History Platform / PlayStation3

The [=PS3=] was notable for avoiding UsefulNotes/RegionCoding, this maneuver comparable to that on the Platform/NintendoDS. With a few exceptions[[note]]most notably ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''[[/note]], all [=PS3=] games and downloadable [=PS1=] games are region-free, and although the Platform/PlaystationNetwork store is picky about accepting credit cards from other regions, PSN games downloaded from it are not region coded. Blu-ray Discs (or [=BDs=]), [=DVDs=], [=PS2=], and [=PS1=] discs remain region-locked. An HDTV is needed to guarantee playing all out-of-region games -- while some PAL games will also run on NTSC televisions and vice versa, others will not. Several publishers attempted to publish region-locked games in the past, but backed out after outcries and threats of boycott.

* Supports [[UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface OpenGL ES 1.1]] with some NVIDIA's Cg.

* ''VideoGame/{{Afrika}}''

''"PLAY [=B[[red:3]]YOND=]"''\\

''"Long. Live. Play."''

The third iteration in Creator/{{Sony}}'s [=PlayStation=] console line for the [[MediaNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames Seventh Generation]], the '''[=PlayStation=] 3''' (stylised as "''[[CapsLock PLAYSTATION 3]]''" until 2009) tried to do with Platform/BluRay what Platform/PlayStation2 did with the original Platform/{{DVD}} format. They succeeded, but it took a significantly longer period of time. Sony knocked HD-DVD out as a competitor, but primarily did so by rallying market support towards Blu-ray rather than offering any real innovation one way or the other; as detailed on the main page for Blu-ray, this lack of innovation ended up being a huge limitation for the format, as there was nothing Blu-ray Video could do besides higher picture and audio quality that DVD Video hadn't already accomplished (compared to the launch of the DVD format itself, which offered a much larger amount of interactivity than VHS and [=LaserDisc=], and offered many more practical benefits over the far more dominant former like the lack of degradation and being able to skip to wherever you wanted). The recession a couple years after the [=PS3=] launched slowed down the sales of [=HDTVs=], which meant the synergy needed for Blu-ray to take off was hurt (regular DVD didn't need anything other than people having [=TVs=] with audio/video plugs, or adapters if they didn't). It also represented a last desperate attempt by Sony to save the Super Audio CD[[note]]a failed effort by Sony and Philips to replace the Platform/CompactDisc with a higher-fidelity version; it wasn't widely used or accepted among mainstream audiences and ultimately flopped on the market, though it did find a home among audiophiles that it maintains to this day[[/note]] and the first couple of generations were compatible. This failed utterly and the feature was quietly dropped along with [=PS2=] backward compatibility with the CECHG revision.[[note]]Ironically, this inability was due to the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil copy protection measures]] placed in by Sony for the [=PlayStation 2=]. The [=PS2=] has a built-in bypass for the copy protection on the discs, while the [=PS3=] does not.[[/note]] Overall, these circumstances led people to view the [=PS3=] as a Trojan Horse for Blu-rays and SACD, with the general public being apathetic to both formats overall at the time. As [=HDTVs=] have since gotten cheaper and caught on, this problem healed somewhat, but not completely. The opportunity for [=PS3=] to ride the wave of HD enthusiasm from launch was lost forever.

