Released in Japan on November 11, 2006, the PlayStation 3 is the successor to the PlayStation 2. Also known as PS3. It is part of 7th generation video game console.
Specs
The PlayStation 3 is powered by a Power-Architecture-based multi-core CPU known as 'Cell' that is co-developed by Sony and IBM, and its graphics is powered by the RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' GPU (Based on Nvidia's G70 GPU) that is co-developed by Sony and Nvidia.
It has a Blu-Ray Disc (BD) drive that can also Blu-Ray Disc video playbacks. It supports internet connectivity.
When connected Sony Entertainment Network (formerly PlayStation Network) online serving, users can do online multiplayer, purchases game titles and downloadable contents as well as downloads game demos.
It has the Remote Play function, which uses PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita as controller.
While it has a web browser, it doesn't support plugins.
While the console is high-end, it only has 256 MB of system memory. There's cases where the console freezing up because of such small system memory.
While the very first model is expensive and consumes more electricity, later models were cheaper and more energy efficient. However, the PS2 game compatibility is removed in order to reduce cost.
Others
While the controller (DualShock 3) supports is connected to the console via USB or Bluetooth, it can be only connected to the PC via USB.
