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Grand Theft Auto 4 hits 13 million (50/50)

Take-Two: GTAIV Sales Split Almost 50/50 Between PS3/360. This means that GTA4 has sold at least 6 million for the PS3. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 08:01, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. Can we use this as a source for best-selling game? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 10:33, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately it doesn't explicitly state that it's the best-seller, and comparing it to all the other sources we have to determine that it is the best-seller constitutes a violation of Wikipedia OR/synthesis rules. I really wish Sony would just release their top-sellers list every quarter so we wouldn't have this problem. =( KhalfaniKhaldun 16:46, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Look, cant we just at least delete the Motorstorm figure? It's really agitating seeing that there. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 12:53, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

PS3/360 Gap

Just as a side comment, I think the most interesting piece of information in this article that we actually can use is that the PS3/360 gap is down to 7mil and still shrinking. =D KhalfaniKhaldun 16:48, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I think this should be its own section but yeah, that's pretty impressive considering the PS3's price point, something that a lot of analysts have neglected/ignored/forgotten. (Psychoneko (talk) 14:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC))

I don't know what mags you read but there's few people that have neglected or forgotten the PS3's price point. It's the only real argument against the thing. Every aspect of it screams "Buy Me". Streaming audio/video, Blu-Ray player, Next Gen game console...price point is the only thing I hear from the nay-sayers. Padillah (talk) 12:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Where are my edits goin? mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 17:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

@Padillah - I'm saying that a lot of newsgroups track the number of consoles sold without mentioning the price tag of the respective systems. Had they tracked the type of SKU sold as well, then we might have a better idea of the relative positions each console with respect to their weight in price. This means that we can normalize the numbers to better understand consumer demand and purchasing habits. It may seem like a lame thing to do, but normalizing different sets of data is a fairly routine procedure for various users. (143.89.190.40 (talk) 17:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC))

God damn it, I wish Wikipedia would let me stay logged on forever. (Psychoneko (talk) 17:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC))

Still no joy? If anyone's got any, give us a bell asap. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 19:30, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

From what I hear, naysayers say more than just about the price.
1. There are apparently no games for the console.
2. The hardware is either too good to be true, false, or exaggerated.
3. Blu-ray Disc is not a revolution in technology.
4. The Cell Broadband Engine is not as powerful as the Xenos.
5. PlayStation Network is nowhere near as good as Xbox Live.

I could go on forever. The point is, people just find more reasons to try and cover up PS3's technology, power and quality. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 12:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

The conversation above doesnt sound POV neutral. Wikipedia is not a forum for advocates to present a "sales pitch". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.90.141.166 (talk) 21:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Talk pages don't have to be POV neutral, but you're right, they do have to stay on the topic of improving the article. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 21:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Right. But this basically reads as collusion by these editors to crate a Posivite-POV article. The discussion page's POV is not really relevant, but these people are literally plotting to make the *article* an advocacy piece. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.46.67 (talk) 02:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Not really. From a statistics point of view, this would be an interesting exercise, especially for market analysts. I mean, we have things like GDP, power purchasing parity and various other statistics that the CIA compiles and publishes (for its World Factbook) and other statistical values that are used in other industries and more recently in major sports teams so it stands to reason that adding price points to the data would add an invaluable insight that currently doesn't exist for the console market. Bottom line is, number-crunching is an invaluable tool for analysts and scientists and I doubt it it will ever go away. (Psychoneko (talk) 02:51, 26 June 2009 (UTC))

Well, I don't see any reason to include the topic in the article hahaha ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:36, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Technical Specs - Internal I/O architecture/technology used

Does anyone have info the internal I/O architecture used by the PS3? Is it HyperTranport, PCIe, or Sony proprietary? I believe that the table summarizing the tech specs (at the start of the article) should include the bus transport technology used. If I find it, I'll add it in myself, in the meantime if a PS3 HW 'expert' can fill in that that info, that would be good too. 66.130.154.212 (talk) 23:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I used to have a PDF with all the details somewhere... I'll see if I can find it. I'd ask my friend's dad who works for IBM and actually drew up the original designs for the PS3 system hardware on his own laptop, but that would be original research. =/ KhalfaniKhaldun 17:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

playing video content through the PS3 web browser from your local web server

Server/Browser/Videos

I wrote a small article about how to make your vista PC and IIS7 deliver video content of upto HD quality to the PS3 web browser. This negates the need to use the media player to view video and therefore DLNA and UPnP are not needed. This helps with playing to PS3 as there will be no more DLNA errors when using this solution.

I want to add this to the main page, but worry that it will be gone before I blink.

Anyhow, the need for this to be added to the main article is that you can use all of the media player HDD play capibilities from the playstation controls when launching a movie file from the web server using the playstation netfront web browser. This posibility is not listed on the wiki page and is not known about by most PS3 users.

http://phat-reaction.com/how-to-play-all-types-of-video-through-your-playstation-3-using-windows-vista-and-iis7/

There is video on youtube also on how to do this process and video playing through the web browser. So you can see it in action working. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxP93C7Olpk

It does not need IIS7, any HTTP (web) server will do.

Can someone help me in the placement of this information in the main page of the playstation 3 on wikipedia or suggest where to put this information. 85.144.194.211 (talk) 22:49, 8 April 2009 (UTC) 85.144.194.211 (talk) 22:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

The reason it would be "gone before [you] blink," is because as you also said, "[it] is not known about by most PS3 users." Since it isn't functionality that the PS3 was originally meant to use or developed by Sony, it needs to achieve notability and be covered in a few reliable secondary sources before it would be considered for appropriate inclusion in the article. In less wiki-fied speak, we want to make sure that it becomes popular and mainstream before adding it to the article - Wikipedia isn't a route to advertise this functionality. KhalfaniKhaldun 01:01, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks loads, I'll have a look around to see whats going on in the field before reporting back here. I have see a few blog items and things in this direction, but not too much. Anyhow, before I go any further I'll get some more opinion from this talk forum. Thanks again.

85.144.194.211 (talk) 12:31, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I've found some additional information that is notable and reliable and not me :)

quote from text

"Using the Internet browser, you can now play a linked video file* as it is being downloaded.

• Some types of video files cannot be viewed in this manner and must be downloaded completely before playback. "

See the Network section of PS3™ System Software Update 2.20 on this page

http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/SystemUpdates/PS3/history.html

2. source from Sony Quote "# Depending on the data type, some files may not be playable or some control panel options may not function during playback." "# Some video files distributed over the Internet have playback restrictions. For details, contact the content provider."

From hints section http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/filetypes.html

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet running your own server in your home network makes it an intranet, but you are the content provider.

4. Personal choice here, I believe that the playstation is not only a games computer and sony marketed for ages to Video watching people, who might like to game also. See blu-ray. http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Sony-PlayStation3-80GB/ . And I believe we will see in future much more use of the brower as a play device for sony content of all descriptions, not just games.

So for me given these sources, it should be in there. You can use the browser to access video on websites, not just flash, all supported content types. what do you think? 85.144.194.211 (talk) 22:53, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

85.144.194.211 (talk) 15:56, 2 June 2009 (UTC) not had any feedback in months on this item, so I shall be adding it to the main page. Will be dissapointed if it is removed by anyone as there has been more than adquate time to respond and say their piece.

As there is no challangers now. It is safe to say that this information is true and does represent the capibilties/features of PS3

Special Edition Final Fantasy VII playstation 3

theres a playstation 3 special editon for the remake of the final fantasy VII movie, "final fantasy VII advent children Complete". Is this the right place to mention it? i believe so, the Xbox article showed a special edition Simpsons Xbox so why not here for final fantasy VII. discussDeathBerry talk 16:07, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe the console is "Cloud Black" so it is unique. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 12:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

SDHC?

There seems to be some confusion as to whether the flash-card carrying models, or at least the 40GB & 80GB versions, sport SDHC compatibility. What's the current status of these devices vis a vis SDHC? MrZaius^talk 07:48, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

The PS3 web browser is not based on NetFront.

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) web browser is mistakenly being described as a NetFront-based browser, whereas it is an internally developed browser. This NetFront rumor likely came about because the PlayStation Portable (PSP) browser is in fact a NetFront-based browser. Sony's Izumi Kawanishi has stated that the PS3 browser was developed internally based on software from their web device group. Reference: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2006/1219/mobile360.htm. Also, you can tell it's not NetFront because it simply acts differently with non-trivial pages. Lastly, a Sony rep personally told me this today as part of a tech support response.

Can we get this mistake rectified? It's been propagated quite a bit around the Internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by OutlawSipper (talk • contribs) 07:56, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't believe it is a Netfront browser but we don't have a reliable source either way. The link you provided isn't from a well-known/respected source and isn't in English. I'll just remove "Netfront" as we can't cite "in-house" or "Netfront". ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Europe sales

I can't find anywhere in the source that says the PS3 has 8.5 million units sold in Europe. The number itself seems a little high. Can someone double-check the figure? Mahanga^Talk 03:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Here's an article from about a year ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7386879.stm . That said, I don't think it's unusual for the PS3 to have sold 8.5 million units by now. (Psychoneko (talk) 10:22, 3 May 2009 (UTC))

Actually, ignore the BBC article, I was drunk when I posted that. http://kotaku.com/5222722/lifetime-pal-console-sales-figures-get . (Psychoneko (talk) 10:38, 3 May 2009 (UTC))

PS3's Main article has wrong sales information

Playstation 3's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3) main article is giving a wrong information with a missleading reference.

At the main summary box it says that "Motorstorm game" is the best selling video game of the system as of December 31 of 2008; the problem is that the reference used for such statement is linking an "Edge Magazine's" article made in December 30 of 2007. How can an article from 2007 afirm sells made in 2008, that doesn't make sense.

Such statement should be fixed. pirulee (talk) 14:44, 08 May 2009 (UTC)

How does it work in general?

For those of us who grew up on the Atari 2600 and haven't much upgraded the gaming machine since, it's not clear how games are delivered to the system (probably by Blu Ray/DVD/internet) and what would be stored on the hard drive, so one might select an appropriate size drive. -- User | Talk | Contribs 17:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.62.99.50 (talk)

Responding to the anonymous, what do you mean? Current generation of video game content are delivered through the following methods: traditional retail and online distribution. It would depend entirely on what game you're looking at and which "store" you bought the game from in order to determine the size of the installation, if any. The only company (remaining) that limits the allowed installation sizes is Nintendo. Microsoft used to limit the file sizes of game demos and whatnot on Xbox Live back in the 360's earlier life cycle and has since removed that limit due to developer pressure. I personally don't know how anyone can replace the harddrive on an Xbox 360 without taking the console apart but the PlayStation 3 allows the end-user to replace the harddrive through a specific hatch on the side of the PS3. (Psychoneko (talk) 23:53, 25 June 2009 (UTC))

The 360's harddrive clips onto the left side of the console itself. It's kind of like a PC's external harddrive but connected through a direct port rather than a cable. Replacing it is a simple matter of unclipping it and clipping another one in place. Transfering data is slightly more complicated and requires a cable provided by Microsoft, but there's no reason anyone should ever need to open up the console itself. 86.166.128.214 (talk) 23:01, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

• PS3 games shop-bought are on Blu-ray disc, some install data to the hard drive, varying sizes.
• Some PS3 games receive patches which install to the hard drive, these vary in size.
• Downloads are entirely on the hard drive and are currently at most a few gigabytes in size, although this will get bigger over time. These downloads can include PS1 classics, games designed for both PS3+PSP, game demos or full PS3 games.
• All PS3's include PS1 disc playback, and early PS3's have PS2 disc playback, all PS1 games used CD and did not have a hard drive option, PS2 games were on DVD and CD and, bar a handful of games, did not use the hard drive
• Blu-ray movies can install data to the HDD as well

The hard drives Sony includes are intended for casual-to-middleuse gamers, the size has increased as more and more games install data to the hard drive to stop load times (DMC4 takes around 20 minutes as it installs so much). The 20GB PS3's were discontinued quickly becuase Sony realised after a handful of games it would fill the drive up too quickly. Hardcore gamers may need or want more space so Sony included a very easy upgrade option chocobogamermine 23:48, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

So, can you install the games on the hard drive, or do you still need the disc for all of the content? I'm guessing that you probably still need to put it in for copy protection.... 72.87.188.65 (talk)

Only PSN games. Try copying Blu-ray games to the PS3 console eh? It'd take days and it would chomp up 25 or 50GB each time! ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:32, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Fixstars Solutions

Fixstars Solutions should be added to the manufacturers. Fixstars Solutions made the Yellow Dog Linux, which is web browser in Playstation 3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KyyhkyBoy (talk • contribs) 20:02, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Yellow Dog Linux is a distibution of the Linux operating system. Not a web browser. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 00:52, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Yellow Dog Linux is an installable operating system, optional to the PlayStation 3. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 09:17, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Activision wants to call it quits on the Playstation 3 if console price is not lowered.

There is certainly enough bad press on the Playstation 3, but this one caught my eye, enough to actually add this to the talk page.

Read it here: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6531367.ece?print=yes&randnum=1245400825888

To sum it up, Activision is saying that Sony should reduce the Playstation 3's price point. This is a major blow, because Activision is one of their largest developers, whether or not their games are good. The Legacy (talk) 23:29, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't say this is a major blow, as it is just talk at this point. It may just be a negotiation ploy to convince Sony to lower prices. See the Ars Technica article. 140.172.225.35 (talk) 21:05, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

I see it as a negotiation ploy from Activision. There's a large enough user-base for the PlayStation 3 that simply cannot be ignored, especially not in this global slump. (Psychoneko (talk) 00:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC))

It's not just price, data should be presented on how the removal of PS2 backward compatibility is affecting sales of PS3s. Activision should be asking to add back features to the PS3, not just cutting prices. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.33.226 (talk) 01:13, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I see it as Activison testing to see how far they can stick their hand in the trap before it springs. Really, they have no right to tell Sony to lower costs of the PS3. In that case, they should tell Microsoft to quit charging their users for Xbox Live. 166.102.225.41 (talk) 20:38, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thing about Live is that the ads are covered by the membership fee so it sort of makes perverse business sense to advertise to consumers who foot the advertising bill. PSN's advertisements are more in line with traditional advertising protocol where the advertiser foots the bill to have an ad placed on the network. (Psychoneko (talk) 11:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC))

Well, we all know that Sony has fixed that problem. And, for the first time, PS3 is the most dominantly advertised game machine (at least in NZ). And even the Nintendo DS then the Wii are outmatched! ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:31, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

VidZone release countries

VidZone

This was not released in New Zealand as was expected. The final release countries were UK, Ireland, Australia, Italy, France, Spain and Germany. The quote from the EU blog “The reasons we’re only launching in those countries for the time being,” added Russo, “are largely to do with sourcing local advertising that is relevant and appropriate. We can’t wait to roll out in the remaining territories though; we’ll bring you more information when we have it.”

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/06/04/e3-interview-vidzone/#more-1267

Tig3rfang (talk) 02:59, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

PS3 Slim

Beware but some sites are suggesting that a slim lined version will be released in the next 1-2 months. I'm not adding this info to the article unless it is true, but beware. [1][2][3] -- [[ axg ⁞⁞ talk ]] 21:53, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

It's just a rumor, until something is officially announced by Sony it shouldn't be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.52.188.126 (talk) 13:24, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

At this point, we're considering it to be a rumour but considering that Ars Technica's mole has an impressive record of predicting the behaviors and actions of the console makers (Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony), it's a rumour that many people have taken fairly seriously. Problem is, without hard evidence, it'll just be a rumour. I think Joystiq or Kotaku had an article about FoxConn and another company recently signing another contract with Sony for production runs of the PlayStation 3 console. The thing we don't know at the moment is _which_ PlayStation 3 console was just signed into production. (Psychoneko (talk) 09:55, 5 July 2009 (UTC))

at this point there's about half a dozen photographs of the slim models floating around the net. imho there's enough reliable info to just add it to the article, but i really don't feel like adding the info and then arguing with editors about whether or not the guy who leaked the info about the PSP GO is a reliable/valid source.99.153.29.112 (talk) 05:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Should an interesting read... http://www.wmorefresher.com/2009/07/you-lookin-good-baby-oh-yeah-im-on-that.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.34.68 (talk) 12:16, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

slim version was recently added to the german amazon.com, however the pics have been removed. kinda silly that slim version still isn't mentioned in the article anywhere due to the mountains of evidence that it will most likely be released within the next couple of months.99.153.29.112 (talk) 16:39, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

"german amazon.com" eh? its called amazon germany, or even amazon.de ;p Suggestednickname (talk) 01:22, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

it's because we haven't had an official source saying it's true. ESTEMSHORN^talk_Sign 18:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

amazon germany has listed playstation 3 slim as a new upcoming article now, was in the news everywhere online, no dates or prices or much details yet though. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B002JM1GPU Suggestednickname (talk) 01:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

PS3 Slim Non-Standard Power Connection?

"The internal power supply was removed in favor of an external brick, as noted in the use of a non-standard male connection in the rear of the unit."

