Playstation 3 is the latest console from Sony, with a hard drive-equipped gaming experience. After repeated postponement of the sales launch for the successor to the PlayStation 2. The PS3 was introduced for the first time in May 2005 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in San Francisco. The console will be available in Europe in two different versions. In addition to a hard disk with a size of 60-GB, it will be launched with the reduced version with 20-GB HD. Despite the differences on the basic components the Cell-chip is as important, to guarantee the performance, Gigabit Ethernet, to a permanent network connection, and the new Blu-ray system, which record, store, overwrite and play an even greater amounts of data in high-quality that allows for both versions to exist. Sony uses this system first to create high-resolution graphics in games and display top-quality graphics.

Via USB port, missing functions can be expanded, and the commercially available hard disk with Linux operating system, allows a retrofit, not limited by the manufacturer produced products. In addition, the PS3 supports multiple software formats for video, music and image files. Additionally, the 60-GB HDD console with a wireless function that provides a digital HDMI connection for HDTV output and is equipped with various external storage devices that are compatible.

Unlike the PS2, the new console, with a weight of five kilograms, and a simple high-gloss design in three colors. Initially only available in Clear Black, other available designs are in white and silver but soon to be followed. The new Bluetooth controller is a revised version of the Dual Shock and reserves the classic Boomerang form. The vibration feature has been popular, however, only by motion sensors exchange. This allows for control not just a keystroke but also by moving the Pats in the room. Not all new games and sequels are already familiar with the sales launch of the released Playstation 3. In addition, some of the existing Playstation games on the new console will not work or sound and graphics will have problems. Sony has set up a database on which the user is assisted with the information about backward compatibility. The All new PS3 games will be without the former regional code that has been available and are therefore not on the consoles of their respective countries. It is available free of charge an online gaming world. Information portals on the PS 3 Cheats and codes on the new games, the player with whom certain areas of the game are around, or the possibility of advanced features, are still under construction, because the developers lacks time and preparation. The all-rounder enables not only on game playing, but also with a free chat via Eye Toy camera, the sending of messages and the output of high definition movies in the new Blu-Ray format.