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PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3, officially abbreviated as PS3, is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series.

The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, with international markets following shortly thereafter. As of December 2012, ovr 70 million units have been sold worldwide.

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    NBA 2K18 is a sports game developed by Visual Concepts and released on iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One.
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    Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 is a sports game developed by Konami and released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One.
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The Playstation 3 was designed by Teiyu Goto, who has worked with Sony for almost 20 years and has had a hand in designing every Playstation console.

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Although not widely as known as the 360's technical problems, the Playstation 3 has had its own share of problems across its lifetime. A majority of these problems affected by the bigger (or fat) PS3 models, although a few have affected the PS3 Slim.

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Alternative name(s) PS3,
CPU 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 6 SPEs
Generation: 7
Graphics 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'
Launch Date November 17, 2001
Media Blu-Ray
Name code PS3
Storage 20-500GB
Type: Home Console
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