Looking at some of the pictures online, the power connection on the back of the PS3 Slim seems to be a common one used by many laptop AC adapters and the PS2. --questionlp (talk) 20:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Please put new comments at the bottom so everyone can see them easily. I'm not sure what your point is with this question/statement. Putting a transformer block power supply on is a pretty standard method of cutting costs, size & weight, heat and therefore power consumption. Its not yet relevant. chocobogamermine 21:54, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I think he's trying to say that the statement in the article about the "power brick" (correct name is a power adapter) is incorrect and that it uses the standard plug with no adapter. I think that is true. The IGN unboxing didn't show the power plug with the adapter. But just to be safe, we'll have to wait for other people to unbox it. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:18, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

After all the unboxing videos and whatnot, there are no power bricks. The Power Supply Unit is still internal. Someone must have gotten confused about something somewhere along the way (Psychoneko (talk) 10:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC))

I can confirm. I know someone who opened their PS3 slim box and found a standard power cable in it. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

PS3 Units Sold. As of March 31, 2008 the PlayStation 3 Sold 22.73 Million

As of March 31, 2008 the PlayStation 3 Sold 22.73 Million Units.
Shown on the official Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Website
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3_sale_e.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisishot12 (talk • contribs) 01:52, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be actually a little less than noted on the sidebar of the article. http://kotaku.com/5340392/sony-talk-playstation-lifetime-sales-psn-revenue or anyother set of people who covered the 18th of August Gamescon Sony Press conference. (Not sure of the Formalities here should I edit the Title of this Paragraph?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.252.29.168 (talk) 03:19, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Editing PlayStation 3

I would like to edit the image of the Playstation 3 by either replacing the main picture or adding a second one. I would like to do so because it would help show the PS3 more and the picture shows much more detail.

Picture: [4] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kryticate (talk • contribs) 07:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi. That image is no-doubt copyrighted. As there is a suitable, free (non-copyrighted) image available the use of the copyrighted one couldn't be justified under fair use. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:44, 15 July 2009 (UTC) i would like to look over any mistakes in this article so it appears better

Backward Compatibility

Could someone please put more info on this into the article?; I still do not understand exactly how the PS One compatibility works. PalkiaX50 (talk) 21:04, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

It says at the bottom of the comparison table that all models have PlayStaiton One compatibility. I don't know how it would be made clearer? Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 11:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

It is adequately covered, but Palkia is right - It could certainly be made to jump out at the reader more effectively. I didn't see the line in question at all on my first couple of read-throughs while weighing my own purchasing decision. Listing the "no" ones as "PSOne only" would fix the confusing undue weight issue described above, making both answers clear from the chart proper, not solely available in the buried sub-footnotes prose section: See this edit. If my edit isn't allowed to stand, we might consider adding a footnote in the grey box clarifying PSOne compatibility and attempting to fix the weight issues by moving the prose above the chart. MrZaius^talk 11:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, is the PSone backward compatability only for certain games? For some reason I cant get FF8 to work yet 6, 7 and 9 do. The PSone screen doesn't come up, i just get a black screen. It could just be my disk but I am curious to know if the PS2 backwards compatability is only for certain games the PSone might be too. Dark verdant (talk) 11:38, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

It's more likely to be a limitation of the software emulator, but it's odd that you don't even get the menu. From the Compatibility tool:

"Throughout gameplay, when the user's party encounters a random enemy in the "world map", and the “pre-battle” transition screen appears, approximately 40 - 60% of the “pre-battle” transition screen appears black, and the remaining portion of the screen appears corrupted."

That said, this isn't a forum and we probably ought to just let this go after linking to press coverage of the tool. MrZaius^talk 12:58, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

All PS3s have PS1 compatibility (with their respective region-lock). Not all PS3s have PS2 compatibility. I seriously wish that people would use the friggin' model number (i.e. CECHExx or CECHAxx) when talking about compatibility because it gets repetitive and annoying really quickly. (Psychoneko (talk) 11:17, 4 August 2009 (UTC))

Correct, Psy. Note that PS3 games aren't region locked, the PS1 games are e.g Japanese FF = Japanese PS3. Bahahs 01:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs (talk • contribs)

Hmm, I've just downloaded Wild Arms 2 and FF7 from the Japanese PSN and it works on my American PS3 (CECHE01). So yeah... the region-lock mechanism is now something that has my interest. (Psychoneko (talk) 03:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC))

Energy Consumption

I think it is also important to mention that the PS3 consumes about 5 times as much energy as a refrigerator, thats 10 times that amount of a Wii! [5] --LOctopus (talk) 03:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately it's totally untrue...

PS3 is about 100w (the 80GB units at least). A refrigerator used approx half that. However your refrigerator is on 24x7 and your PS3 is not... You should stop listening to fanboy FUD. FYI the XBox consumes double the power of the latest PS3, due to Microsofts inability to improve the Xbox production process

I was just skimming across this talk page and this intrigued me, so I went looking for some kind of figures relating the energy consumption of a refrigerator and turned up [6] with Google. The PS3 is stated to consume 194 W, The X360 a comparable 185 W, and the Wii an impressively small 18 W (the page further provided a source, at least for the console statistics, here: [7] for these figures). I would say the power figures for the PS3 and X360 are pretty reasonable. The average power consumption range (57-160 W) that the page lists for refrigerators is below both the PS3 and X360, but the figure given for power consumption whilst the compressor is running is much higher (200-700 W). So, accepting these figures, and given that a game console is not run constantly, comparing it to the average consumption of a refrigerator is probably not fair. However, the Wii comparison seems to hold valid--and for the X360 as well. Angryoptimist (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

So possibly the fridge part may have been false, but the test is found here: [8] LOctopus (talk) 03:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

The test on your link did not specify which models of the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3 were used for the test, so current models are to likely have different figures. The test also did not elaborate on how they came to get such numbers, so those statistics are not safe to use. 166.102.225.41 (talk) 20:29, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

News links suggest otherwise. Sony says that the PS3 is "greener" than competition. http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/4889.html Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 09:10, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

We could throw in Digital Foundry's PS3 Slim power consumption test if people want. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps3slim-hardware-test-article?page=2 (Psychoneko (talk) 10:32, 8 September 2009 (UTC))

IPv6

Does it support IPv6? Maybe it should be said if it does or not. 92.206.50.120 (talk) 08:46, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I think it does, though the IPv6 support is much more important when dealing with ISPs and infrastructure than from end-users. (Psychoneko (talk) 11:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC))

Compatibility with PS1 games from the Japanese PSN?

Has anyone tried downloading PS1 games from the Japanese PSN to their American PS3s and played it yet? I know that the discs are region-locked but I'm not sure if the downloadable PS1 titles are region-locked or not. (Psychoneko (talk) 23:38, 13 August 2009 (UTC))

It is not possible to make credit card transactions for overseas PlayStation Stores, as the credit card must originate from the country that is stated. Obviously, if the country stated is different, therefore the address will not match and the credit card transaction will be denied. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 09:06, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

See, that's weird because I have a friend in Korea who is about to purchase a 60 GB Japanese PS3 from another Korean who has been able to purchase a whole range of games from the Japanese PSN store. (Psychoneko (talk) 03:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC))

Then their credit card or their source of PSN credit is most likely from Japan. See the above or look up reliable sources for the same. There's plenty out there. MrZaius^talk 13:43, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, so I've noticed. Thanks for the response! (Psychoneko (talk) 09:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC))

No, it's because Korean games have NTSC-J coding usually, excluding BD region which would be region 1 or something. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 02:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Model Chart Clarity

Model Chart Clarity

Rather than organize by HDD size, I think it makes more sense to organize the model chart by introduction date. This allows the generations to be clearly identified.

Something like the following...

Generation	Model	Model number(s)[a]	Available colors	USB 2.0 ports	Flash card readers	SACD support	PlayStation 2 compatibility type	First available	In production
1st	20 GB (NTSC)	CECHBxx	Piano Black (no chrome)	4	No	Yes	Emotion Engine	2006-11-01November 2006	No
	60 GB (NTSC)	CECHAxx	Piano Black	4	Yes	Yes	Emotion Engine	2006-11-01November 2006	No
2nd PS2 Emotion Engine removed	60 GB (PAL)	CECHCxx	Piano Black	4	Yes	Yes	Software emulation	2007-03-01March 2007	No
	80 GB (NTSC)	CECHExx	Piano Black	4	Yes	Yes	Software emulation	2007-08-01August 2007	No
3rd PS2 emulation removed entirely SACD support removed 2 USB ports	40 GB (PAL, NTSC)	CECHGxx CECHHxx	Piano Black Ceramic White[b] Satin Silver[c] Gun-Metal Gray[d]	2	No	No	N/A	2007-10-01EU AU October 2007 NA JP November 2007	No
	80 GB (PAL, NTSC)	CECHKxx CECHLxx	Piano Black Ceramic White Satin Silver[c]	2	No	No	N/A	2008-08-01NA EU AU August 2008 JP October 2008	NoStill sold in stores
	160 GB (PAL, NTSC)	CECHPxx	Piano Black	2	No	No	N/A	2008-10-01NA October 2008 EU November 2008 JP September 2008	NoStill sold in stores
4th Slim	120 GB "Slim" (PAL, NTSC)	CECH2000	Charcoal Black	2	No	No	N/A	2008-08-01JP NA September 1, 2009 EU AU NZ September 3, 2009	Yes

Thingythingy (talk) 22:56, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Definitely needs reorganising, its practically unreadable, however I think a lot more of it needs rewriting - all consoles have ps1 compatibility - that should be in the bottom bit not ps1 and ps2 listed on every console - it should just say as the column title - ps2 compatibility - yes via software, yes via hardware, no. a few other things as well. chocobogamermine 23:57, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree and looks good! Pardthemonster (talk) 03:50, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Support. It is an excellent idea. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 07:29, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Somewhat agree. Something should be done but I think this layout makes it feel more cramped than it does at the moment. Is there any reason to include things like "PS2 emulation removed entirely" in the Generation column as these are already in the table, in an easier-to-compare way. The table didn't used to include "PlayStation" in the Backward compatibility column but it was added a few months ago (possibly by me, I don't remember) because people were commenting on here that it wasn't clear. The statement below the table wasn't obvious enough. I think it should stay as it's an obvious source of confusion for a lot of people. It doesn't add any width to the column or use any more space. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:45, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Criticism welcome, I have included all your suggestions in my recent edit. Feedback is also appreciated. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 08:05, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

That was me, actually. I still feel that listing the Playstation2 compatibility so prominently in the chart and failing to list PSX compatibility may lead to confusion, but it would be a bit of a trick to merge it neatly into the new model without cluttering it up with new columns containing nothing but "yes" or "software emulation." Far more important, however, the new edits dump the chart into a section on the PS3 Slim rather than a separate section. Seems like a bit of a no-no, dumping the specs for all previous models under a section header about just one. Fixed that and noted feature removals in the Slim builds. MrZaius^talk 13:39, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

On an unrelated note, I really like the narrative in column one. It flows well, IMHO. I changed one thing, though - The "Slim" entry in the narrative column seemed to ignore that the name actually was the title of its generation. Adjusted the layout accordingly. MrZaius^talk 13:41, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

It looks like someone moved the number of USB ports and a number of other things out of columns and into the prose with little to no explanation or real gain. That one area in particular was a much simpler thing to deal with in a separate column and flowed more nicely when paired with the memory card reader column. Not sure how I feel about the other changes, but they might work. No time to fix the USB thing, though - Off to work: MrZaius^talk 02:29, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about this formatting, i'm fairly new to this. I just wanted so say, I have used this table a lot, purely for interest. I just had to say that i really preferred the old version where more differences were listed, rather than just saying all models in this gen have 2 USB ports etc. I also liked having the 4 USB ports box colored green, while he 2 USB ports was in yellow. It made it really easy to compare the systems. For whoever decides to make the next changes, I thought I would give my thoughts (an my other peoples.) 21 August 2009

Alright, this is just getting ridiculous, please keep it at the one which was edited after me (the one with specific features between and not on the tables). Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 21:47, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

to the user prior to FF, the only problem with using colours etc are that using amber using the "partial" function means we're saying its not fully supported. 2 USB's are now clearly the norm and using the "partial"'s colouring is wrong. I originally cut a couple of bits out that were essentially pointless, came back further was cut and the table had a column with 'generations' - this isn't a correct term. I'll admit I was the main person who started the editing. However the original table was far too cluttered- I'm using my netbook (1024W pixels with about 25 of them going on vertical tabs) and its near impossible to use on here so I cut a couple out. IMO the current table (even if it is my own work) is the clearest and most useful its ever been, and its restored sortability that went AWOL when the slim was announced and opened space up for more useful info. chocobogamermine 22:06, 22 August 2009 (UTC)'

Hmm, then again, I quite like it actually. Good job. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:03, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I didn't mind the model from yesterday or the one shown above (preferred), but the one on now is terrible? Any reason for the change? Pardthemonster (talk) 02:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

The above chart is inaccurate regarding the "PlayStation 2 compatibility type". The 1st generation has the "EE+GS" Slim PS2 chip inside. The 2nd one has the GS non-slim PS2 chip inside, and only the "EE" has been emulated in software -- so there isn't a fully software emulation here, either. (It's important, as the GS is much harder to emulate in software.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.99.184.126 (talk) 11:06, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

source for this?? chocobogamermine 12:07, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3#Original_model -- you can see it on the photos of the motherboards of the given models, as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.99.184.126 (talk) 12:35, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I've added a reflist below the table. The Seventh Taylor (talk) 21:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Who added the Activision and Valve dispute to the article (under Reception)?

I don't believe that the talk page had come to a consensus regarding Activision and Valve's dispute with Sony so I'd like to know whether it should stay there or be removed completely because there are quite a lot of weasel words involved with those statements. (Psychoneko (talk) 09:27, 20 August 2009 (UTC))

Those are notable criticisms, so they should stay, otherwise there would be undue weight. Just remove the "weasel words" as you see fit. 124.179.173.61 (talk) 09:43, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

It's just a collection of statements, I support remove completely. --Ciao 90 (talk) 10:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

The criticisms certainly have established notability as they were widely covered by the gaming press at the time. It could do with rewording but I think they should have some sort of mention. And also, a consensus doesn't need to be reached on every piece of information added to the article. Only if a disagreement arises, as it has now. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 10:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

The criteria seems pretty vague to me because developers have also criticized the 360 and the Wii and those criticisms have been reported across the gaming presses as well. It'd really help to have a set guideline on when to include such criticisms and when not to. (Psychoneko (talk) 11:55, 20 August 2009 (UTC))

Regarding Sales and Production Costs section

While the section did mention the move from 90nm Cell processors to 65nm Cell processors, it probably needs to be updated to reflect the issue that the Slim currently uses 45nm Cell processors. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/08/sony-answers-our-questions-about-the-new-playstation-3.ars

This isn't the first time the 45nm process has been mentioned because about half a year ago, the head of SCEE mentioned the move from 65nm processes to 45nm processes in this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/05/david-reeves-sony-europe-losses

Just my two cents. (Psychoneko (talk) 12:22, 20 August 2009 (UTC))

Regarding new pic for PS3 in info box

Infobox picture dispute

Although it is the newest version of the PlayStation 3, I believe the original version should be used in the info box, and the slimmer versions picture should be in the 2.1 Slim section. That's how the PlayStation 2 page does it, that's how the PlayStation page does it. Same thing with the logo, except with the logo for the slimmer version, you could put that in another section section. With all this in mind, I believe it should be changed. Also I believe the "Slim" section should be titled "Slim version" simply because PS3 Slim is not the official name of the model, it's just a name given by many gaming sites and fans. JDC808 (talk) 03:05, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree 100%. I'm going to revert it back until this gets agreed upon. I've added the new logo down in the slim section as well. Pardthemonster (talk) 04:36, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

The "Slim" also isn't the official name of the current PS2 (yes, that's right, the PlayStation 2) but most people refer to it as the PS2 Slim because of the convenience in differentiating the larger older models from the smaller newer models. (Psychoneko (talk) 04:39, 21 August 2009 (UTC))

It really doesn't make sense to not have the current model in there. All the ipod articles have the current version not the first version. This is no different. The picture in the infobox should be the current model. Macbook article shows the old one while the Macbook Pro shows the newest model. So saying that another article has the oldest picture in the infobox isn't a good argument because I can point to many articles that show the current modals. So the my argument is the PS3 is now going to me most recognizable as the new version. When someone goes to the store and looks at the PS3 they see the new PS3 not the old one. So why not show in the infobox what the majority of people are picturing the PS3 looks like. Within a mouth no one is going to picture the old version of the PS3 when someone says PS3 to them they are going to picture the new version. Just like when I say ipod nano you picture the newest version not the square fat ugly old one (sorry I just hate how the ipod nano 3rd gen looks). Plus the logo as officially changed. So you must change the logo of the PS3 in the infobox. Then you look at the picture of the PS3 and get a different logo. Again you HAVE to change the logo. --Fire 55 (talk) 15:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

