What is the PlayStation 3?
Q: What is the PlayStation 3?
A: The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a video game console made by Sony.
Q: When was the PS3 released in Japan?
A: The PS3 was released in Japan on November 11, 2006.
Q: What features does the PS3 have?
A: The PlayStation 3 is a console that can play Blu-ray discs and it was, according to Sony, the most powerful console at the time. It also has an online mode to play and interact with other people for free unlike Xbox which must be paid for.
Q: How many models of the PS3 were available when it first came out?
A: When the PlayStation 3 was released, there were two different models - one with a 20 gigabyte (GB) hard drive and one with a 60 gigabyte hard drive.
Q: How much did each model cost when they first came out?
A: The 20 GB model cost $399 while the 60 GB model cost $599.
Q: When did Sony release versions of the PS3 with larger hard drives?
A: In July 2007, Sony announced that they would cut the price of the PS3 to $500 in the United States and also released versions of the console with 80 gigabyte and 40 gigabyte hard drives around this time. A white version of the 40 gigabyte model was released in Japan in November. Since 2011, new slimmer models with 160 GB or 320 GB of hard drive memory were sold.
Q: When did Sony discontinue production of their consoles?
A: Production of Playstation 3 consoles ceased in New Zealand on September 29, 2015; Europe and Australia on March 31, 2016; North America on October 31, 2016; and Japan on May 29th 2017 though third-party games are still being made for it.
