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The PlayStation 3 (PS3) (Japanese: プレイステーション3) is Sony's seventh generation era video game console in the PlayStation series. It is the successor to the PlayStation 2 and will mainly compete against the Nintendo Revolution and the Xbox 360. Sony has announced that the PS3 will be backward compatible with earlier PS1 and PS2 games. At the moment, little is known in public about the PS3 apart from its hardware specifications and the reports that it will be based on open APIs for the game development.

The PS3 was officially unveiled on May 16, 2005 by Sony during an E3 conference, where the console was first shown to the public. A functional version of the console was not at E3 or the Tokyo Game Show in September 2005, although at both events, demonstrations were held on devkits (for example Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
) and comparable PC hardware, and video footage based on the predicted PS3 specifications was produced (for example for Mobile Suit Gundam).

Cost and release date

Sony was originally aiming for a spring 2006 launch as announced at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo, but Sony revealed during a press conference in Japan on March 15, 2006 that there will be a delay due to issues over a Dual Shock Technology Patent Infringement and the finalization of Blu-ray disc copy protection technology, and as a first for any PlayStation console, Sony is now aiming for a worldwide release in early November 2006. Even though the release date is quite close, Sony has yet to officially release a price for the system.

As of March 2006, Sony has not announced a price for the PS3, although Sony officially stated at the PlayStation Business Brief Meeting 2006 that it would be less than ¥50,000, or roughly $425 USD. Sony Computer Entertainment president and "father of the PlayStation" Ken Kutaragi has been quoted as saying "It'll be expensive" and "I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to" and "but we're aiming for consumers throughout the world. So we're going to have to do our best ". Ken Kutaragi believes that customers would be willing to pay extra for a superior product, as they had in the past for the original PlayStation (¥39,800 vs. ¥12,500 for the Super Famicom). (Yen to Dollars is 117:1, so ¥39,800 is $338.79)

Games in development

As of March 2006, there are already over 230 PS3 games announced by multiple developers and publishers, like SCEA, Electronic Arts, Konami, Namco, Capcom, Square Enix and many others. As well as announced titles there are likely to be many 'secret projects' already under development.

Most developers have already announced games for the PS3. Some anticipated ones include Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
, Killzone PS3
, Resident Evil 5
, Devil May Cry 4, Shin Megami Tensei, Armored Core 4
, Unreal Tournament 2007, Resistance: Fall of Man
, Grand Theft Auto 4 (provisional title) and Tekken 6.
At the E3 2005 Press Conference, Sony showed some pre-rendered and some real-time videos of games in development with the codenames Eyedentify
, Vision Gran Turismo and MotorStorm
. Also shown at E3 was a Final Fantasy VII technical demo
of the opening sequence remade for the PlayStation 3 system, Square Enix stated there are no plans for a remake. Final Fantasy XIII
will also be made. Konami stated in the past that Silent Hill 5 will be made for the most powerful of the next generation console, now widely accepted to be the PS3.

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Games - PlayStation 3

Cost and release date

Games in development

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