It makes total sense. Take a look at the PS2 and PS1 articles. Why are you comparing Apple's pages to the Playstation 3 page? Pardthemonster (talk) 17:28, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Who cares what the PS2 article does. The PS2 is 6th generation system which makes it a past system. I was making the point that some articles about apple products use the current generation and some the first one that came out. No it doesn't make sense. What are sony advertising on the TV a system that looks different from the this articles. Also the PS2 is never advertised. You can make a case about using the first model when the system is obsolete (like the PS2) because IT'S HISTORY not present. Please tell what do you see when you click to a version of the PS2 article page before the PS3 was release. Here's a link and click on any date you like that is before the realease of the PS3.[9] No please do it. FYI the PS3 came out on November 11, 2006. This is why your argument isn't valid. You are comparing an obsolete system article with one which isn't. The funny thing about this is your argument about the ps2 article supported me not you and I was the one saying who cares what other articles do. Anyway I think this won't need anymore explaining.--Fire 55 (talk) 18:39, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

The PS2 is a past system that is still the number one selling console in the world so saying it's history and obsolete is a bit too much since it is still selling and remains to be the number one selling console in the world and games are still being made for it. You don't see Nintendo and Microsoft still supporting the Gamecube or Xbox. You're saying just because this is the newer mode, that pic should be used, yet the older models are still being sold, until they sell out of course. Then you say that when people are going to think of the PS3, they're going to think of the slim version, yet that's probably not going to happen, especially since 23 million or so people in the world own an original. When you say PS3 Slim, then that's going to happen to those people. The article is called "PlayStation 3", not "Slim version of PS3". The slim version is still being shown in the page, just not in the info box. Putting the slim versions pic in the Slim section of the article makes more sense than to put it in the info box. JDC808 (talk) 19:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

You are ignoring the fact that this is HOW the PS2 page did it. just look at the previous link I gave and tell me what the ps2 page did. They had the slim being the pic all the until the the PS3 came out. COINCIDENCE??? I THINK NOT. Your ONLY argument was the fact that the ps2 page does it. Now that that has rebutted you have to rebuke that and not rebuke my points since you have no points anymore.--Fire 55 (talk) 19:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Support for using Slim logo and photo in the info box as is done with any other electronics line in Wikipedia. The fat model also it's is phase out process use it's logo and photo gives the article outdated impression. --Ciao 90 (talk) 21:20, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

If we don't get a reply from either of the 'ONLY' two people that disagree with the new pics in the the next 24 hours I'll revert it back to the new pic. Since I look at Pardthemonsters activity and he's still making edits and JDC is almost one here everyday and hasn't made an edit (it could be coincidence that JDC is taking a break), but still I feel they are both realizing they're wrong. Especially on the fact that the PS2 didn't use the slim version. For anyone else who disagrees speak now or forever hold your peace--Fire 55 (talk) 02:53, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I will agree ONLY if everyone agrees on the change of the PS2, PS1, and PSP images matching this format. That was the only reason I agreed that it should stay the same. Pardthemonster (talk) 05:17, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I will add to this. Since it is a norm for all original versions of consoles to be displayed in the infobox, the PlayStation 3 article should follow that norm, rather than changing the guidelines. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:05, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Please say where is the guideline that says use the original picture, ALSO IT IS NOT THE NORM IF YOU READ MY PREVIOUS POSTS. Everyone here is ignoring the fact that the PS2 changed to the new one as well and ONLY changed when the PS3 came out because it was no longer a a curent system HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS THE PS2 SYSTEM CHAGED THEIR PIC TOO JUST LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE ARTICLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS FOR THE FORTH TIME. LEARN TO READ PEOPLE. LASTLY, THE PSP HAS A SEPARATE PAGE FOR EVERY MODEL. Again the facts do not support you. All you say is change the PS2 page too, but you still don't get that the PS2 ALWAYS USED A PIC OF THE SLIM MODEL AND ONLY CHANGED IT WHEN THE PS3 CAME OUT. I don't know how many times I have to say this until it gets in your head. Of I have to repeat myself one more time I might not be able to be civil anymore and just go out on an all out rant on you guys.--Fire 55 (talk) 14:29, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

learn to talk without 'shouting' and people may listen. why doesn't someone just make a combined picture? if not the original is fine.. it wouldn't surprise me if the article ends up split like the psp slim and 3000 anyway... chocobogamermine 17:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

lets look at other articles in the history of video games

• master system - uses ms1 pic
• mega drive - uses md1 pic
• game boy, ds, psp - articles split
• playstation - uses playstation pic not psone
• ps2 - uses big ps2

what other convincing do you need?

chocobogamermine 17:26, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

To think someone won't get pissed when someone is just ignoring what you have to repeat yourself over and over again is naive. That was the only comment that I typed in all caps to get my message across and all you are doing right now is adding the fuel to the fire and pissing me off more. To act like people have no emotions and don't get pissed is stupid.--Fire 55 (talk) 17:29, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm just copying and pasting your stupid comment on how the ps2 does because you obviously haven't read my previous comment like everyone else here. Here's the quote"Please tell what do you see when you click to a version of the PS2 article page before the PS3 was release. Here's a link and click on any date you like that is before the realease of the PS3.[10] No please do it. FYI the PS3 came out on November 11, 2006. This is why your argument isn't valid. You are comparing an obsolete system article with one which isn't. The funny thing about this is your argument about the ps2 article supported me not you and I was the one saying who cares what other articles do. Anyway I think this won't need anymore explaining". --Fire 55 (talk) 17:32, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

how can a console that is still on sale and still as far as i can see, in production, with new games still coming out for it (FIFA10 and Guitar Hero 5 for example), be remotely obsolete? i did read it, but its your argument that is the one that is wrong. Wikipedia is open source and they even say if you don't like it TS. chocobogamermine 17:37, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Do you like pissing people off?? I think you are trying to provoke me. Answer me this why did the PS2 page have the slim pic for well over a year then had changed it the orginal the same time the PS3 came out. I know you can't see that because you and everyone else here is ignoring it which is pissing me off. --Fire 55 (talk) 17:44, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

without a reason descriptor we can't explain my it was only then the pic was switched, at the end of the day the majority of people are saying original, concensus has therefore been reached. no-one is trying to provoke you we are just pointing out facts here. i mean, why is the '3rd' revision of the ps2 not used as the header pic? (rhetorical) this one came out after the ps3's release. it avoids any confusion using the original's pic. avoids potential EW'ing if a 3rd iteration comes out etc. chocobogamermine 17:58, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

at the end of the day concencus and ignorance overrule ideas and opinions - i created a combined psp slim and psp3000 article, nobody commented on it at all, despite it flowing better and not taking up anywhere near as much space as the 2 seperate articles. they still stay split chocobogamermine 18:15, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

There is no guideline for this at WP:CVG as I can remember. The fat model is phasing out and replaced entirely by Slim, so use fat image in the infobox gives the article an outdated aspect, IMHO. Older consoles articles use first version images for historical reasons, I guess. --Ciao 90 (talk) 15:37, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, as there is only one tiny section regarding the PS3 slim in the article, using its picture would be very wrong. Theres even a section on the design of the "PLAYSTATION3" (capitalised to refer to the original) including talking about the font. Besides, judging by the fact that there are articles for the 2 slim PSPs (2000 and 3000) as well as the original PSP, despite the fact that you can merge them and only use one paragraph like on here (which I still think is a complete waste and the 2 articles need merging), as well as the DS lite which is just another redesign, I'm certain the PS3 slim will end up with its own article anyway. Its also continuity - all the other articles, regardless of the fact they're in production (which as I said the PS2 is so its not dead), I still say leave as is. chocobogamermine 16:21, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I noticed that the infobox has a subtitle under the image which says "Original PS3 Model". To appease both sides, why not show BOTH images with the current model at the top followed by the original model under it. I mean, we already have a prototype PS3 image in the article so we might as well set it up that way until a real consensus can be reached. (Psychoneko (talk) 23:12, 24 August 2009 (UTC))

Great that you want an updated article, but can you find a free version of the console picture? And to solve it all, use Chocobogamer's suggestion to have a co-joined picture. Easy as that. I don't see what the fuss is. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 04:47, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I've put a combined pic of the original and new model designs of the PS3 in the infobox as well as putting both logos. JDC808 (talk) 13:47, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that! Much appreciated. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 08:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay everyone, I've integrated three of the images made by or taken by Wikipedia users into the new PS3 picture. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 11:51, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

I think it looks really weird... The title, "PlayStation 3", then the first logo, "PLAYSTATION 3", then the new one, "PS3", and finally its subtitle, "PlayStation 3"... @.@ Yes, I think we get it, this is about the PS3... I understand why you would want to put all the official logos, but too many is like not enough, and here I think we could get rid of one or two. And also the two consoles in the same picture, that makes really a lot for a "simple picture that should easily demonstrate what this is about". Looks like a PS3 is this set of things (two consoles and a controller makes a PS3!!!). Ok, just wanted to help by giving my opinion, you can get mad at me, I won't be following this talk page. --72.0.211.100 (talk) 22:31, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, seeing as though you asked, Wikipedia must label the infobox (PlayStation 3) and there are only two logos there. The first one is PLAYSTATION 3, and the second one is both PS3 and PlayStation 3. So, I dont know why you're complaining. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 02:24, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Model Comparison

The model comparison chart is inaccurate. The second generation 80GB that came out in Aug 2007 has 4 USB ports, not only 2 as it says under the heading. Tut74749 (talk) 03:57, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Tut74749 is right. All PS3s that have 4 USB ports generally have PS2 backwards compatibility. They should read this list instead: http://playstation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/playstation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=232&p_sid=ZLfVwVFj (Psychoneko (talk) 04:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC))

I forgot to mention this but the current model chart in the article is horrendous. I personally prefer the model chart that's currently on the Talk page. (Psychoneko (talk) 04:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC))

There is a misleading bit in the comparison chart. It mentions "Software-based PS2 emulation" for the CECHCxx and CECHExx, so it suggests all parts of the PS2 is emulated in software. This is of course not the case, as these machines still had the PS2 GS chip (instead of the "EE+GS" chip in the earlier models), and only the PS2 EE chip has been emulated in software here. (Look Models/Original model.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.99.184.126 (talk) 10:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Also down gradable

The article says that the slime model features an upgradeable 120 GB hard drive, but it is also down gradable. I suggest replacing upgradable to removable, changeable or replaceable. --Regular Mario o}8|3) (talk) 17:49, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

all the console are upgradable - the option to change it is for upgrading. the term upgrading is correct because theres no reason to downgrade chocobogamermine 18:32, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

I think upgradeable is the best term since it clearly indicates that a larger hard drive can be installed while any other term would require an explanation. --GrandDrake (talk) 20:48, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Pointing out that downgrades are an option seems a touch unnecessary, but using words like "user-serviceable" et al might be warranted, if not already present. That said, even that should be shunted off to the Hardware article. MrZaius^talk 13:19, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree that mentioning "downgrades" is stupid. No one in the PC-gaming (personal computer) community ever talks about downgrading their hardware. It's always upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. So mentioning downgrade-able is not just redundant but stupid. Downgrades are only a real aspect when discussing the PSP's custom firmware but this is a PS3 article so it doesn't belong here. (Psychoneko (talk) 03:48, 7 September 2009 (UTC))

I feel that "User-Replaceable" would be the most appropriate terminology to use. People can take their 80GB PS3 and downgrade the capacity to a 32GB SSD for example. Although in theory(though hasn't really worked this way) you would see an upgrade in performance. In my own personal experience I considered removing my PS3s 60GB HDD for use in my laptop, as I would be swapping out my laptops 40GB HDD and using it in my PS3. Although this is definately the exception, not the rule... I still feel that "User-Replaceable Hard Drive" is better general term than "Upgradeable" hard drive. The term "User-Replaceable" also designates that the PS3 is designed superior to the 360s "upgradable" hard drive. Downgradable however, is definately something that is not worth mentioning. Maybe we could use another term? bi-gradeable? Ha! 209.53.189.42 (talk) 17:54, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

"User-Replaceable" is much longer than just saying "upgradeable". "Upgradeable" already implies that the user can swap out the hard drive at will and carries none of that "superior/inferior" flame-bait that you're trying to insinuate. The terms that you're looking for are "universal" and "user-friendly", both of which are appropriate without the baggage of bias that we don't want in a Wiki article. (Psychoneko (talk) 02:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC))

Manufacturing process

What do you think about specifying the manufacturing process of the CELL and RSX processors?

• 20/60/80: Cell 90nm, RSX 90nm
• 40 Core: Cell 65nm, RSX 90nm
• 80 Core: Cell 65nm, RSX 65nm
• Slim: Cell 45nm, RSX 65nm

--Ciao 90 (talk) 21:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
source?? chocobogamermine 21:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not so sure about this. There is enough subtle information as present, without processor speed, energy efficiency and disc spinning speed etc. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:07, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

- 65nm Cell in 40GB model is officially confirmed (Nov. 2007): http://www.neoseeker.com/news/7313-sce-president-40gb-ps3-does-use-65nm-cell/

- 65nm RSX in later 80GB models (CECHK/CECHL) is officially confirmed (Oct. 2008): http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=50450

- 45nm Cell in 120GB model officially confirmed at launch (and by IBM): http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090820/tc_pcworld/sonysps3slimcarriesupdatedcellchip

(Clock speeds are obviously the same.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.99.184.126 (talk) 14:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Very interesting material. But why is RSX still 65nm and not 45 nm like the Cell? 83.108.193.157 (talk) 12:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

RSX is handled by NVidia and is therefore not in Sony's control. (Psychoneko (talk) 20:47, 24 August 2009 (UTC))

Now that I think of it, that is a good question. Who manufactures the RSX? Sony or NVidia? My guess is that Sony licensed the RSX so that it could do the manufacturing in-house. (Psychoneko (talk) 21:04, 24 August 2009 (UTC))

The RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' was co-developed by Sony and NVIDIA. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 04:50, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Ok, so who manufactures the RSX then? Sony? or NVidia? (Psychoneko (talk) 11:29, 25 August 2009 (UTC))

I think its a Thailand company that does the manufacturing, while Nvidia does the main design. 83.108.193.157 (talk) 09:30, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Best selling game

Isn't there one what happened to it The Movie Master 1 (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

It kept getting changed to MGS4 because websites were showing that it had sold over 4 million copies (more than motorstorm). However the MGS4 amount was actually for the MG series and not just the one game. It was decided that it would be original research anyway to put it as there were no sites saying it was the best selling game, so we will have to wait for Sony to publish details of a best selling game before any can be put into the article. Dark verdant (talk) 12:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

We should put it in the article, as it is tied to the Best-selling games article. So we should put GT5 Prologue there. 77.251.187.104 (talk) 19:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Financial loss

This report from one of the senior editors at yahoo gaming mentions that Sony's 2008 annual report shows a loss of $3.3 billion on the PS3 since release. It also says the investment may not be recovered. I wanted to see if there was any objection to including. [11]Cptnono (talk) 05:15, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Since I don't see the same discussion on financial investment/returns on the Wii and 360 pages, I don't think that it makes sense to include such a financial report, for the sake of consistency across the articles. (Psychoneko (talk) 08:19, 4 September 2009 (UTC))

Although I agree with not including the report, remember that similar articles do not have to be the same. Xbox Live and PSN were extremely different until only recently. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:51, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Pic

Slim has buttons. Pics show touch-sensitive panels. Fix it, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.119.167.131 (talk) 13:16, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

If someone is willing to upload a professional picture of their slimline so a vectorized derivative can be made, now is the time! « ₣M₣ » 01:21, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I have changed the picture. Please comment and tell me whether you like the new picture or not. ✰Ffgamera✰ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 06:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Please do not revert the PS3 picture. Only update it if you can make a better one. But at the moment, that is the only picture that incorporates free-use images. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 10:32, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

the pics fine now and looks good chocobogamermine 18:07, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Just as a notice, Ssolbergj uploaded this File:Playstation3vector.svg. So I asked if another can be made with the Slim included here: User talk:Ssolbergj#PS3 graphics request. The current image will suffice until an ps3 slim image is available at creative commons« ₣M₣ » 18:00, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

There is no need. I have done extensive Photoshop-editing to make it look as original as possible. Also, someone uploaded the file to Wikimedia for it to be used in other projects as well. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Who made the current image at the top of the article? It's extremely good. Is it definitely free-use? If so, then good work! InternetMeme (talk) 15:08, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, since it uses both the user-made and the publicly released pictures of the PS3 and my own DualShock 3 picture, yes, it is free-use. It's not really that great of a job, the reflection couldn't be done, and the shadow was a quick job. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 02:27, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

The Slim image is from File:PS3slim.jpg, which is from [12], correct? Just want to clarify that. « ₣M₣ » 13:39, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the original source was the PlayStation.Blog, who posted the images on flickr. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 06:26, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

The Flickr page reads, "All rights reserved" for that image. Dancter (talk) 14:18, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

That's why I made a new image. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 10:04, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

If you are referring to an image you've already uploaded, then I think you're confusing the concepts of fair use and free license, among other things. Dancter (talk) 13:22, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

