The PlayStation 3 (PS3) can be a home game console manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. It's the successor to PlayStation 2, included in the PlayStation series. It competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 elite and Nintendo's Wii contained in the seventh generation of game consoles. It was initially released on November 11, 2006, in Japan,[5] with international markets following shortly thereafter.

 

PS3 - Technical Specifications:

 

Audio formats: MP3, MP3 Surround, WAV, Audio CD, MP4 Audio, MPEG-4 Part 3, AAC / AAC Low Complexity

Video formats: MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2), MPEG-2 PS MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM, MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), VC-1 (.wmv), AVCHD (.m2ts / .mts), AVI, DivX, VOD, XviD, Motion JPEG (Linear PCM), MP4 Video, MP4 via DivX AVI, MP4 SP, MP4 AVC / MP4 H.264, DVD Video, BD Video format on Blu-ray Disc, BD Video format on DVD-ROM