the ps3 came out in america on november 17, 2006.
the ps3 came out in america on november 17, 2006.
when did the ps3 come out in america?
november 17 , 2006
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playstation 3 was first released in japan on november 11, 2006, at 07:00. according to media create, 81,639 ps3 systems were sold within 24 hours of its introduction in japan. soon after its release in japan, ps3 was released in north america on november 17, 2006. reports of violence surrounded the release of ps3. a customer was shot, campers were robbed at gunpoint, customers were shot in a drive-by shooting with bb guns, and 60 campers fought over 10 systems.
playstation 3
all playstation 3 consoles are able to play original playstation games (psone discs and downloadable classics). however, not all playstation 3 models are backwards compatible with the playstation 2 games. in summary, early ps3 consoles such as the 60gb and 20gb launch ps3 consoles were backwards compatible with ps2 games because they had ps2 chips in them. some later models, most notably the 80gb metal gear solid ps3 consoles are also backwards compatible, through partial software emulation in this case since they no longer had the ps2 cpu in them, although they do have the ps2 gpu in them, allowing for reduced backward compatibility through hardware-assisted software emulation. all other later models, such as the ps3 slim are not ps2 backwards compatible, though users can still enjoy ps3 and psone games on them. according to sony, when they removed backwards compatibility from the ps3 they had already been at a point where they were three years into its lifecycle; by that time the vast majority of consumers that were purchasing the ps3 cite ps3 games as a primary reason, meaning that the ps2 compatibility was no longer necessary. nevertheless, ps2 classics which are playable on the ps3 have officially been introduced to the playstation network for purchase afterwards, although they are only a selection of ps2 games republished in digital format and unlike ps3 games they lack of trophy support. later when the playstation 4 console was released, it was not backward compatible with either playstation 3 or playstation 2 games, although limited ps2 backward compatibility was later introduced, and ps4 owners might play a selected group of ps3 games by streaming them over the internet using the playstation now cloud-based gaming service.
playstation 3 system software