You're not particularly making any sense. I made all three candidates in the pictures. Therefore it qualifies for us to use it without infringing copyright. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:22, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I must be confused. For File:PS3&PS3slim.png, which is currently used in the infobox, wasn't it addressed here that the depiction of the original case design was from Ssolbergj's vector image, and that the depiction of the slim case design is from the Flickr image? I'm basing my assessment on File:PlayStation 3 Slim model.png as well, which is clearly derived from the same Flickr image. That image has a non-free media use rationale, yet for some reason is also listed under a public domain license. For that image, you claim an "extreme makeover to qualify for originality." An extreme makeover of a copyrighted work is still a derivative work. The originality of a derivative work establishes a new copyright for the original contributions to that work, but the new copyright does not extend to other elements of the work, and does not supersede the copyrights thereof. Dancter (talk) 13:47, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Relevance of the new quotes in the Reception section

I noticed that someone included some TechRadar quotes. One of those quotes feels particularly irrelevant; the part about the PS3 Slim's "ugliness". It is my impression that subjective descriptions are frowned upon on Wikipedia so I'd like to hear what people have to say about it before I remove it. More like, why was the new paragraph added without any discussion whatsoever? (Psychoneko (talk) 08:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC))

Remove it. Subjective opinion on the look of a console is hardly relevant to the critical reception of said console. 124.179.173.61 (talk) 08:39, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, as aesthetics are an important point in the design of any console, and SCE themselves point to the looks of it, as well as the quote that they started with the logo & font on the fat ps3 and worked from there. also, if the console 'flops' you can refer to reviews that point to its looks. remember - the PS3 is still technically identical (bar a different manufacture process) so any reviews are going to be about the looks so it is relevant to critical reception and consumer uptake. keep it chocobogamermine 18:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

See, the looks aspect is fairly ambiguous. What makes even less sense to me is why we would still need a quote on its aesthetics if we already have images of the PS3 and its Slim successor. I mean, to me, it is as if I were being quoted for saying that Picasso's artworks look "ugly and incomprehensible". I'd rather let people make up their own minds on what they feel about how something looks rather than prod them unnecessarily. (Psychoneko (talk) 11:17, 5 September 2009 (UTC))

I agree with the post above. The reception section should be about what the machine can and can't do. Not the way it looks. What I mean is, with most reviews about say games, UI, hardware specs, etc, some subjectivity comes into play, but for the most part the reviewers opinion is based on objective facts. However, when solely judging how "good" or "bad" something looks, that is entirely subjective; as they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

But if the TechRadar quote about the slim's "ugliness" must stay, then surely we need more quotes about it's looks for balance. From what I've read, reception is mixed over the slim's looks. Here are some example's:-

• Cnet - "The story here, then, is all about design, and it's generally a good one. For starters, the Slim is 33 percent smaller and 36 percent lighter than its predecessors, and it really does look significantly more compact when you put it up against the "fat" PS3. Beauty, of course, is in the eye of the beholder, and many people, including this reviewer, think the Slim's new frame is fairly fetching." - Favourable
• Engadget - "Of course, the big debate here is gonna be the matte body. The Engadget staff is largely divided over the "toy-like" new form factor vs. the lustrous, fingerprint- and dust-loving predecessor, so much so that we're not gonna give a verdict one way or the other here." - Neutral
• Gizmodo - "You also get a new matte finish, which makes the console look less "premium", but eliminates the crazy fingerprint and dust problem the original had. Overall, it's a net gain in goodness." Neutral, leaning towards favourable

So, what say you? Remove the TechRadar quote, or add more to it? 124.179.173.61 (talk) 11:44, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Again, you're not looking at this correctly. Part of any design, even more on redesigns, is aesthetics. So opinions are important on looks. Especially in this case where they've redesigned the console's logo and even game packaging, The console itself is essentially the same inside with 'novelties' changed so any relevant reviews on the slim are going to be on looks - the rest of the review that calls it ugly can be applied to the fat console. Reviews on looks are definitely relevant in the case of a complete redesign (the NGage for example criticises the design of the console and 'sidetalking' and that the QD sorted these problems) and therefore I agree that more reviews on both sides should be included chocobogamermine 15:17, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

See, the problem here is that I'm fine with descriptors. The PS3 article (when it talked about the Fat) mentioned its piano-black shine and chrome-trims when describing it. What you're in support of is a qualifier and not a descriptor. Secondly, if aesthetics is such a huge concern to you, then why didn't you bother to add to the article about how it is often (jokingly) referred to as the "George Foreman Grill"? A redesigned console with a redesigned logo; sure, since there are many ways to describe what it physically looks like without inducing/imposing a bias, which is essentially what you're in support of. (Psychoneko (talk) 20:35, 5 September 2009 (UTC))

'slim' name

Just so you all know, the English language Asian official PlayStation sites are referring to the new PS3 as "PS3 Slim & Lite" in the sense of it being its official title over there. Also, UK site has at times referred to it as 'slim' In my opinion, it is therefore fair to use the term "Slim" as long as there are quotation marks as the company itself refers to it so chocobogamermine 16:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, Sony does indeed refer to the new model as the slim. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 07:00, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Seems fine to use that name then. Probably worth adding a citation if it's used, to it to stop people (like me :) ) thinking it's a mistake. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:13, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

No Linux applications for PS3 Slim?

I am surprised that there is no mention of the fact that Sony has said that the PS3 Slim will not have the ability to download or carry Linux applications like Yellow Dog and GIMP. Unless there is a change in this policy a lot of potential buyers will probably seek out second hand PS3's just specifically for the Linux software.--Redblossom (talk) 09:21, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Look, I'm tired and have absolutely no patience for this sort of stuff. So I'm just gonna say it as it is: look harder! ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 08:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

catclaws lol. well from unofficial places, hence why its not quoted, Sony had feedback that it was only a tiny tiny percentage that used it so it wasn't required really, i'm not sure what difference it makes to the hardware to exclude it though chocobogamermine 23:47, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

New PS3 logo means new PS3 casing

Boxart dispute

At the PlayStation Blog and other websites, I've noticed that certain new games use the new PS3 logo along with PS family logo on top now, instead of the PLAYSTATION 3 along the left. This is almost certainly true for all new games (not old ones), so boxart fetchers, watch out for this. Thanks. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 08:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

yh when kotaku showed the slim ps3 they showed a redesigned eyepets case its about as unofficially official as you can get chocobogamermine 23:40, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Evolution-Soccer-2010-PS3/dp/B002K8PTYC/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1253453362&sr=8-16 PES2010 artwork chocobogamermine 13:31, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

WHOA! My mind = blown

brings an interesting question though - FIFA10 is in old packaging and PES2010 in new packaging (obbviously the 2 best to showcase the redesign but thats not my point), could this be a test to see which packaging sells best? I know EA exclusively advertise FIFA on PS3 and Konami exclusively advertise PES on Xbox360, but its definitely something interesting that one had old and one has new on PS3. The new packaging could also lead to purchase confusion, particularly with parents chocobogamermine 17:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Purchase confusion as in, they might think that PLAYSTATION 3 games are only for the big PS3 models and PS3 games are only for the slim PS3 models? ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 13:00, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

There is no evidence that the ps3 slim has a diffrent caseing to the ps3 phat so this discussion is original research. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 14:28, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

This is not original research. Take a look at the pictures. Think before you post. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 05:08, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

exactly that, FF, I know my Mother thought it when some Master System games didnt have the square paper background. And I love it(!) when people comment before reading and looking, MC. We are not talking about OR or anything it is a fact they have changed the game packaging. And there will not be 2 different cases for each game or anything like that. chocobogamermine 17:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Kaz said at TGS '09, the logo was changed to strengthen the brand. I don't recall Sony admitting to that before, so, I just thought to mention it. « ₣M₣ » 02:01, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I can safely say this is orignal research. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 18:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

on what grounds? chocobogamermine 18:44, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

It's research, yes. Original research, no. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

User Ffgamera I disagree. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 15:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Why? Do you think I made this up? Check your definition of original research. Original research does not mean that I go and find it from the internet. That's called research. Do you think I made this up? I don't have any original research to prove it anyway, seeing as though I don't have any games with the new casing. Sony admitted to this casing, officially. So, unless you think words from Sony is "original research" I would try grabbing some sense out of what you are disagreeing on. Please read Wikipedia:No original research before you try and accuse me of falsehood. Besides, how can you talk, when you have a history for making candidates for speedy deletion, bad formatting, improper use of minor editing, inability to sign talk pages properly and most notably, being blocked for repeatedly causing disruption to the project. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:17, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

This discussion is getting off-track. There's no need to start taking any of this personally. Chill out everyone! It's only box art! I think the new packaging, along with the redesigned PS3, is part of rebranding process - but this takes time. Games go to press at different times so they can't expect every game to instantly start using new box art templates - which is all these are. The banner has no bearing on which model they run on. It's just that the PS3 now has a new logo, and the box art is changing to match that. Even if a source is found, is it really notable enough to put in the article anyway?! Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 09:50, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

No, and I wasn't ever gonna add it in. I just wanted to warn people who fetched box art pictures, to see if it has a newer logo version. Because Uncharted 2's picture had to be changed, for instance. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 09:35, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

It is made up and it is orignal research. However, may I warn User Ffgamera that personal grudges against User mcjakeqcool or any other user are irrelevant to wikipeida. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 14:44, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

mcjakeqcool, how is it made up exactly when we have listed links to pictures of boxart that show you the new art. example http://kotaku.com/5369959/uncharted-2-western-box-art-vs-japanese-box-art showing three different boxarts for Uncharted. Besides its little more than half a sentence to say that 'along with the new PS3 and new logo, the boxart was redesigned for future releases as part of the rebranding'. The evidence is clear that there is new boxart. If you're on about 'the logo being redesigned to strengthen the brand' then it wouldn't be included without a source anyway, and I'm pretty sure that FF is reading an article, I may have read the same one IDK, but I think that it paraphrased the statement that it was to make the branding equal for the 3 consoles [ps2 ps3 psp] (I don't remotely remember the quote thats just a summary) chocobogamermine 17:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

User chocobogamer, I have seen proof that it exists with my own eyes, however I still it's existence and it is therefore orignal research. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 09:37, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

um, what? chocobogamermine 13:08, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

I said... User chocobogamer, I have seen proof that it exists with my own eyes, however I still it's existence and it is therefore orignal research. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 16:00, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

There's no point retyping what you put above - everyone can read it, the problem is no-one understands it. Would you like to try again. In language that your English teacher would have understood (none of this "commercial success" nonsense [13]), what on earth does "I still its existence" mean, and why does this make it original research? Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:03, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Think it was more confusing the second time, coz he rewrote it word for word lol. mcjakeqcool, you have seen that there is new boxart coming, you admit it. If anything you arguing the fact is the only OR because its your opinion that its OR. Yes, undeniably, games will continue to come out for a while yet with old boxart, this is for reasons such as game delay and ratings and boxart being designed and confirmed a long time ago (band hero is a prime example), sony's own games will all have artwork redesigned with the new design (eyepet) and games such as PES who only make decisions on who is on the cover shortly before the games release, or boxart that is designed after the game will only have the new art. however that cant be included as there is no source, however linking to a picture of the old and new boxart design and a short sentence stating 'following the redesign of the logo and branding style, boxart for future titles was changed to include these logos' the only source needed is the boxart and therefore not OR. also the uk platinum midnight club re-release has new platinum branding as seen on amazon.co.uk chocobogamermine 22:38, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Yup, the boxart is definitely an excellent primary source for any changes to itself LOL! No original research required. Elen of the Roads (talk) 23:03, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

I can speak in english, however I can only speak politically correct jargon, think of a MP and the houses of parlament, medical communication, police delacet etc. And also I do have poor english skills, and I am not reluctant to admit my english teacher gave me a F- in english. Also this is wikipeida, so we are MEANT to speak in jargon! Anyway, lastly and also most importantly this 'new ps3 casing' IS original reseach. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 15:11, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

No, this is en-Wikipedia. We are meant to communicate in English. Let me try short words. It is not original research. Original research is when you go away and find something out that no-one knows but you (eg if you just ate your shorts to see if they were tasty and found that they're not.). I have to take your word that you know this thing. But in the case of the box art, all you need to do is show a picture, because there is what Wikipedia calls a primary source - the box itself. I don't need to take your word for it. Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry mcjakeqcool, but you're on another planet. Everything that is verifiable (in this case boxart) is not OR. even what I have just put to explain the rebrand - referring to the finish of the console and the software that runs on the PS3, is a source as much as referring to an offline publication - if someone goes to look its verified, therefore its a verifiable source. it is preferred that something instantly verifiable but it is sourced. period. chocobogamermine 22:25, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

No comment. However, I must state for the good of myself and wikipedia as a whole that all content on wikipedia must be verifiable preferably with a reliable source in addition. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 14:34, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

'no comment' i'm guessing is an attempt at a sarcastic response at being proved wrong yet again? Lets get one thing clear. there is no better source than the item itself. if the item itself is usable then no other source is needed. period i think everyone here is at a loss as to why you can't understand this. there are games on sale with the new packaging, television adverts with the new packshots. its not as if its remotely possibly a rumour. there is absolutely no OR in pointing out the fact that the packaging is changed, the same that there is no OR in pointing out when the PS3 40GB came out that the first sign that SACD support was dropped was that the SACD logo wasn't on the top/right hand side chocobogamermine 21:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

User chocobogamer may I state is not a sarcastic statement, it is infact a political statement. Again however, no comment. Infact, let's just close this thread all together! mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 15:17, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Hardware Issue Section

Hardware Issue Section discussion

Apparently someone decided to add this section without mentioning it here. The links are ok but it's missing this one link: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/watchdogs-ps3-repairs-stunt-falls-flat-interview , and also neglects to mention the fact that the host works for Microsoft and is a self-proclaimed Xbox fan. So yeah, that's about it. (Psychoneko (talk) 08:46, 28 September 2009 (UTC))

Not a reliable source. Delete the section entirely, since it's based on Microsoft-lobbyst remarks. --Ciao 90 (talk) 16:15, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Not necessarily. It looks like he is neutral. He updates the wikipedia neutrality articles and also plays a part in the editing of the Xbox 360 technical issues as well. I agree tho that ppl need to find more adequate sources. I read that Playstation 3's have a 3% failure rate and others say 20%! :/ Hope ya come to a quick conclusion on this and dont bump into any trolls. ;) BTW, I'm a casual user and i dont want to make a wikipedia account. thanx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.138.110 (talk) 19:10, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd rather not get into an edit war so I'd like to hear from the others first like Ffgamera and ChocoboGamer. (Psychoneko (talk) 20:13, 29 September 2009 (UTC))

duly noted lol, Theres definitely an issue thats coming to light. BBC's Watchdog did a story on the reliability issues and this can be used as a reliable source to highlight that there is an issue. Drawing comparisons to the Xbox 360's issue, at the moment, has to remain limited for now. We don't know how widespread the issue is, just that it appears to be primarily on (but not only) the launch range of consoles and that its happening for the most part well out of warranty. It is worthy of a mention though, yes. chocobogamermine 20:38, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I do believe that it should be mentioned, but at the same time, I also believe that certain inaccuracies about the program need to be mentioned as well. Watchdog listed the PS3's price as 400 GBP even though the price drop had occurred a full month before the show aired. It also needs to be mentioned that 3rd party repair technicians were used to fix the broken PS3s and that 4 of the 10 PS3s that were repaired during their stunt had broken down again, which Watchdog acknowledged as well. I also think that the most important item to mention is the fact that the co-host of the program, Iain Lee, had already been announced by Watchdog to be a Microsoft employee and was also a self-proclaimed Xbox fan. I would say that the biggest difference between Sony's and Microsoft's handling of hardware issues is also different as in Sony actually provided a figure of 12500 problem consoles whereas Microsoft declined to provide any figures whatsoever. As such, I do believe that bias needs to be mentioned for the Watchdog program. (Psychoneko (talk) 19:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC))

The PS3 hasn't been £400 since launch. The BBC was referring to the 3 highlighted consoles that were bought at launch, at £425 to be exact. It doesn't matter if they're 3rd party repair technicians, its the same process - SCE didn't argue over the repair process. The BBC are bound by an honour code and therefore Iain Lee being a MS employee (loose terms by the way)/fan means nothing as his BBC contract means he has to be impartial. Yes Sony have given a figure, already proven to be a lie, as its not including people who thought sod it and didn't even report it, who went third party for repairs etc. Microsoft are well within their right to not publish fail rates they did the good thing and extended warranties. Sony's consoles are still dropping like flies and the number will jump up. Sony have not claimed bias in BBC's report, they've argued everything else but no you cannot say its biased. Ofcom or whoever it is now would be investigating bias if it was founded due to the honour code. chocobogamermine 23:12, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I know it hasn't, but the Watchdog report (at least when I watched it) didn't mention anything about the launch price. It merely said (and I quote) "400 pounds is the cost" at 1:04 in this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRyRxKlo9-o .

