlelines
- Golden Axe: Beast Rider
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd
- Hyperdimension Neptunia
- Imabikisou
- Initial D: Extreme Stage
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken F: Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu
- K-On! Houkago Live!!
- London 2012
- Lost Dimension
- Miyazato San Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Golfclub
- Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Persona 5
- Planet 51: The Game
- PlayStation 3 game ratings
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Resonance of Fate
- Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!
- Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin!
- Ryuu ga Gotoku 1&2 HD Edition
- Saka Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!
- Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
- Sega Rally Revo
- Sega Superstars Tennis
- Shining Resonance
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
- Sonic Generations
- Sonic Unleashed
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Stormrise
- Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord
- The Club
- The Golden Compass
- The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Thor: God of Thunder
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Vancouver 2010
- Vanquish
- Viking: Battle for Asgard
- Virtua Fighter 5
- Virtua Tennis 2009
- Virtua Tennis 3
- Virtua Tennis 4
- World Snooker Championship 2007
- Yakuza 0
- Yakuza 3
- Yakuza 4
- Yakuza 5
- Yakuza Kiwami
- Yakuza: Dead Souls
Download-only games
- 7th Dragon 2020-II Complete Guide
- Abyss Odyssey
- After Burner Climax
- Alex Kidd in Miracle World
- Altered Beast
- Binary Domain Perfect Guide
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive)
- Classic Sonic Bundle
- Comix Zone
- Crazy Taxi
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz
- Daytona USA (2011)
- Fighting Vipers
- Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters
- Golden Axe
- Gunstar Heroes
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater 2nd
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater extend
- Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
- Jet Set Radio (2012)
- Kaze no Oka Kouen nite
- Kumitate Battle Kuttu Ketto
- Kyuutenkai
- Monster World IV
- My Garden
- Neorude
- Neorude 2
- Neorude: Kizamareta Monshou
- NiGHTS into Dreams
- Omise de Tenshu
- OutRun Online Arcade
- Puyo Puyo Sun
- Renegade Ops
- Reverthion
- Rock of Ages
- Ryu ga Gotoku 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono Kanzen Kouryaku Kyoku no Sho
- Sakura Taisen 15th Anniversary Taishou Roman Graph
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star Generation: 2
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 18: Dragon Force
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation: 1
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 23: Sega Memorial Selection
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 25: Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 6: Ichini no Tant-R to Bonanza Bros.
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 9: Gain Ground
- Sega Bass Fishing
- Sega Fight Pack
- Sega Rally Online Arcade
- Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
- Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Shining Ark Complete Guide
- Shining Blade & Ark Visual Settei Shiryoushuu
- Shinobi (2002)
- Sonic Adventure (2010)
- Sonic Adventure 2 (2012)
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic the Fighters
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Vintage Collection)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Vintage Collection)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II
- Sonic the Hedgehog Anniversary Bundle
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Master Collection
- Space Channel 5: Part 2
- Steeldom
- Streets of Rage 2
- Super Hang-On
- The Cave
- The House of the Dead 4
- The House of the Dead Bundle Pack
- The House of the Dead III
- The Revenge of Shinobi
- Thunder Force V: Perfect System
- ToeJam & Earl
- ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
- Virtua Striker
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
By region
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Australia
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Brazil
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Canada
- List of PlayStation 3 games in France
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Germany
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Italy
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Japan
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Mexico
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Russia
- List of PlayStation 3 games in South Korea
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Spain
- List of PlayStation 3 games in Taiwan
- List of PlayStation 3 games in the United Kingdom
- List of PlayStation 3 games in the United States
Photo gallery
PlayStation 3 console, Ryu ga Gotoku 3 model
PlayStation 3 console, Ryu ga Gotoku 5 model
Artwork
Promotional images
SCEA Press Conference (2005-05-16)
20GB and 60GB models (2006-05)
40GB model
"Slim" model
"Super Slim" model
References
- ↑ http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatausa_e.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-09-26 22:05)
- ↑ http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataeu_e.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-08-03 16:20)
- ↑ http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatajpn_e.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-06-27 05:01)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataasia_e.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-12 02:16)
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