The third iteration in Creator/{{Sony}}'s [=PlayStation=] console line for the [[MediaNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames Seventh Generation]], the '''[=PlayStation=] 3''' (stylised as "''[[CapsLock PLAYSTATION 3]]''" until 2009) tried to do with UsefulNotes/BluRay what Platform/PlayStation2 did with the original UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} format. They succeeded, but it took a significantly longer period of time. Sony knocked HD-DVD out as a competitor, but primarily did so by rallying market support towards Blu-ray rather than offering any real innovation one way or the other; as detailed on the main page for Blu-ray, this lack of innovation ended up being a huge limitation for the format, as there was nothing Blu-ray Video could do besides higher picture and audio quality that DVD Video hadn't already accomplished (compared to the launch of the DVD format itself, which offered a much larger amount of interactivity than VHS and [=LaserDisc=], and offered many more practical benefits over the far more dominant former like the lack of degradation and being able to skip to wherever you wanted). The recession a couple years after the [=PS3=] launched slowed down the sales of [=HDTVs=], which meant the synergy needed for Blu-ray to take off was hurt (regular DVD didn't need anything other than people having [=TVs=] with audio/video plugs, or adapters if they didn't). It also represented a last desperate attempt by Sony to save the Super Audio CD[[note]]a failed effort by Sony and Philips to replace the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc with a higher-fidelity version; it wasn't widely used or accepted among mainstream audiences and ultimately flopped on the market, though it did find a home among audiophiles that it maintains to this day[[/note]] and the first couple of generations were compatible. This failed utterly and the feature was quietly dropped along with [=PS2=] backward compatibility with the CECHG revision.[[note]]Ironically, this inability was due to the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil copy protection measures]] placed in by Sony for the [=PlayStation 2=]. The [=PS2=] has a built-in bypass for the copy protection on the discs, while the [=PS3=] does not.[[/note]] Overall, these circumstances led people to view the [=PS3=] as a Trojan Horse for Blu-rays and SACD, with the general public being apathetic to both formats overall at the time. As [=HDTVs=] have since gotten cheaper and caught on, this problem healed somewhat, but not completely. The opportunity for [=PS3=] to ride the wave of HD enthusiasm from launch was lost forever.

* ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamCrossfire''
* ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS.]]''
** ''Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost''

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series

** ''Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection''
** ''Tekken 6''

The third iteration in Creator/{{Sony}}'s [=PlayStation=] console line for the [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames Seventh Generation]], the '''[=PlayStation=] 3''' (stylised as "''[[CapsLock PLAYSTATION 3]]''" until 2009) tried to do with UsefulNotes/BluRay what Platform/PlayStation2 did with the original UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} format. They succeeded, but it took a significantly longer period of time. Sony knocked HD-DVD out as a competitor, but primarily did so by rallying market support towards Blu-ray rather than offering any real innovation one way or the other; as detailed on the main page for Blu-ray, this lack of innovation ended up being a huge limitation for the format, as there was nothing Blu-ray Video could do besides higher picture and audio quality that DVD Video hadn't already accomplished (compared to the launch of the DVD format itself, which offered a much larger amount of interactivity than VHS and [=LaserDisc=], and offered many more practical benefits over the far more dominant former like the lack of degradation and being able to skip to wherever you wanted). The recession a couple years after the [=PS3=] launched slowed down the sales of [=HDTVs=], which meant the synergy needed for Blu-ray to take off was hurt (regular DVD didn't need anything other than people having [=TVs=] with audio/video plugs, or adapters if they didn't). It also represented a last desperate attempt by Sony to save the Super Audio CD[[note]]a failed effort by Sony and Philips to replace the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc with a higher-fidelity version; it wasn't widely used or accepted among mainstream audiences and ultimately flopped on the market, though it did find a home among audiophiles that it maintains to this day[[/note]] and the first couple of generations were compatible. This failed utterly and the feature was quietly dropped along with [=PS2=] backward compatibility with the CECHG revision.[[note]]Ironically, this inability was due to the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil copy protection measures]] placed in by Sony for the [=PlayStation 2=]. The [=PS2=] has a built-in bypass for the copy protection on the discs, while the [=PS3=] does not.[[/note]] Overall, these circumstances led people to view the [=PS3=] as a Trojan Horse for Blu-rays and SACD, with the general public being apathetic to both formats overall at the time. As [=HDTVs=] have since gotten cheaper and caught on, this problem healed somewhat, but not completely. The opportunity for [=PS3=] to ride the wave of HD enthusiasm from launch was lost forever.

''"This is Living"''

->''"It only does '''everything'''"''

** ''SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy [=SEALs=]''* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunker}} HD''

* ''VideoGame/{{Spelunker}} HD''

* ''Videogame/SocomUSNavySeals: Confrontation''
** ''SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy [=SEALs=]''