Secondly, there's still no guarantee that what Iain Lee did was in accordance with the Honor Code that you mentioned. Better yet, I'd like to see this Honor Code you speak of because I certainly did not see any disclaimers regarding the existence of such a code. I should know what an Honor Code means seeing as how I went to Caltech; you want Honor Code? Have some Honor Code: http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/techers/honorcode .

Third, the "already proven to be a lie" part, I'm curious about where you're getting such figures from because last I checked, SquareTrade mostly covers warranty issues for the US market despite its eBay and Yahoo! arrangements. Fourth, Microsoft didn't bother to publish fail rates and initially blamed the fiasco on the end users. You could argue the same with Sony but the difference is that Sony was willing to publish fail rate figures, which is at least something that people can work with. As for Sony laying the blame on end-users part, I haven't seen such articles from Sony yet so feel free to fill me in on that.

Fifth, did you not read item 18 on SCEUK's response? Here, I'll post it for you:

18. I regret to say that neither the correspondence to date, nor the “PlayStation Repair Action Team” stunt, have given me much confidence that you are treating this issue fairly. If the report is broadcast in what appears to be its current form, SCEUK will scrutinise its accuracy and will take all necessary steps to protect its reputation and that of the PS3. Unsupported and potentially misleading allegations of the sort that the BBC appears, from the correspondence to date, to be planning to make concerning the reliability of the PS3 could do significant commercial and reputational harm to Sony and its brands. This is particularly so, given the recent, highly successful launch of the new, slimmer model PS3 and the fact that the last quarter of the year is the busiest sales period for the consumer electronics industry. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-tackles-bbc-over-ps3-failure-report

I'm no bureaucrat, but that sounds like the polite way of saying "bias". (Psychoneko (talk) 00:00, 3 October 2009 (UTC))

Wake up guys.. the section is made by fanboy to disrupt article with unreliable and non-verifiable remarks. Gabe Newell emotional statement is up only for rage/blaber purposes. The whole reception should be remade, its looking childish. --Ciao 90 (talk) 13:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, since you asked for my opinion, which I am most honoured to fulfil.. I do know that the PS3 has technical issues. I am being honest here, so please don't tell me off. I know for sure that four of my friends have had hardware failures, one of which got the YLOD recently (User:JDC808). Two of which have/had original models, and one with the 40GB, and one with the 80GB (Non-PS2). The YLOD was detected on the 60GB. The issues are not something which are fake, because it is real, but it is with all appliances really. One of my friends (the 40GB owner) is on his third PS3 because the second time, an insect went inside and my friend apparently tried to get it out and ended up breaking the PS3. I think the problem is storing the PS3 in a place where heat can build up fast, like a cabinet. Also, keeping it in the horizontal position for long use can be bad. I think the one with the 80GB had a software issue, not sure, but Firmware 2.40 did a serious number to the PS3, not only disabling access, but making it completely faulty. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 11:48, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Ffgamera! I am fully aware of the YLOD issue. I just disagree with how chocobogamer could assert his statements without anything to back it up. At the moment, I still haven't found BBC Watchdog's "Honor Code" policy that chocobo mentioned. The bias issue, unfortunately, is not subtle at all. I'll refer to the youtube link again. The inclusion of Iain Lee doesn't help and the worst part is that all articles referring to Iain Lee on MSN have been removed. Anyway, I'm not sure what to think of the vertical vs horizontal positioning. I think it depends entirely on how much space/ventilation you provide for the PS3, but that would also be true of the 360. (Psychoneko (talk) 05:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC))

All models up to the slim produce an incredible amount of heat (more than the Xbox 360 does), but it usually manages the heat well. I do not know how the people stored their PS3s, but I do know that the PS3 doesnt particularly like the horizontal position and feels colder in the vertical position. Also, apparently the Ethernet port and the hard drive produce much heat, so games that access the internet rapidly, or games that access hard drive installs rapidly would increase the workload of the PS3. The Blu-ray Drive doesnt produce that much heat as it spins at 2x compared to DVD. Even the PS3's DVD speed is slower to reduce overheating. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 08:40, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Can I start by correcting a misconception by you. The "2x" Blu-ray drive was ahead of the standard at the time of development, it is by no means "slow on purpose". It still reads faster than most speed DVDs. And I do believe the standard read-speeds of DVD at the time in a combined drive were that slow - there are 2 seperate lasers on a BD drive, they had to develop it to make sure it worked together in a stable way, I'm pretty sure it again wasn't "deliberately slow"

I would question the truth on the "ethernet port" theory, it would make no more heat than wifi, but the wifi card is in a different area of the board, but yeah the hard drive access can heat up the console (if upgrading you should avoid the high-end 7,200rpm mobile drives and stick to a 5400 or even a 4200 as its sufficient for what it needs).

As to standing it up or sitting it down, if its like the Xbox 360, then its probably better laid down as when components heat up, so does the solder. This is where something can desolder itself.

I know people who have had a slim die - in a week from its launch, and they were replacing a launch 60GB. chocobogamermine 09:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

When I say slow, i mean physically slow. I didn't mean disc read slow. I am aware that BD 2x is faster than say DVD 18x. But Microsoft commented on unplugging the internet to reduce heat build up on the Xbox 360 and it's true about the hard drive access. And also, the slim dies in a fast manner if any problems, so it wouldnt be a problem cos it's covered by warranty. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 02:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

You know, all this talk about setting the PS3 to stand up and so on got me thinking about convection currents. Would that be why there's a ventilation port on the "top" side of the PS3? Other than that, hard drive access does generate heat. As for the wifi heat, the PSP's wifi is capped at 300 MHz and it's been known and explained by Sony that forcing the wifi to go any faster than that will burn out the PSP's wifi chip, so there is some truth to what ffgamera said. (Psychoneko (talk) 21:26, 12 October 2009 (UTC))

Providing evidence of notability

I think there are two very important issues to consider here:

1. "15 percent of all consumer electronics are expected to fail in their third or fourth years" (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/02/xbox-360-failure-rates-worse-than-most-consumer-electornics.ars)
2. The normal warranty provided for most types of consumer electronic devices is one year.

Therefore, unless we can provide references that specify that either the PS3 failure rate or the PS3 warranty fall outside of these averages, there is no reason to add anything to the article.

The most notable aspect of BBC's "Watchdog" segment is that it singled out a consumer electronics product for having a normal failure rate and a normal warranty. InternetMeme (talk) 13:42, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

The fact that the issue was discussed by a programme on the BBC, that the report was then given extensive coverage by other sources and that Sony themselves responded to the report, makes it notable. Whether they were right to do so or not is irrelevant. I don't see why notability should be based solely on the failure rate and whether that rate falls outside of the industry standards. I'll re-add the information. If a consensus is reached here that it's not notable, then it should be removed. [I MISINTERPRETED WHAT WAS REMOVED IN THE DIFF] Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 13:59, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

iain lee

im not liking the term 'works for microsoft'. its too general. he writes a column for MSN gaming section. its like saying if a song is used in a film, that the band that made it worked for the company that made the film, which is not true (ok thats too loose). yes, he is a self-confessed xbox fan but generalising his job in such a manner is publicly questioning his conduct or motivation in the watchdog segment - it is potentially libellous. and no i'm not being stupid. chocobogamermine 15:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

It's kind of hard to deny "guilt by association" when the guy himself admits to this:

Don’t get me wrong, I may be in the employ of Microsoft to write this column, but there is no way I’m taking dirty money.

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:49OVClANy10J:tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx%3Fcp-documentid%3D7838134+iain+lee+ps3&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Also, it doesn't help MSN has removed his articles.

(Psychoneko (talk) 06:19, 5 October 2009 (UTC))

Hey guys.

I added the fact that Iain Lee is a self-professed Xbox 360 fan, I thought it was relevant in the context. What do you guys think? InternetMeme (talk) 12:45, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey guys,

I just watched the segment in question ([BBC Watchdog Sony PS3 Yellow Light of Death]) and from a selection of at least 40 members of the audience, there are only three PS3 owners who have experienced failures. Can anyone clarify whether it is implied that the entire audence are PS3 owners, or just chosen at random?

If so, this presents a failure rate of no more than 7.5%, which I think is within the range of the failure rate of normal consumer electronics of any kind.

Two questions, then:

1) Is this technical issue notable (given that it seems to be within the acceptable limits for this industry)?

2) If so, shouldn't the article neccessarily contain a reference to the host's potential bias?

InternetMeme (talk) 14:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

as far as I can recall the 40 members were all people who had complained over it. even if not, there were 3 highlighted cases. there were also another 5 being repaired on the show live, ones they had done before themselves. so you saying 7.5% is completely wrong.

Iain Lee hosted the bit, he will probably have no idea on the rapair side of it, diagnosis etc. I doubt very much he did much more than read a script. If you call into question his comments because he's a fan / employee then David Coulthard needs sacking from the F1 because he works for RedBull. As I said just because they have a bias doesn't mean anything. Did you see any bias from Andy Gray, an ex Everton player, when Gerrard scored for Liverpool in the Champions League..? I seem to recall him being elated... who you work/work for means nothing. who here hasn't said something about their employer before..? chocobogamermine 16:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm quite sure about the Yellow Light of Death as inherent problems on the first generation PS3 consoles, meaning those with 60GB HDs bought around 2007. Almost all PS3 first gen consoles are getting this problem, and a google search on it will turn up a lot of results.Youtube has lots of videos on it too. (165.21.109.194 (talk) 08:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)QL165.21.109.194 (talk) 08:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC))

Kottick and thesixaxis

First, my english is horrible, but read that http://www.thesixaxis.com/2009/09/18/an-open-letter-to-bbc-complaints/commenpage-3/t-. I dont understand why Chimpanzee consider it as unreliable or "notable", the letter seems to be professional, it should be noted. And related to Kottick's lines, it should be removed because its related to ECONOMICAL problems and not the console itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nu89 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I removed TheSixAxis stuff because (while I like the site), it is essentially a self-published blog and therefore not considered a reliable source/notable. There's essentially nothing that makes TSA's letter any more notable or important than a letter you, I or anyone else would write. (in fact, I did write one and it's in the comments on that post if you care to look for it... but that's beside the point :) ) Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 17:17, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

What you say about Kottick??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nu89 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

As I said on your talk page: "The comments are clearly criticisms of the PlayStation 3, cited, from a notable figure in the industry. What specific aspect of the system the criticisms were aimed at is irrelevant as they were written under the Reception section, not Technical issues or anything like that." Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 19:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

READ the article, he is talking about Sony read the lines

-The target is SONY, the once-dominant hardware maker... THEY have to cut the price... we might have to stop supporting SONY.... The interview is about economy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.100.203.203 (talk) 21:48, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I assume you're Nu? "They have to cut the price"... of what? The PS3. "We might have to stop supporting Sony" - read "We might have to stop making PS3 games". He's not saying "This bloody economy! I wish it weren't in such a state because Sony have the price just right for the PS3." He's not talking about Sony's pricing on Bravias of Blu-ray players, he's talking specifically about the PS3. If you're saying that it shouldn't be included because he's talking about Sony's pricing of the PS3, then none of the criticisms should be included. Let's not include the stuff about hardware failures either because the BBC were actually criticising Sony's design and Sony's decisions on build quality. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:39, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Changing the Image debate??

Should we keep using the current Image on the PS3 article about the PS3 slim which is this [14] or change it to my one here [15] as it seems to be better quality and it is free to use wherever you want. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KAPITALIST88 (talk • contribs) 23:41, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree that a free image should obviously be used, but the one that's in the article now isn't very good quality. I've found another free one which I think is better: File:Ps3-slim-and-controller.png Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 23:44, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

3RR GUYS!

FFS concensus has not been reached. The original file should stay until reached. 3RR has been broken now so I want you all to stop editing and discuss and show maturity. this is a FA FFS and if it aint broke dont fix it chocobogamermine 00:27, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

cite 98 not producing bad article

link is http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/ps3s-backwards-compatibility-detailed/16267/?biz=1 causing no article to be brought up

should be changed to http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/ps3s-backwards-compatibility-detailed/16267/

 Done - thanks for pointing that out. AJCham 14:36, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Could we fix some of the spelling errors? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.179.1.119 (talk) 05:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Typo

In Original model: "the preasence or absence of a door"

 Done Alphathon^TM (talk) 13:44, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Technical Problems

There is no mention in the article about the Yellow Light of Death (YLOD) which indicates a general hardware failure on the PS3.

There is ample discussion of this matter and a wide body of citations available;

Currently 9M returns for "yellow light of death"

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=yellow+light+of+death&form=QBLH&filt=all

and 1.9M returns for "yellow light of death"

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=yellow+light+of+death&meta=&aq=f&oq=

There is also zero mention the bricking problems Sony has while updating PS3 firmware. There is ample discussion of this matter and a wide body of citations available, this is but one;

http://gizmodo.com/5021399/playstation-3-firmware-24-bricking-some-ps3s

Something should be mentioned in a new section, titled "Technical Problems". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.90.141.16 (talk • contribs)

Addition of "YLOD" has been discussed here in the past and the main reason it hasn't been included is that there weren't any reliable, notable sources discussing it. It's mainly talk on forums and on fansites which is original research and therefore cannot be used. I don't know if this is still the case but as far as I know, the problem hasn't been widely reports by the likes of Gamespot, 1UP, Gamasutra, etc. People have suggested that it should be included because RROD is mentioned on the Xbox articles and the response to that has been that while YLOD is known among PS3 users, it isn't nearly on the scale of RROD which was very widely reported on in both the gaming and mainstream media and it's notability has therefore not been so strongly established. Regarding the firmware update that "bricked" some consoles. This is covered in the PlayStation 3 system software article. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 21:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

A huge problem with the video game industry is fanboyism. Criticizing a product is basically a declaration of war. Anyway, the problem is at least known and suggested. I found this briefly searching for a reliable source. Maybe add a little blurb about it being suggested? --Phil1988 (talk) 01:07, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Wait, let me get this straight: you think we should include a blurb about how high hardware fault rates have been suggested, but proven wrong? That sounds kinda like a little bit of undue weight to me. Every piece of hardware that is ever mass produced has a certain failure rate, and unless that failure rate is oddly high (like the 360) it's not going to be notable enough to mention at all. =/ KhalfaniKhaldun 02:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

To the anonymous, here are a few links that you might want to read more seriously so that you can better understand why the YLOD isn't a significant enough of a problem to be included in the article:

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36070/98/

http://blog.squaretrade.com/2008/02/xbox-360-issues.html

full report: http://squaretradebuyerblog.typepad.com/squaretrade/2008/02/xbox-fail-rates.html

Most consumer electronics industries expect a failure rate of 1 to 5 percent, which is perfectly acceptable. The PS3 has a failure rate of roughly 3% whereas the 360 has a rather disturbing failure rate of over 10% (the established 16.4% from the 2008 research and the rumored 33% often announced by retailers and service centers). Comparatively speaking, which of the two carries more weight in a class-action lawsuit: the PS3's 3% or the Xbox360's 16.4%? Also, we have public records of class-action lawsuits brought against Microsoft that specifically questioned the Xbox360's build quality. We don't have any such records for Sony's PS3 nor do we have any such records for Nintendo's Wii. Since the media isn't interested in a 3% fail rate, it's no wonder why the YLOD isn't mentioned in this article. (Psychoneko (talk) 15:42, 30 May 2009 (UTC))

Am pleased to see the YLOD mentioned within the article, particularly as the issue has received a fair deal of coverage in the UK. However, have added a citation req. against the claim that 0.5% of PS3 units are affected. Where/ how etc.? This also contradicts the above paragraph, which suggests 3% os units are affected.

