PLAY BEYOND™
PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system unleashes a brilliant, high-definition entertainment experience.
As its digital soul, the Cell Broadband Engine™ represents a tour de force in parallel processing, which means a gaming experience that is beyond what you know today. Its built-in Blu-ray Disc™ drive delivers a whole new generation in high-definition gaming and unmatched digital media storage. Whether it’s gaming, Blu-ray movies, music or online services, PLAYSTATION®3 invites you to Play Beyond.
High-Definition Capabilities
Enjoy high-definition entertainment, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) means you can use your PLAYSTATION®3 with High-Definition displays as well as conventional or standard TVs.
Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
The PLAYSTATION®3 comes with either a 20GB or 60GB removable hard disk drive (HDD).
System Interoperability
PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) play nice together. Easily exchange media like photos, videos and music from your PLAYSTATION®3 system to your PSP® system. And get ready to witness an explosion in creativity as developers take on the challenge of integrating the PSP system into PLAYSTATION®3 games.
Backwards Compatibility
Play thousands of PS one® and PlayStation®2 games as well as your CDs and DVDs on the PLAYSTATION®3.
Cell Broadband Engine™
The PLAYSTATION®3 is powered by the Cell Broadband Engine™, a revolutionary microprocessor that leapfrogs the performance of existing processors, giving the PLAYSTATION®3 system supercomputer-like power and performance that until now, game developers have only dreamt about.
Blu-ray Disc™
The built-in Blu-ray Disc™ player means you can enjoy next-generation high-definition entertainment, including games and movies.
Always On
PLAYSTATION®3 delivers “always-on” online connectivity; offering a world of online possibilities including multiplayer gaming, text and video messaging, voice chatting, downloading content and browsing the internet.
SIXAXIS™ wireless controller
The new SIXAXIS™ wireless controller enables you to harness the powerful potential of the PLAYSTATION®3 system.
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Games
Experience high-definition gaming with PLAYSTATION®3 games!
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Multimedia:
Music, Photos, Internet,
Videos & Movies
PLAYSTATION®3 provides an endless array of multimedia activities, all without even inserting a game.
Gallery
See the PLAYSTATION®3—just choose your angle.
Technical Specifications
Find out all you need to know about dimensions, memory specifications and more.
Product Details
Which is right for you? The PLAYSTATION®3 is available in two configurations: 20GB hard disk drive (HDD) and 60GB HDD.
Cell Broadband Engine™
The PLAYSTATION®3 system’s Cell Broadband Engine™ is the very thing that game developers have always dreamt about. Its unique multi-processing unit design represents a tour de force in parallel processing. The ability to do more of everything at the same time means more enemies, more AI, more explosions, and more realistic game play. Game play that takes into account ragdoll physics and keyframe animation, enemy AI behaving unpredictably, glass cracking based on the size of the object that impacted it, and individual flecks of dust in a beam of sunlight to create a more believable experience. The Cell Broadband Engine has the muscle and horsepower to move beyond artificial intelligence. This is the power that is the digital soul of PLAYSTATION®3.
Key Features of the Cell Broadband Engine™
This powerful engine brings you an intense PLAYSTATION®3 experience - here’s how:
* Unique Multi-Core Design
Breakthrough architectural design features a main Power Processing Element (PPE) and up to eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPE).
* True Parallel Processing
Each Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) has its own fast memory for true parallel processing. This and its unique memory design make the Cell Broadband Engine™ more powerful and more efficient than traditional single core and multi-core processors for many types of processing.
* Power
40 times faster than the chip that runs PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system.
Blu-ray Disc™
Next-generation entertainment needs a next-generation format. Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) is that format. Just as the DVD offered a technological leap from CDs, Blu-ray Disc is the next leap forward in the advancement of data storage technology and digital entertainment.
With Blu-ray, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system offers game developers unprecedented power to express their creativity and a larger canvas to produce a level of interaction, sophistication and reality that has never existed in gaming. More than an evolution, Blu-ray is a revolution that frees developers from the constraints of storage space and allows them to dream in Blu-ray.
Key Features of the Blu-ray Disc™
Here is what the amazing Blu-ray brings you.
