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The PlayStation (abbreviated PS) brand is a line of video game consoles created and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, it was first introduced by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, . The PlayStation currently spans the fifth, sixth, and seventh generations of video gaming. The brand consists of a total of three consoles, a media center, an online service and a handheld as well as multiple magazines.
The original PlayStation was the first "computer entertainment platform" to ship 100 million units, which it had reached 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.
The PlayStation Network is a unified online service with over 40 million users worldwide, comprising of an online virtual market, the PlayStation Store, to download games as well as various forms of multimedia, a premium online service known as PlayStation Plus as well as a social gaming networking service called PlayStation Home which has over 14 million users worldwide. The PlayStation Move for the PlayStation 3 will be the brand's first foray into the motion gaming industry.
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| Release date |
Japan : December 3, 1994
North America : September 9, 1995
Europe : September 29, 1995
Australasian : November 15, 1995 |
Japan : March 4, 2000
North America : October 26, 2000
Europe : November 24, 2000
Australasian : November 30, 2000 |
Japan : November 11, 2006
North America : November 17, 2006
Europe : March 23, 2007
Slim Model
Japan : August 27, 2009
North America : September 1, 2009
Europe : September 1, 2009 |
| Units sold |
102.49 million shipped, including 28.15 million PS one units (as of March 31, 2007) |
148 million (as of December 2009) |
33.5 million (as of December 31, 2009) |
| Best-selling game |
Gran Turismo, 10.85 million shipped (as of April 30, 2008) |
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, 17.33 million shipped (as of March 26, 2008) |
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, 5 million shipped (as of December 31, 2009)
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| Media |
CD-ROM-based media |
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM |
BD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, SACD (1st and 2nd Gen Only) |
| Included accessories and extras |
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| Accessories (retail) |
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| CPU |
MIPS R3000A-compatible (R3051) 32bit RISC chip running at 33.8688 MHz |
300 MHz MIPS "Emotion Engine" |
Cell Broadband Engine (3.2 GHz Power Architecture-based PPE with eight 3.2 GHz SPE) |
| GPU |
Unknown |
147 MHz "Graphics Synthesizer"; fill rate 2.352 gigapixel/sec; 1.1 gigapixel w. 1 texture(defuse); 588 megapixel/sec w. 2 textures (2 defuses or 1 defuse map and other(0 around 74 mill, 1 around 40 mill, 2 around 20 mill); 2 textures per pass |
550 MHz RSX (based on Nvidia G70 architecture) |
| Online service |
N/A |
Non-unified service |
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Store
Internet browser
A/V chat via PlayStation Eye or PS2 EyeToy, voice chat via headset
PlayStation Home |
| Backward compatibility |
N/A |
PlayStation |
20GB & 60GB: All PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles |
| System software |
proprietary OS |
proprietary OS, Linux
DVD Playback Kit |
XrossMediaBar (XMB) |
System software
features |
Audio CD playback |
Audio CD playback |
Operating Systems can be installed and run via a hypervisor (feature unavailable with Slim Model)
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| Consumer programmability |
Requires the Net Yaroze kit |
Yabasic software, Linux for PlayStation 2 |
Development on console via free Linux platform or PC. |
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