(FungasUK (talk) 16:38, 13 December 2009 (UTC))

There is also no mention to the "Red Screen of Death" (like this one http://twitpic.com/wdbzr), which indicates a faulty PS3 in need of technical assistance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.20.225.144 (talk) 17:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I would also like to see a technical failure on the articles for this seeing as I am part of that 3% that had his ps3 YLOD 3 times. Here is also a link to the people who are part of that 3% and GROWING. http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-General/UNOFFICIAL-YLOD-VICTIMS-LIST/m-p/44456282 People would want to know before buying a 300$ machine that it might have a 2 year lifespan. In my case and others 600$. Also adding the details relating to this problem and theories on the reliability of the slim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.58.233 (talk) 05:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Being part of the unfortunate minority does not make that minority noteworthy in the article. There is no piece of consumer electronics with 0 failures, so you should know that it is possible for it to fail when you buy it, be it a console, TV, sound system, projector, computer etc. It is noteworthy in the 360 article as it's failure rate is significantly higher than average by an order of magnitude. Of course the number of people who are experiencing failures is rising - there are more sold every day, so if the number wasn't rising, then Sony would have created perfect, unfailable hardware after a certain revision. The point is, while the NUMBER is going up the PROPORTION is not. Also, THEORIES on reliability are not encyclopedic, but would probably best be described as conjecture (might fit in a news article at a push, but not in an INFORMATIONAL article). Alphathon^TM (talk) 15:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Maybe I should have been more specific but the growing number of PS3's getting this problems are already discontinued. Also they seem to affect more specific models. While there are refurbished one's that are still being sold, the number of phat PS3's can only go down. There have also been ample discussion and explanations regarding the use of faulty or "cheap" solder used on the machines. If this was not the case then technicians and Fixit Yourself guys would have vastly different methods of repair when fixing YLOD from the PS3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.58.233 (talk) 02:22, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Use a little logic please. For anything, older it is, the more likelly it is to fail due to wear and tear. Also, the number of dead systems can only go up or stay constant, but practically it can only be the former. As a result, of the discontinued models, especially the first models (US and Japanese 20 & 60 GB) the failures will go up over time just like for any electronic equipment. Find us a source which shows (and isn't conjecture) that the failure rate for phats, or a specific model is higher than the average, and it may be permissable in an ENCYCLOPEDIA. Also, AFAIK the "cheap" solder is only used for legal reasons - I'm fairly certain it has to be lead free, and it's the same reason Microsoft uses it in the 360. Individual techies can use whatever they want', but for it to be mass produced there are regulations in place. Alphathon^TM (talk) 08:56, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

I would like to make an edit to PS3 succeeding the PS2

As the new PlayStation3 systems no longer have any PlayStation 2 compatibilities so instead of leaving it as "and the successor to the Playstation 2" in the PS3 article should it be edited as "and it is currently supplemented with the PlayStation 2"? Any admin on Project PlayStation agree with that? Kyrios320 (talk) 04:02, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't see that the lack of PS2 compatibility in the newer PS3 models makes it any less of a successor. It will ultimately replace the PS2 when it's lifecycle ends but there's a period of overlap where both are supported. Either way, "successor" doesn't dictate that both can't exist at the same time, or that they have to be compatible. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:43, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

The GameCube is considered the successor of the Nintendo 64, despite its complete non-support, albeit remakes. And the Dreamcast is the successor of the Mega Drive. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 09:13, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, technically the Dreamcast was the successor to the Saturn was it not? It did go Mega Drive (Genesis for those in America) -> Saturn -> Dreamcast. I'm just being picky though ;D. Certainly by my standards the PS3 is the successor to the PS2, which in turn is the successor to the PS1 Alphathon (talk) 10:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Its called Playstation 3, in what universe is 3 not the successor of 2 ? The fact that its not backwards compatible hasnt got anything to do with whether or not the PS3 is the successor of the PS2 Leprecon (talk) 20:13, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

just because the PS2 is still on sale doesn't mean its not succeeded by the PS3. Its simply a longer-than-normal crossover period before the previous model gets discontinued. Every console has it. All the GameBoys, the DS (GBA), The PlayStation2 (PS1) had ones that spanned over a year. The Xbox and GameCube crossovers were pretty short mainly due to the fact they had stopped production a long time before, in anticipation of new consoles, they still had them though. Sony see the PS2 as still profitable due to Wii/PSP games being relatively easy to port and some developers preferring the console, but will stop at some point. It'll probably be sometime next year console manufacture stops and then maybe early 2011 the last game will come out. Remember the PS3 is meant to be out for 'at least a decade' so 5 years of exclusivity isnt bad chocobogamermine 11:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

PS3 Slim unveiled, official

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/godofwariii/news.html?sid=6215547 http://gamescom.gamespot.com/story/6215296/299-ps3-slim-unveiled-existing-console-prices-drop-aug-19

PEOPLE, EDIT THE WIKI NAOOOOOO>... Bahahs 01:34, 19 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs (talk • contribs)

Quite right, a more official source would be the PlayStation Blog. Ffgamera - My page! | Talk to me! | Contribs 07:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, but still, everyone knows Gamespot and IGN. Thanks for the blog link. When is everyone going to add this to the article? Bahahs 16:35, 19 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs (talk • contribs)

Here is the official press release:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/news/8ido180000026ml6-att/0819E.pdf (English)
http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/IR/news/8ido180000026mno-att/0819J.pdf (Japanese)
--Krtek2125 (talk) 17:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Great work. Bahahs 21:29, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not registered so I can't make the change, but there is NO PS2 compatibility in the new Slim unit. PS1 emulation is provided. Verify here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10313110-1.html Please somebody make the change, thx. 128.147.248.126 (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

It has already been added. Thanks anyway for your contribution. Bahahs 21:30, 19 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs (talk • contribs)

Should we revamp the table with the prices and eliminate the precious it's taking up? Bahahs 21:37, 19 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bahahs (talk • contribs)

I have an aditon to the line just after "both Home Theater Magazine and Ultimate AV have given the system's Blu-ray playback very favorable reviews, stating that the quality of playback exceeds that of many current standalone Blu-ray players". Additional references from some of the most respected magazines that say the same thing: In Oct 2009, What Hi-Fi magazine (Haymarket Media Group) reviewed the slimline PS3 for HD video playback, and gave it 5* out of 5. In the same month, Home Cinema Choice (Future Publishing) gave it 4*. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.18.211 (talk) 00:44, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not called the Slim, just the PlayStation 3.

As with previous PlayStations, the newer, slimmer model is slimmer and smaller, yes, but none of them are actually called Slim. This is not the PlayStation 3 Slim, it is not the PS3 Slim, it is just called the PlayStation 3. The slimmer PlayStation 2 was just called the PlayStation. The slimmer PlayStation Portable was just called the PlayStation Portable. So on, and so forth. Unless Sony themselves say it's called any different, such as with the PSP Go!, it is just the PlayStation 3.

The boxes just say PlayStation 3, and it was revealed at Gamecon as just being a slimmer PlayStation 3. Fans/conumers may call it whatever they want, that is not what I'm trying to correct and have no desire to do so, but it is not officially nor advertised as "PlayStation 3 Slim". I just wanted to point this out, to make it more official —Preceding unsigned comment added by Th8214 (talk • contribs) 03:15, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it's called the "PS3" - that's how it's written on the box. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 08:18, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Regarding the FCC filing for the 250 GB PS3 Slim under the "Models" section, the 250 GB Slim hasn't been announced nor has it been listed for sale yet. Since the product doesn't exist yet, should it be mentioned at all or should it be removed? I was under the impression that wiki guidelines prefers to list tangible products. (Psychoneko (talk) 12:03, 20 August 2009 (UTC))

PS3 being 70% cheaper to manufacture?

Under the "Sales and Production Costs" section, someone quoted the current PS3s being 70% cheaper to manufacture. Thing is, I don't recall ever hearing about a Sony conference where the CEO mentioned the PS3's cost reduction being 70%. The problem I have with this information is that every other article that mentioned the PS3's cost reduction mentioned it as a "rumor". Since we don't have a newspaper or financial article regarding that aforementioned conference, I don't know if it should be included at all because we don't have the hard evidence for it. (Psychoneko (talk) 04:33, 21 August 2009 (UTC))

There are now three sources for the statement and this Kotaku article includes a link to the Sony conference call where Sony executive vice president and chief financial officer Nobuyuki Oneda made that statement. --GrandDrake (talk) 20:16, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I remember seeing that article when it was first posted on Kotaku. The problem back then was that it had a "rumor" tag on it. Obviously, it has been weeks since I last read that article so if the rumor tag has been removed, then this issue is closed. (Psychoneko (talk) 20:52, 24 August 2009 (UTC))

Here is a reference [16] to the 70% value. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atherton2 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

calling for a page clean-up

first this page should be locked from editing and should be cleaned up, it's too messy to read properly. Markthemac (talk) 17:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. The article is a collection of bias with sources. It is a typical case of systemic bias. The tone of the Reception section encompasses a "movement" of the gaming industry and press of prejudice Sony and PlayStation platform. So, I don't think there is something to do because this issue is very common in the Wikipedia, with some exceptions where editors do a task force to improve the quality of the article. --Ciao 90 (talk) 18:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

From what I read in the reception article, its definitely not well balanced. In terms of reviews its pretty much all positive, with the criticisms coming from developers. Technical issues should be paired with the criticisms so that its easier to check neutrality. Also its not mentioned with the Valve statement but definitely worth mentioning that their statement rang true - EA did the PS3 version of the orange box chocobogamermine 18:42, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely. I hear a lot of professional criticism of the PS3. Not so much now though. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 04:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

wats the difference(besides the size)

tell me somthing. wats the difference between the ps3 an the ps3 slim?Vernon682

Very little. AFAIK the only non-cosmetic differences are the hard drive size (120GB), the lack of support for installing linux or other OSes (it is likelly possible, but would probably void your warranty) and the ability to bitstream HD audio via HDMI (it can still convert it to LPCM itself as well) In future though do not post non article related questions etc. This is not a forum. Also, to sign your name properly, you sould use 4 tiles (~) Alphathon (talk) 20:22, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, energy efficency, heat efficieny and Cell has been changed. The Cell is now 45nm instead of 60nm. ALL of this stuff is on google and/or on the article. I don't understand why people ask questions which are easily searchable. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 05:41, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Why does it says in the article that only slim supports DTS-HD MA? According to http://www.game-boyz.com/content/?q=node/8987 it is just a firmware update? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.100.35.60 (talk) 11:33, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't, it says only the slim supports DTS-MA BITSTREAM. All PS3s can decode DTS-MA and with the appropriate firmware update, as well as Dolby TrueHD, but it is output as LPCM. The slim can send the actual DTS-MA/Dolby TrueHD encoded stream by HDMI so it can be decoded by an AV receiver etc. I'll put a little note in to clarify it. Alphathon^TM (talk) 14:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Wanting to edit 3.1 System Software

Hello all,

I have a proposal for an addition to this article. I believe the wiki should be edited to include the recent PS3 failures. This failure is most likely a Firmware problem, and would require its own section under 3.1 System Software. The section could possibly be labeled as "Firmware Issues".

Recently, the number of PS3 failures has been on the incline. There have been numerous amounts of people who are beginning to suffer Bluray drive failures. These problems are occurring mainly with the older models of the PS3. The majority of which are the second generation PS3s with backwards compatibility. There are currently two speculated causes of this failure. These problems are either the cause of older Hardware and/or the recent Firmware update. The majority of the evidence points towards the cause as being Firmware 3.0. Firmware 3.0 is said to cause unknown problems with the PlayStation, and causes the drive not to read Bluray disks among other problems. In some cases, the affected PS3 cannot read any disks.

The problems that have been occurring are:

• Loss of controller use (Bluetooth problems possibly)
• Drive malfunctions
• Console bricking

This problem has been officially recognized by Sony(1). Currently they say the issue is only isolated. However, the more cases that arise, the more it will convince them otherwise. To make Sony acknowledge this problem, two owners are currently suing the company for their console failures(2). {BR}

I would appreciate it if you could take my proposal into consideration.

Sources:

1 Sony Official Announcement - http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/09/update-on-ps3-firmware-3-00/

2 Sony sued over PS3 firmware update problems Article - http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239189.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;13

Sign and date please, and firmware 3.1 doesn't even exist. It's firmware 3.0 or 3.01, and I'm pretty sure we've already included a section on technical issues. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 00:44, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

I think you have not forgotten this: v.3.00 was released by Sony to do three things: 1)isolate knock-off or fake DualShock 3 controllers from being used (if you have at least a Ceramic White CECHZC2U DualShock 3)

2) was supposed to provide stable usage of the PlayStation Network and its components ( including PS Store) and

3) provide a new start-up screen and removal of the Spider Man fonted "PLAYSTATION 3" splahscreen for old design PS3s. Kyrios320 (talk) 04:02, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Bundle information in model comparasion section

I bought my PS3 in Norway sometime during the summer last year. It was the 40 GB model, and it came bundled with Metal Gear Solid 4. I am pretty sure this was an official bundle, seeing as the PS3 box also had MGS4 artwork on it. If needed, I could provide pictures of my PS3 box as proof, but I don't really see why I should be lying about something like this.

--80.202.26.36 (talk) 12:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

What is your point exactly? We already know this, and the PS3 isn't a special PS3, it's just the box, so there's no need to include it in, as other games have bundles with the PS3 which don't have special designs on the PS3 like the 40GB MGS4 bundle with the Gun Metal Grey design. ★Ffgamera★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 00:46, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

SALES ARE WRONG!

Sony Europe boss Andrew House in reference *200 says on the 18th of august 2009 that its sold 23.7 million and 10 million in SCEE where the UK is part. However the total in the chart on the wiki says 27 million

The reference 204 that states that the sales are at 27 million are not factual, they just state that theyve sold 3 million in the second quarter, well within the aforementioned statement by Andrew House. It can not be added to the figure by him. The 204 ref does not contain any other reference to the ps3 at all.

ref 200: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/scee-ps3-sales-more-than-10-million —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.225.254.183 (talk) 15:27, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

THe figure on the ps3 page is with europe AND UK, but the UK are already included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.225.254.183 (talk) 15:31, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

The reason why the numbers don't add up is because some of them are outdated (numbers for US and Europe are from August, but the total is from September 31st). Note that the total sales number has not been reached by adding the regional sales in the table, they are directly from reference 2 http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3_sale_e.html

Sales for FY 2006, 2007, 2008, and up until Q2 2009 (ending September 31st 2009) according to the numbers directly from Sony is 27 million, which is without a doubt the most reliable source for total worldwide sales that you will find. Lars Holm (talk) 10:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Possible New Section

How about a "Possible Successor" section. Several rumors surfaced recently regarding the GPU and CPU that will be implemented in the next generation Sony console. Might be worthwhile to mention it as I think it it too early for a PS4 page. Rick Evans (talk) 22:59, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, Wikipedia is not a collection of unverifiable speculation. All articles about anticipated events must be verifiable.--Megaman en m (talk) 10:13, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Need to mention PS3's being used in government and academia as supercomputers

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/air-force-thousands-playstations/story?id=9272180

Why Does the Air Force Want Thousands of PlayStations? Clusters of High-Performance Gaming Consoles Can Serve as Supercomputers By KI MAE HEUSSNER Dec. 8, 2009

The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y., recently issued a request for proposal indicating its intention to purchase 2,200 PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles... They plan to string the consoles together into a massive supercomputer and study how well they can enhance the military's high-performance computing systems. "The PS3s offer some outstanding performance for the price," said Richard Linderman, senior scientist for advanced computing architectures at the Air Force Research Laboratory. "It's an opportunity to leverage the large gaming market and get those kinds of cost efficiencies which are more along the lines of high-performance computing."

What makes the PlayStation so interesting to Linderman and his bargain-hunting colleagues is the PS3's mega-powerful Cell processor, which was created jointly by IBM, Sony and Toshiba. According to a document accompanying the Air Force RFP, a server configured with two 3.2GHz cell processors can cost up to $8,000, while two Sony PS3s cost just a fraction of that price at about $600.

In May 2008, the Air Force acquired 336 PlayStation 3 consoles, loaded them on to large metal bread racks and linked them together in its first experimental cluster. Once the researchers configured the hardware, they installed the Linux operating system on them, turning the gaming consoles into a military-grade supercomputer. Linderman said their first PS3 cluster was used in applications such as high-definition video processing and "neuromorphic" computing, which mimics the way the human brain perceives and processes images and information. When the new cluster of 2,200 PS3 consoles arrive in the next month or so, he said they will likely be used for similar projects.

But the Air Force researchers aren't the only ones to harness the power of the PlayStation consoles. From coast to coast, academic and military computer scientists are stringing the consoles together in various projects. David Bader, a professor and executive director of high performance computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been involved in a number of projects involving PlayStation clusters... At Georgia Tech, Bader has researched the possibility of using PS3 clusters in aircraft monitoring and financial risk assessment. One project proposed using PlayStation 3 consoles on board commercial airplanes, he said. Consoles would not only provide in-flight entertainment for each passenger, but also serve as sensors around the aircraft that would alert the pilot to potential problems and failures.

Astrophysicists at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth are using a cluster of PS3 consoles to research gravitational waves and black holes... And even the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's Cyber Crimes Center has used linked PS3s to solve Internet crimes. Compdude3 (talk) 15:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Best selling game (again)

This recent edit seems to be in good faith, but the source doesn't actually state GT5p is the best selling ps3 game. I think this field should stay removed until there is a source that explicitly states a specific game as the best selling ps3 game. 124.187.50.4 (talk) 09:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Price for Slim?

299.99 i heard. i'am from usa. Huik01 (talk) 01:08, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Playstation 3 worlwide sales went up to 30 million

the worldwide sales of the playstation 3 as of december 2009 are now 30.10 million units sold.

