Product Description

Featuring the world’s most powerful processor, PlayStation 3 delivers an experience beyond anything you know today. With a built in Blu-ray Disc drive, PlayStation 3 invites you to a whole new generation in high-definition graphics and media capabilities. Whether it’s high-definition gaming, Blu-ray movies, music or online services, PlayStation 3 takes you where you’ve never dreamed possible - a place where you can play beyond.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #654 in Computer & Video Games
• Color: black
• Brand: Sony
• Model: 3
• Released on: 2006-11-17
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: 3.86″ h x 10.79″ w x 12.80″ l, 11.00 pounds

Features

• Games use Blu-ray discs as media format
• Features a powerful Cell processor and a dynamic RSX graphics chip
• Completely backward compatible, all the way to the original Sony PlayStation
• Built-in Wi-Fi access for easy connection to gaming services and the Internet

Editorial Reviews

As DVD playback made the PlayStation 2 more than just a game machine, hefty multi-media features make the Sony PlayStation 3 an even more versatile home entertainment machine. Features such as video chat, Internet access, digital photo viewing, and digital audio and video will likely make it the central component of your media set-up. Still, it is first and foremost a game console–a powerful one at that.

Customer Reviews

Wow
I received the game console the other day, and like the vendor said, it was in mint condition. I thought the system was defective at first, with sudden play stoppage for 20 minutes on end, but figured out it was just the controller dying from no power. Overall, nice product in a timely manner.

Excellent Blu-ray player and PS2 compatibility
I got this model for two reasons: PS2 compatibility and Blu-ray playback, both of which it excels at. With the Blu-ray remote, BD playback is easy, and feels like any other good video disc player. The PS3 is also currently the only future-proof BD player with completely upgradable firmware. PS2 compatibility is also excellent for all the PS2 games I still love to play. Only one star taken away for the current lack of compelling PS3 games that take advantage of the newer graphics and controllers, plus the minor quibble of the bundled controller lacking rumble and heft (it feels like an empty shell).