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Comparison of Playstation game consoles
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PlayStation game consoles have evolved considerably from the original system to the current Playstation 3. A comparative chart of the differences of these systems provides a convenient reference for anyone researching this evolution and saves time form having to search through multiple Wikipedia articles to make such comparisons.
| PlayStation | PlayStation 2 | PlayStation 3 | |
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| Launch Price | US$299.00 | US$299.99 (at launch) US$139.99 (current) |
USD$499.99 (20 GB) USD$599.99 / Euro €629.99 (60 GB) |
| Release Date |  December 3, 1994 September 1, 1995 September 29, 1995 |
March 4, 2000 October 26, 2000 November 24, 2000 November 30, 2000 |
November 11, 2006    November 17, 2006 Q1 2007  March 23, 2007 More... |
| Top-Selling Game | Final Fantasy VII | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | N/A |
| Media | N/A | CD-ROM | 2x BD-ROM (72 mbit/s), 8x DVD, 24x CD, 2x SACD |
| Included accessories and extras | N/A | N/A | *Internal hard drive (20 GB or 60 GB included with purchase)
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| CPU | N/A | 300 MHz MIPS "Emotion Engine" | Cell Broadband Engine (3.2 GHz POWER-based PPE with seven 3.2 GHz SPE |
| GPU | N/A | 147 MHz "Graphics Synthesizer"; fill rate 2.352 gigapixel/sec; 1.1 gigapixel w. 1 texture(defuse); 588 megapixel/sec w. 2 textures (2 defuses or 1 defuse map and other(0 around 74 mill, 1 around 40 mill, 2 around 20 mill); 2 textures per pass
Capable of multi-pass rendering; Connected to VU1 on cpu (a vector only for visual style coding things with 3.2Gflops) to deliver enhanced shader graphics and other enhanced graphics |
550 MHz RSX (based on NVIDIA G70 architecture) |
| Online service | N/A | Non-unified service | PlayStation Network Arcade Currency based store Internet browser Webcam (including PlayStation 2 EyeToy), headset, PlayStation Home™ |
| Backward compatibility | N/A | PlayStation | Most Playstation and Playstation 2 titles; future firmware updates will provide more compatibility.[1]
European version offers limited compatibility, but HDTV upscaling to 720p or 1080i.[2] |
| System software | N/A | proprietary OS, Linux DVD Playback Kit |
Cross Media Bar (XMB) |
| System software features |
N/A | N/A | Operating Systems can be installed and run via a hypervisor Audio file playback (ATRAC3, AAC, MP3, WAV) |
| Consumer programmability | N/A | Yabasic software | Development on console via free Linux platform or PC. |
- Worldwide sales standings
| Console | Units Sold | Units Shipped | Date |
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| PlayStation | 102.49 million[3] | N/A | March 31, 2005 |
| PlayStation 2 | N/A | 115.36 million shipped[4] | December 31, 2006 |
| PlayStation 3 | 2 million (America and Japan only)+[5][6] |
2,485,791 (1 million in America)+[7][8] |
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