[vgchartz.com]

Ukame (talk) 02:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)12/30/09

VG Chartz is not a reliable source. See WP:VG/CHARTZ. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 09:52, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, they just make up the figures and the guy who does it has confirmed as such Alphathon (talk) 16:35, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

YLOD

I know people may attempt to delete this but it needs to be read. after the new year's hit my ps3 got the ylod... and i was like dam but i start looking it up and it seems coutless people have the same problem. this dose not seem to be random to me i think somthing is going on but sony wont comment on it but i refuse to pay them 150 bucks if somthing is going on lime mabey a virus or a cover up pr whatever it is... all i know is that as many peoplethat are having this issue right as the new year's hit dosent seem to be random at all and it needs to be know... so if u are like me and are having this issue but cant seem to find any help like on google yahoo and even the sony website.... u are not alone and trust me somthing is going on but as of right now there trying to cover it up or somthing.... im working as hard as i can to atleast get someone to talk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.16.42 (talk) 03:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree with this guy partially, I just got a YLOD myself and had to buy a PS3 SLIM, I had a 60 GB first-gen (in France) ps3, three-year old approximately. I don't think it's a virus, but there is clearly a cover-up by sony, so I just want this to be said here, for further references purpose, in case someone would like to lead a full investigation about the YLOD for wikipedia. It should be noted that my YLOD is clearly an overheat issue, so again, nothing extraordinary, beside the cover-up by sony! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.192.34.59 (talk) 00:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I also had YLOD. It IS an overheat issue and I got it fixed same day at a local hardware place for £60. No biggie. If we're assuming a 3% failure rate as normal, then it's a volume game. Assuming 3 million sold in the UK (working off that 10m SCEE figure) then you wuold expect 30,000 fails. That population is going to generate a lot of noise online. But no conspiracy or cover-up - it's well within the normal fail rate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.169.147.254 (talk) 17:16, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

it only affects 0.05% of ps3's not 0.5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.108.54.238 (talk) 16:16, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Sony probably did it on purpose to only give 1 year warranties when they know the YLOD occurs after 1 1/2 years - 2 years and more. "Oopsie, I stopped the problem in the 80 GB, but now the Slim has the problem more than ever. Maybe you should of extended your warranty, either way we will rack up the bucks...". Replying to comment number 3, the YLOD is NOT like the RROD. The YLOD means there is something wrong, could be an overheat issue, fried chip, etc. On the XBOX there are different rings for different errors, the most know, the RROD which is solely for overheating. What I'd like to know is if I get my YLOD fixed, is there a chance it will occur again? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.182.78 (talk) 17:16, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

"Sony probably did it on purpose to only give 1 year warranties when they know the YLOD occurs after 1 1/2 years - 2 years and more" - What? How could they have possibly known that it would be an issue 1 1/2 - 2 years down the line when it launched? That makes no sense. Also in Europe, they have to give a 2 year warranty by law.

"On the XBOX there are different rings for different errors" - well, technically it is different SEGMENTS - a ring is a circle, which is why it is red RING of death, not red RINGS of death (which annoys the *%#! outta me).

"the RROD which is solely for overheating" - no it isn't. It means general hardware failure and can also be caused if the power cable isn't plugged in, for example.

Alphathon^TM (talk) 17:03, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

PS3 Hacked

This is significant, as "Sony's console is undisputedly the most secure games machine ever made":

http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/2010/01/heres-your-silver-platter.html http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps3hacked-article http://rdist.root.org/2010/01/27/how-the-ps3-hypervisor-was-hacked/

68.8.99.245 (talk) 06:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

How does that make it significant? Just because it has been hacked doesn't mean that it isn't the most secure, it just means it isn't infinitely secure. It is worthy of mention, but the kind of thing that would have its own article or a mention in a console hacking article. Besides it is mentioned briefly in the slim section with regard to the removal of Linux (or at least it was last time I looked) Alphathon^TM (talk) 21:47, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Alphathon, even if its been "hacked" so to speak, its still the only one thats doesnt have any piracy method (meaning BR disc backups for games), and the also the one that is still standing against copied games, which btw it's not a minor achievement. Fatez (talk) 16:06, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Hardware > "Reliability" vs. "Technical Issues"

Hi guys,

Some people have suggested that since the Xbox 360 article has a "Technical problems" section, then this article ought to as well. That would be like suggesting that because the article for the RMS Titanic has a section about hitting an iceberg and sinking, then the Mayflower article ought to as well.

According to this Ars Technica article, the PS3 has a 3% failure rate, which is typical of most electronic devices; whereas the Xbox 360 has a 16% failure rate, which is pretty much unheard of. InternetMeme (talk) 15:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

I have to agree. The section in the PS3 article is about reliability, not specific technical issues like the 360 article. This is relevent because of the 360s above average failure rate. I would be interested in seeing said comments that suggest it should be so (maybe in the 360 article talk page?) (P.S. I have taken the liberty of signing your post for you) Alphathon (talk) 19:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

If it helps, I never made any comments suggesting that we should have a "Technical Issues" section, but I did rename the section "Technical Issues" after another editor named the section "Yellow Light of Death" (it was previously titled "Lifespan"; here are the diffs: 1 2). I changed the name based on the fact that the RLOD problem on the 360 is in a section titled "Technical Issues" and it didn't seem appropriate to have a separate "Yellow Light of Death" section in this article, especially since the problem is not as widespread. For what it's worth, I agree with both of you and I think that "Reliability" sounds fine. Regards, • CinchBug • 20:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool, I'd say your reasoning was sound : ) Also, thanks Alphathon for signing my post. You did a much nicer job than one of those bots. InternetMeme (talk) 06:17, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, sounds fair enough, and "Technical Issues" is definitelly far better than "Yellow light of death", if only for neutrality reasons. @InternetMeme no problem :P Alphathon (talk) 14:11, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

PS3s sold

I have read the source that is stated in the amount of PS3s sold. The chart while saying 33.5 million have been sold, it only goes up to the end of Q3 of 2009 (Sept. 30, 2009). It says Dec. 31, 2009. Can someone edit that and make it right? Never mind, I forgot about the fiscal year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.197.34 (talk) 22:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

All sources only state 33.7 million units sold. Sidebar says 35.7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.14.74.21 (talk) 09:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

new peripheral called "Torne"

• official site, description Cliché Online (talk) 18:04, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Appearance

"The only difference in the appearance of the first five models was the color of the trim and number of USB ports"

This is incorrect. The 20GB model did not have the memory card reader and thus does not have the hinged door covering the ports. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.57.104.124 (talk) 15:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done The 40GB, 80GB (PAL & non-BC NTSC) or 160GB don't have card readers either. Also later models have fewer air vents

Calendar Issue

Ok, hold on a sec, I have reports of many people owning gen 1 through 3 'fat' units that are not affected by 8001050F, so the entry needs revising.Twobells (talk) 13:56, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Edited the first paragraph with the inclusion of the word 'some'.Twobells (talk) 14:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Notability

I think we should probably try and discuss what, if anything, should be included in the article about this issue, rather than everyone treading on each-other's edits as they desperately try to add the latest information. I'll leave my opinion here as I did on Talk:PlayStation Network: Wikipedia isn't a news site and I don't think this is really encyclopeadic. Although it's a big deal at the moment as everyone's complaining about it, I don't think an online service being unavailable for (so far) one day for a portion of users is really notable. If it goes on a lot longer and has more serious repercussions, it might be worth mentioning but so far I don't think notability has been established, in the grand scheme of things. If this were a recurring issue that became very well-known like the YLOD or RROD then it might have some merit, but as far as I can tell it's only being included at the moment becuase people are pissed off. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 17:07, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Seconded Alphathon^TM (talk) 18:22, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

No Chimpanzee, error 8001050F is affecting more than just the online service (PSN). It won't even let you play any disc-based games OFFLINE if they have connectivity to trophies. It's also erasing downloadable content and stuff purchased from the store. This is fairly notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.39.190 (talk) 19:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

It is absolutely noteworthy and encyclopeadic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_10050000/newsid_10058900/10058914.stm::

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/288320

http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=237132

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6252534.html

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/03/apocalyps3/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.2.70 (talk) 20:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

It should be -- without any doubt -- go into it's own section. Suggesting that it _not be included_ is laughably POV damage control. Just laughable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.2.70 (talk) 20:41, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

FURTHER,

To Quote Chimpanzee on this very page:

"while YLOD is known among PS3 users, it isn't nearly on the scale of RROD which was very widely reported on in both the gaming and mainstream media and it's notability has therefore not been so strongly established"

So, BBC and CVG is Mainstream as it gets for this industry, and shoudl clearly (as Chimpanzee suggests) ACTUALLLY BE INCLUDED.

I humbly suggest that Chimpanzee has a Positive POV agenda. His edits and discussion here are uniformly pro-PS3.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.2.70 (talk) 20:44, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

You can humbly suggest all you like mate, but you may want to look at the date of that comment you quoted - it was long before the issue had been reported by the likes of the BBC and notablility had been established. As an unregistered user with 4 edits, you obviously don't have enough knowlege of my contributions to assess any kind of "agenda" I might have.

Anyway, all of that cleared up, I wasn't aware that this problem had already been reported by sites such as Wired and BBC. Thanks for the links. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 21:40, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be moved out of the Hardware Issues section now that it is known that it is a software/firmware not a hardware issue?Gamer9678 (talk) 23:56, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Apocalyps3

"Monday morning, Sony confirmed this to be the case. “We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system,” said Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold in a statement emailed to media and posted on the company’s blog."

Read More http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/03/apocalyps3/#ixzz0gxixnDpe

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/03/apocalyps3/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.2.70 (talk) 21:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Euro Glitch

I notice that European glitch affecting thousands today of PS3s have not been shown on the article. [17] its also on the UK Playstation site [18] I think this should be shown, best Likelife (talk) 21:39, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Well it's only temporary so it doesn't need to be mentioned...

What's going on here? I came to this page to check out the PS3 "bug" story that is making national news in several countries, and there is no mention of it? Fig (talk) 23:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

There are resident Positive POV editors camping this article.

Yes there is. See ther Hardware issues section. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 23:47, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Also wikipedia is not a news site so it would not be the place to come read about the breaking NEWS that is "making national NEWS"Gamer9678 (talk) 23:56, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

"By March 1, owners of the original PS3 could connect to PSN successfully and the clock no longer showed December 31, 1999" Errr...no, it was towards the end of March 1, not by. Plus, shouldn't it really be "By March 2nd GMT" or something similar as this is the time the internal clock uses? 86.30.35.190 (talk) 18:45, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the problems are still ongoing for many - yet this article incorrectkly claims otherwise.

I don't know if it has passed yet (or even if my PS3 was affected, having not turned it on since February) but it should certainly be in UTC (same as timezone as GMT, but that is what it should be called in this case). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alphathon (talk • contribs) 22:46, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Typo - not PS2

Slim model

{ {Infobox VG system |title=PlayStation 2 slimline SHOULD BE Playstation 3 slimline |logo= |image= |caption= The PlayStation 3 slimline. |manufacturer=Sony Computer Entertainment |family=PlayStation |CPU= 300 MHz

 Done among other things Alphathon^TM (talk) 15:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

{{editsemiprotected}} Slim model subsection contains incorrect CPU spec's. Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed.

My mistake, I missed that bit (the original post wasn't exactly clear). It's been removed since then anyway, so  Done Alphathon^TM (talk) 13:14, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Leap year bug CECHL

{{editsemiprotected}} Leap year bug sub section fails to mention that fat ps3 models with the CECHL model number where also unaffected. Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed.

Out of place section [Leap Year Bug]

This section totally feels out of place. Hardware configurations -> Reliability -> the one global issue they had go wrong -> PSP connectivity.

To be honest even the reliability section feels out of place when discussing hardware configurations.

Normal reliability is a misnomer. Stating "Normal" reliability introduces the editor's opinion. This isn't a title, it's a statement (like a headliner in a newspaper). It's absurd to have a subsection title that needs a citation.

I recommend a new section be outside of the hardware section labeled "Reliability". The normal reliability statement fits within the summary of the section. "Issues" can be a subsection that includes the Yellow light and 2010 Leap Year bug. --Cflare (talk) 22:42, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

 Done: We might still need to work on the subsections. Cochonfou (talk) 13:08, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

I feel that it is the subsection is up to wikipedia's standards and should not be changed. A5051790463174 (talk) 16:13, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Leap Year Bug

This was removed from the ARM Architecture article because it rightly didn't belong there. Please fix the horrible grammar and formatting before including any of this in the main article.

PS3 Date Controversy

It has been suggest that older verions of the ARM SYSCON cpus had errata such that the CPUs believed incorrectly that 2010 was a leap year and may be partially responsible for non slim versions of the Playstation 3 not being able to function properly beginning on 3/1/2010. "The ARM SYSCON CPU that is used to power up the front panel of the ps3, that is responsible for doing things like sleep mode, eject, RTC etc. Is an old batch that sony picked up from the shelf like other manufacturers that has that calendar year bug regarding feburary 29th on certain periods. Causing the ps3 system clock and the real time clock to desync, messing up security measures like Digital Rights management software and sometimes games that relies on clocks for whatever reason. As well as signing up to the playstation network… This CPU is always on even when your PS3 isn’t plugged

This is the one of the same type of CPUs that is powering up mobile devices like zune and blackberries, they have been affected with this bug, so they done some software patches. A syscon update can also fix this problem

The Slims ps3s aren’t affected because they use a newer up to date revision on the syscon cpu that fixes this bug.

[WARNING: will void your warranty, may be best to wait for official solution from Sony] - A quick way to fix this is to remove the RTC battery for at least 5-10 min and plug it back in, you will see the date and time reset, and voila… "

I think it is possible that the nature of the bug is due to the hardware using BCD dates, and the leap year algorithm checking if the BCD year is divisible by four. 10 is not divisible by four, but 0x10 is. So this may return every other year for the rest of the decade until Sony patches it. 67.64.66.99 (talk) 12:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks good to me, although you're right about the grammer :S. Some citations would be nice as well. Alphathon^TM (talk) 13:33, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Error

In the section "Sales and production costs" there's a mis-spell "whilst" should be "while" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Death Bed Mike (talk • contribs) 22:33, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, "whilst" is correct and almost synonymous with "while", see: [19] Alphathon^TM (talk) 11:26, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, but it's generally only used by elitists or people who are trying to sound smarter than they are 71.97.59.52 (talk) 03:02, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Not really. Maybe it's just not commonly used round where you live. Also, I think it's more common in the UK than America (which might be why it seems elitist perhaps?). Besides, even if it is used like that, it is still understood, so there is no reason to change it. Alphathon^TM (talk) 12:38, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

The "Games" section is horrendous

It truly is. I suspect the cause is that each Wikipedian who reads this article and sees the game section will add their favorite game. This has slowly added up. I searched the article for "[[" and counted 70 links. That's too much. Nobody cares! We don't need to list so many games.

I see 3 solutions:

• We can simply replace the section with a "Main article: List of PS3 games" type thing.
• We could organize it better so that it doesn't appear to be a jumble of links, but I don't think that will work.
• We could only keep the notable links. That would make sense.

Any suggestions/support/opposition?  Awesomeness  talk  19:14, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I think probably a combination of two and three would be best. It is incredibly bloated. It already has "Main article: PlayStation 3 games", and I think it's better than the list (although we could have both).

This is how it is at the moment:

Main article: PlayStation 3 games

The PlayStation 3 launched in North America with 14 titles, with another three being released before the end of 2006. After the first week of sales it was confirmed that Resistance: Fall of Man from Insomniac Games was the top-selling launch game in North America. The game was heavily praised by numerous video game websites, including GameSpot and IGN, both of whom awarded it their PlayStation 3 Game of the Year award for 2006. Some titles missed the launch window and were delayed until early 2007, such as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, F.E.A.R. and Sonic the Hedgehog. During the Japanese launch, Ridge Racer 7 was the top-selling game, while Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire also fared well in sales, both of which were offerings from Namco Bandai. The PlayStation 3 launched in Europe with 24 titles, including ones that were not offered in the North American and Japanese launches, such as Formula One Championship Edition, MotorStorm and Virtua Fighter 5. Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm were the most successful titles of 2007, and both games subsequently received sequels in the form of Resistance 2 and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift.

At E3 2007, Sony was able to show a number of their upcoming video games for the PlayStation 3, including Heavenly Sword, Lair, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Warhawk and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune; all of which were released in the third and fourth quarters of 2007. They also showed off a number of titles that were set for release in 2008 and 2009; most notably Killzone 2, Infamous, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, LittleBigPlanet and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation. A number of third-party exclusives were also shown, including the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, alongside other high-profile third-party titles such as Grand Theft Auto 4, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4 and Resident Evil 5. Two other important titles for the PlayStation 3, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, were shown at TGS 2007 in order to appease the Japanese market.

Sony have since launched their budget range of PlayStation 3 titles, known as the Greatest Hits range in North America, the Platinum range in Europe and The Best range in Japan. Among the titles available in the budget range include Resistance: Fall of Man, MotorStorm, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Call Of Duty 3, Assassin's Creed and Ninja Gaiden Sigma. As of October 2009 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Devil May Cry 4, Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company, and Midnight Club: Los Angeles have also joined the list. When they are put on the "Greatest Hits" list the new unused copies retail for $30 USD and are re-shipped in a new red case.

As of March 31, 2009, there have been 174.9 million games sold for the PlayStation 3.

I propose this:

Main article: PlayStation 3 games

For a list of PlayStation 3 games, see List of PlayStation 3 games and List of PlayStation Network games.