* High-Definition
Vast storage capacity (50 GB BD vs. 5 GB DVD) supports the large data requirements of high-definition games and movies*.
* Pristine Picture Quality
Pristine picture quality at 1080p – the highest-definition resolution available today.
* Theater-quality Audio
Audio that redefines “life-like” with 7.1 channel surround sound and true lossless audio. This theater-quality "uncompressed" audio supports 8 channels of Liner PCM and up to 32 audio streams.
* Home Entertainment Content
Delivers a broad range of home entertainment content - seven of the eight major movie studios have already announced titles for Blu-ray, including Warner, Paramount, Fox, Disney, Sony, MGM and Lionsgate.
* Recordable Media
Blu-ray offers a recordable format with unsurpassed storage capacity to store your digital world: photographs, home videos, music libraries and data, as well as games and movies.
* Maximum Bit Rate
With the overwhelming computational power of its Cell Broadband Engine™ processor, PLAYSTATION®3 is capable of playing back with ease content from BD at a bit rate of multiplex 48Mbps, the maximum bit rate defined in BD standards.
* Industry Support
Supported by more than 170 of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson – Blu-ray has the broadest industry support for any disc format ever launched.
SIXAXIS™ wireless controller
SIXAXIS™ Wireless Controller
With the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system’s Cell Broadband Engine™ creating experiences that were never thought possible, a controller was needed that would enable your experience to match its potential. Enter the new SIXAXIS™ wireless controller. Utilizing sensors designed to read when a player angles, tilts, thrusts, or pulls, the SIXAXIS controller allows game play to become a natural extension of the player’s body.
And with the heritage of the PlayStation system’s basic controller design still intact, gamers are now able to play the controls they’ve grown accustomed to while harnessing the added intuitive movements of the multi-axis controller.
Key Features of the SIXAXIS™ wireless controller
Enjoy the incredible features made possible with the SIXAXIS controller.
* Motion Sensing System*
Thanks to breakthrough technology and a highly sensitive motion sensing system, the controller becomes a natural extension of the user’s body.
* Bluetooth
Bluetooth for wireless gameplay (the PLAYSTATION®3 system can support up to seven wireless controllers at one time).
* Wireless or Wired
The SIXAXIS™ controller can be easily switched from wireless to wired.
* Analog Joy Sticks
The tilting angle of the analog joy sticks have been slightly broadened to enable more delicate and dynamic manipulation.
* L2/R2 Buttons
The shape of the L2/R2 buttons has been altered, enabling increased travel and precision for more subtle control in games.
* USB Charging
Plug into a USB cable and automatically charge the controller through the system at any time. (Use any of the four USB connectors on the PLAYSTATION®3.)
* Ease of Installation
Easy to set up and compatible with today’s monitors and televisions.
Multimedia
The PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system gives you unprecedented control, access and enjoyment of a full range of digital media. The PLAYSTATION®3 system's power, flexibility and connectivity will ignite the next era in home entertainment.
* Music & Audio
o Play music CDs
o Connect to the internet to obtain detailed album information including album title, artist, length of album
o Copy CDs directly to your hard disk drive (HDD)
o Store and listen to other formats of audio/music files
* Movies & Videos
o Play Blu-ray Discs™ (BD) and DVDs
o Connect your digital video camera directly to your PLAYSTATION®3 with a USB cable
o Store and watch your own videos
o Download exclusive video content from PLAYSTATION®Store and the PLAYSTATION®3 Portal
* Photos
o Store your personal digital photo albums
o Use any of the various slideshow options to view
* Internet
o Surf the Internet with the PLAYSTATION®3 Internet Browser and the SIXAXIS™ wireless controller. You’re free to choose your own online destinations
CPU
Cell Broadband Engine™
GPU
RSX
Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
HDD
2.5' Serial ATA (60GB)
I/O
USB 2.0 X 4
Memory Stick/SD/CompactFlash Slots
Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi*
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Wireless Controller Bluetooth (up to 7)
AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI**: HDMI out - (x1 / HDMI)
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
Blu-ray/DVD/CD DRIVE "read only"
Dimensions
Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
Weight
Approximately 5 kg |