The PlayStation 3 launched in North America with 14 titles, with another three being released before the end of 2006. After the first week of sales it was confirmed that Resistance: Fall of Man from Insomniac Games was the top-selling launch game in North America. The game was heavily praised by numerous video game websites, including GameSpot and IGN, both of which awarded it their PlayStation 3 Game of the Year award for 2006. Some titles missed the launch window and were delayed until early 2007, such as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, F.E.A.R. and Sonic the Hedgehog. During the Japanese launch, Ridge Racer 7 was the top-selling game, while Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire also fared well in sales, both of which were offerings from Namco Bandai. The PlayStation 3 launched in Europe with 24 titles, including ones that were not offered in the North American and Japanese launches, such as Formula One Championship Edition, MotorStorm and Virtua Fighter 5. Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm were the most successful titles of 2007, and both games subsequently received sequels in the form of Resistance 2 and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift.

At E3 2007, Sony was able to show a number of their upcoming video games for the PlayStation 3, including Heavenly Sword, Lair, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Warhawk and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune; all of which were released in the third or fourth quarters of 2007. They also showed off a number of titles that were set for release in 2008 and 2009. A number of third-party exclusives were also shown, including the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots,. Two other important titles for the PlayStation 3, Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII, were shown at TGS 2007 in order to appease the Japanese market.

Sony have since launched their budget range of PlayStation 3 titles, known as the Greatest Hits range in North America, the Platinum range in Europe and The Best range in Japan. Among the titles available in the budget range include Resistance: Fall of Man, MotorStorm, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune and Metal Gear Solid 4.

As of March 31, 2009, there have been 174.9 million games sold for the PlayStation 3.

Most of what has been trimmed is duplicate links (I'm sure I read somewhere that you should only link an article once, but I may be wrong...helps to clear it a bit anyway). I honestly don't know if its worth linking all the years mentioned to their corresponding "200X in video gaming" articles, but I've left them in for now. Also removed a lot of "announcements" and Greatest Hits/Platinum/The Best games. Alphathon^TM (talk) 18:59, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Slight clarification needed

Hello,
I just thought I'd point out that the article is currently just a little bit confusing in terms of Linux support. Or, more specifically, the future of Linux support. It says that the ability to install other operating systems will be removed, but leaves it somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not currently-installed Linux installations will continue to function. If anyone happens to know, that slight clarification could be helpful. 209.90.133.80 (talk) 03:50, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, wikipedia and unknown user above :) , I would suggest putting "Other OS installation*" as a bullet point/feature in the SKU table for all the non-Slim models of the PS3.

• Other OS installation removed with patch version x.xxx (possibly as a footnote to the table) 70.24.219.164 (talk) 01:19, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

The 250 GB is not exclusive to North America

The article says "Although no American bundles have been announced for the 250GB PS3 slim, it will be sold as a stand-alone console (exclusively) in North America."

I come from Ukraine, where the slim PS3s models are all marked as 2008 and teh region is I believe 5, and the 250 GB console is widely available as a standalone: http://gamestop.com.ua/detail-3692.html http://unitrade.ua/shop/game/136259.html?sort=asc http://citycom.ua/shop/game/136259.html?sort=asc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ol3s' Dany (talk • contribs) 20:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request editsemiprotected

{{editsemiprotected}}

Ps3 does not have 3rd party OS install due to Sony removing it the 3.21 update on April 1, 2010. Those who do not update do not have access to The PlayStation Network, future games and movies, and future add-ons.

Update was made due to iPhone jailbreaker George Hotz breaking into the ps3 and finally able to hack the ps3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Finalx96 (talk • contribs)11:56 April 2010 (UTC)

 Denied No specific request made. Also Information is already in the article under Removal of "Other OS" support with firmware v3.21. Alphathon^TM (talk) 11:56, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

As Alphathon said, this infomation is already included quite prominantly in the article. I have however reworded the 'System software section to make the 3.21 information sound less "bolted-on". Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 11:59, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

the implication that the removal of OtherOS in 3.21 had anything at all to do with George Hotz is completely unsupported. Sony has made no reference to any type of hacking in any of its public comments about the removal, or in the 3.21 changelog or warnings. Other than vague references to "security" and "integrity" of the console, there's no mention of who hacked what. Sony employees also made public comments that the removal of OtherOS from the slims was a cost-cutting measure. So there is no evidence to judge whether the deletion of OtherOS from older ps3's was really about the otherOS exploit, or simply about more cost-cutting. Sony has said nothing specific, and may be content to let people believe it's about Hotz without saying so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.170.62.187 (talk) 06:06, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

All I can really say is that it certainly is not a cost sutting measure - how does removing an option from the XMB save them money? If they simply wanted to save money, they could certainly stop releasing official drvers etc, but tht does not mean that they need to remove the option from the system. Also, if you have another look at the article, it clearly says that the George Hotz thing is speculation, and it certainly has been speculated, so is fine to be in the article. Alphathon^TM (talk) 14:19, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Removal of "Other OS" support with firmware v3.21

It has been reported on a blog (with a link back to a forum) that Amazon recognises the law as it stands in Europe and so agreed to pay a partial refund to a gamer for his loss of this feature. I don't know if this one instance and the source is good enough to be mentioned in the text. However, I thought I would mention it here in case someone else knows of other similar partial refunds with good references. After all, the law is the law. PS3 Owner Refunded (Without Return) for Missing Other OS, Quote from Amazon.--Aspro (talk) 17:35, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I read about that (seen it in a few places - Joystiq, Engadget, Eurogamer, Slashdot...) and I think it's certainly worthy of mention IF it can be shown that more than just this single person has managed to do it (the fact that a single person managed is not enough to justify it IMHO). Wonder if I should contact play.com about mine... Alphathon^TM (talk) 18:20, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request "Update total PS3 games sold to date"

{{editsemiprotected}}

I am requesting edit access in order to update the line under the Games section that states worldwide software sales.

In the "Games" section, please change: "As of March 31, 2009, there have been 174.9 million games sold for the PlayStation 3.[206]" to "As of March 31, 2010, 290.5 million software units were sold for the PlayStation 3."

Source: SCIE Corporate Information, "Worldwide Software Unit Sales" http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3soft_sale_e.html.

Additionally, I think I can contribute to the PlayStation3 page overall because I am writing my thesis on the "Economics of the Video Game Industry."

Thanks for considering my request.

Yoely (talk) 08:46, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. Looks good to me so I'll got on to adding/changing it. As for you editing the page feel free. You need to be Auto-confirmed (your account must be 4 days old and you need to have made 10 edits I think). The reason it is protected is to prevent vandalism (as you can probably imagine both the PS3 and 360 articles are quite heavily targeted). If you are interested in the video game articles, most of the articles on individual games, accessories etc are unprotected, as are the older consoles, so you could start there. Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done Alphathon^TM (talk) 17:02, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

PS3 doesnt support Xbox disks

it just comes up with an mpeg2 video saying "please insert intoo a xbox 360 console" if you do. directex is not comeing to PS3 so it wont be suppoortid. Kenneth Walters Kenneth Walters (talk) 15:17, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I would have said that is kind of obvious. As far as I can tell, it doesn't mention Xbox disks anywhere in the article, so why are you mentioning it. We can't list every format that it doesn't support...do you want to tell people that it doesn't support vinyl records and VHS tapes either? Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:08, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Do you want to tell everyone that you have been blocked for trolling? Didn't think so. CrimsonBlazer 16:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

What? Why would I want to tell people I've been blocked for trolling - it isn't true and I have never been blocked for anything. Also, I don't know if it was an attempt to disguise your identity, but changing your user page and talk page links to a different name isn't fooling anyone, especially when you write obscenities in the edit description.

P.S. you really need to proof read your posts. Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:25, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I apologize. My arsehole brother went on my PC and wrote that (he has been blocked from many websites). Again, I apologize. Regards, CrimsonBlazer (what used to be Kenneth Walters). —Preceding undated comment added 16:28, 23 May 2010 (UTC).

Oh right so that was aimed at him. Fair enough, no hard feelings (auto-login has its disadvantages). Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:52, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Sales of PS3

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_wars, The PS3 has sold 38.5 million units as of May 10,2010. The main article for the ps3 states it sold 35.7 million units as of March 31,2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvpineda (talk • contribs) 16:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

The citation given corresponds to the sales shown on this page.there is no way of knowing where that figure came form, if anywhere, so I have changed the console wars version to the correct figure. Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:59, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Installed at 105 MB - what does it mean?

I can't make sense of this part of a sentence (section "Operating system", in "Photo Gallery"):

... which is installed separately from the system software at 105 MB.

Is it installed at a particular location on the hard disk? Or is the size 105 MB?

--Mortense (talk) 15:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Why is there a references list in this discussion page?

Two sections up of this section there is a list of references. Why is it here?

--Mortense (talk) 15:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

It's there because without it you get a big red error message at the bottom of the page. People have used actual citations rather than simply posting links, so a reference section is required to display them. Unfortunately every time the "Add topic" button is used the topic as added underneath it. If you want to go through and convert the citations into proper links and remove the refs section I don't think theres any reason or policy to prevent it, just make sure you don't confuse or change the meaning of any posts. Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:06, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Actually scratch that. They all seem to be in a bit of copy pasta further up (posted by me) so I'll go through and comment them out. Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:08, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Gabe Newell

The reception section needs update. Gabe Newell appeared on Sony E3 conference praising Sony and the PlayStation 3.

• Kotaku
• Image

--Ciao 90 (talk) 10:46, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 109.76.124.199, 19 June 2010

{{editsemiprotected}}

i wish to end Manfactuer for ps3 to sony computer

109.76.124.199 (talk) 15:31, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Please make your request in English - that makes no sense at all. I assume you mean you want to change the Manufacturer in the infobox from Sony EMCS to Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. If so,  Denied as that is simply untrue. Alphathon^TM (talk) 15:41, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

When you have rephrased your request, feel free to restore the editsemiprotected tag when this is done. Thanks. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 276° 0' 30" NET 18:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Page locked

Why is the Xbox 360 page and the Wii page not protected, while the Ps3 page is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pancake275 (talk • contribs) 21:41, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea to be honest. The 360 page was semi-protected until about a week ago (probably coincidentally around the time of E3) then all of a sudden it just wasn't. I don't know what the time period on the original semi-protection was, so I don't know if it was simply scheduled to end or if someone deliberately unprotected it. I seem to remember seeing on Slashdot a story that Wikipedia were changing their policy on protection due to vandalism, so maybe that has something to do with it. Whatever the reason, there doesn't seem to have been much disruption over at the 360 article in the past week or so, so unless it starts getting heavily vandalised again it will likely stay unprotected. Both the 360 article and the PS3 article were prone vandalism, mainly from fanboys and general trolls so were both protected for the same reasons, but the 360 one isn't any more (even though it was the more heavily vandalised, hence semi-protection rather than locking). Alphathon^TM (talk) 23:25, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

New Generation (5th) ?

With the new 160GB and 320GB Ps3 Slim consoles, isn't a new generation created ? I know that the changes aren't that big but it just makes sense to me, i don't know if it is because of the white ps3. T-oliveira (talk) 14:59, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

No, it isn't. The generation is based on capabilities, not HDD size. Gen 1 had hardware PS2 BC and 4 USBs. Gen 2 had software PS2 BC and 4 USBs. Gen 3 had no PS2 BC and 2 USBs. Gen 4 (slims) was a complete redesign (form factor) and has HD bitstreaming (and 2 USBs and no PS2 BC). New HDD sizes does not change the generation. The colour doesn't either - there have been many colour variations of other gens, especially in Japan. The model number shows that it is a new hardware revision, not a new generation (i.e. the motherboard and/or power supply have been tweaked to make them more efficient or cheaper, much like the 360 motherboard revisions). For the same reason, the 40 GB, 80 GB and 160 GB models are all gen 3. Alphathon^TM (talk) 16:59, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Well that makes sense, i also doubt reducing the processor architecture down to 32nm already, it could happen though.T-oliveira (talk) 01:36, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Model comparison

The comparison table falls apart if you choose to sort it. 83.16.137.234 (talk) 11:16, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I have removed the sortable attribute since the only possible use I can see is to sort by "in production" and "first available"; it is sorted by "first available" by default anyway (and it seems that "in production" follows on with introduction date more or less). Alphathon^TM (talk) 11:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

38 Million hardware sales?

According to VGChartz 36.2 million have been sold. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.67.114.108 (talk) 22:15, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, apart from the fact that VGChartz is not considered to be a reliable source, that number comes from Sony themselves - follow the source link (and people wonder why we don't allow VGChartz refs). Alphathon^TM (talk) 22:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

3.41 Hard Drive Bug

The following to be added. I don't care how it's edited, but it's a current program and needs to be added at some point: -ELK

As a result of the 3.41 firmware update issued in July, 2010, many PS3 users are unable to upgrade their hard drives without becoming affected by a bug which renders the system inoperable. The bug, supposedly caused by the implementation of an incremental firmware upgrade system, will not allow a user to restore their system after removing the original hard drive. Direct clones of a hard drive already containing running 3.41 is reported to work properly, and a system running firmware 3.40 is not affected by the bug as long as the user restores 3.40 completely before updating to 3.41 later. A fix has not yet been announced. Italic text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.242.49.13 (talk) 08:40, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

 Denied No it won't - I have one thing to say to that, which is Citation Needed. Regardless, this sounds an awful lot like the issues that are reported after every FW update. Alphathon^TM (talk) 14:52, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Elk- http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-Updates/Upgrading-Harddrive-need-3-41/td-p/45984903

HERE'S ANOTHER FOR ANYONE WHO'S TOO LAZY TO LOOK FOR THEMSELVES e.e

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=oEL&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=3.41+fix&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.135.134 (talk) 14:46, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

It's specific to this firmware update, and is affecting anyone who tries to upgrade their hard drive after installing the update. You can test this buy putting a new hard drive into a newer (non-launch) model and turning on the system. The firmware will install to 52% and then fail. It's basically a semi-brick until 3.42 is released. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.135.134 (talk) 23:11, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Additionally, you can type 3.41 into google and read about the attention it's starting to get. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.135.134 (talk) 23:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, looks like it's certainly worthy of mention. Looks like it's already been fixed as well: [20]. Confusingly the new update is also called 3.41. Anyway, I'll work on adding this to the article (or at least to the article about firmware revisions) later today. Alphathon^TM (talk) 15:17, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Infobox

Should the old console and old logo in the infobox be removed and just only show the current slim console and logo, since these are the only consoles for sale and in production? If you look at the Xbox 360 wiki-page they only show the new console and only show the old console at the Retail configurations section, which makes more sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.30.142.185 (talk) 17:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

The only reason the 360 has only the new console in the infobox is because we don't have a picture of both together. The reason there are pictures at all in the infobox is so users can identify the item in question, so both logos and console variations are valid. Alphathon™ (talk) 17:56, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Jailbreak

Why no info on jailbreaking PS3? (PSfreedom, etc) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.26.248.4 (talk) 15:46, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Why not add it yourself young warrior. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.7.71.174 (talk) 16:32, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Assuming they don't just have an account that wasn't logged in when that post was made, they can't - the PS3 is semi-protected so only auto-confirmed users can edit it. Post what you want to write and we'll see about adding it. Alphathon™ (talk) 16:45, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I would, but my english isn't that good. Here you have some info [21][22][23].--Mapep (talk) 16:33, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Again, write what you want to put and we'll see about adding it. If you don't think your English is good enough, we can easily correct any errors; don't worry about it. I'd be more than happy to proof-read it etc before adding it; heck, normally I'd just write it myself, but I'm rather busy at the moment (and will be for a few weeks at least). Alphathon™ (talk) 17:58, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Done. Added a whole section called "Jailbreak"[24]. It contains only the basics, may be expanded in the future. You can check it for spelling and grammar. Please fix everything that's wrong. Thanks in advance. --Mapep (talk) 19:07, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

OK, I've reworded and reordered the section for you. As far as I could see the only mistakes you made in terms of your English were the use of "an" in front of "USB" and a misuse of "it's".

The reason it isn't "an" is because the letter "U" is not pronounced as a vowel sound, but in the same way you would "you", making it "You-Ess-Bee", not "Oo-Ess-Bee" (In IPA it's /ˈjuː/, so you can check how it is said in your own language on its Wikipedia article). It is a vowel, but the name of the letter does not start with a vowel sound. Similarly, you would "an HDMI port", as "H" is pronounced "Aich".

The "it's" issue is a mistake most native English speakers make as well. Basically, something's would normally mean either a contraction of something is/something has, or a possessive (belonging to something). However, it's is only ever a contraction, not a possessive (I don't know why, it's a quirk of English); the possessive is its.

Anyway, I removed the sub-sections (none of the sections contained enough info to be justified) and reworded it a bit to make it more neutral and encyclopædic, as well as to remove a little none-notable info.

Alphathon™ (talk) 20:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 84.30.142.185, 16 September 2010

{{|edit semi-protected}} Sony announced new white 320GB version (Japan only) at the Tokyo Game Show. ( http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/16/white-320gb-ps3-coming-to-japan-october-21/ ) Please add this to the 320GB color column.

84.30.142.185 (talk) 20:12, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

 Done Alphathon™ (talk) 20:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Can you also edit the 40gb model in the table. It cam with a Six Axis and not a dualshock (at least mine did). 203.32.16.176 (talk) 01:51, 16 December 2010 (UTC)