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edit   Shortcut: P:PS The PlayStation family is the world's highest-selling group of video game systems. Sony Computer Entertainment released the PlayStation in 1995, followed by the PlayStation 2 in 2000, PlayStation Portable in 2004, and PlayStation 3 in 2006. Sony's first foray into the video game market, the PlayStation (codenamed PSX during development, now known as PSone), was initially designed as an add-on for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom) video game console as an answer to Sega's Sega CD. When the prospect of releasing the system as an add-on dissolved, Sony transformed it into the standalone PlayStation video game console. Sony's follow-up console, the PlayStation 2 (PS2), currently the world's best-selling console in history, was released in Japan on March 4, 2000 and in North America on October 26, 2000. The PSP or PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console made by Sony Computer Entertainment; a first foray into the handheld gaming market which was previously dominated by Nintendo. Though it has not had as much as of an impact as the PlayStation home consoles, the PSP is noted as being the most successful competitor to Nintendo's handheld range yet. The newest console in the PlayStation series is Sony's entry in the seventh generation of consoles, the PlayStation 3 (PS3), which launched in November 2006. It uses a unique processing architecture called the Cell microprocessor, a technology jointly developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM. The graphics processing unit, the RSX 'Reality Synthesizer', was co-developed by NVIDIA and Sony. It is currently behind its competitors, the Xbox 360 and Wii in terms of sales. Read more... edit   Selected article Home (known more practically as PlayStation Home) is a community-based service for the PlayStation Network which has been in development since early 2005. Home allows users to create an avatar for their PlayStation 3 console. This avatar will get their own apartment, which can be adorned by items players can receive in several achievements. In the future the service will also expand, allowing players to have more sorts of clothing or bigger apartments. Sony is aiming for the initial download to be under 500MB. Home was announced at the Game Developers Conference on March 7, 2007 with a scheduled global public release in September or October 2007. During the TGS 2007, Home's full release was announced to be delayed until Spring of 2008. An online-based service has been the subject of speculation since the launch of the PlayStation Network. Sony has expressed interest in such a system, specifically the achievements, for first-party titles, though they never released any specific information regarding it. PlayStation Home, as a feature, was first mentioned in an interview with NG-Gamer, detailed by Kotaku. It was officially announced by Phil Harrison on Wednesday March 7, 2007, during his keynote speech at the 2007 Game Developers Conference. Read more... edit   Selected picture The Sixaxis is the original controller for the PlayStation 3. It includes motion sensors capable of detecting rotational and translational acceleration in three dimensions. edit   Main topics Home Consoles PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Handhelds PocketStation PlayStation Portable PlayStation Portable Slim & Lite PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite (PSP-3000 series) PSP Go PlayStation Vita Popular Games Patapon Resistance: Fall of Man God of War Metal Gear Solid Uncharted: Drake's Fortune inFAMOUS Warhawk Heavenly Sword Ratchet & Clank Gran Turismo Other PSX (PlayStation Xtreme) PlayStation Network Playstation Home edit   Selected Game Warhawk is a PlayStation 3 multiplayer-only shooter game with the ability to take control of planes, tanks, jeeps and turrets. A recent update allowed the use of a massive hovership. Players can fight in various game modes including standard Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, as well as large scale control point warfare called Zones and Capture The Flag. Maps are adjusted in size to accommodate the number of players. Up to 32 players can play at one time. Though the game features many vehicles, the players can also fight on foot. It is a remake of a aerial warfare game of the same name, which was a launch title on the original PlayStation. Apart from the similarity of controlling aircraft, the remake bears little other resemblance. Read more... edit   What you can do... Work on PlayTV Update MotorStorm 2 Reorganize PlayStation Join and help the PlayStation Task Force edit   Did you know... ...that Warhawk's single-player mode was scrapped because the game's developers decided it was vastly inferior to the multi-player mode? ...that the PSX, a media center that is based on the PS2, was only released in Japan? ...that the PlayStation 2 had the biggest launch in Japanese history, selling more than 980,000 units in four hours? ...that the PlayStation might have never been made if Nintendo had not offered to partner with Sony on a video game console? ...that the PlayStation was rejected because Nintendo refused to partner with Sony as it could not decide on how to share its revenues ...that the PlayStation 3 has sold more units worldwide than its competitor Xbox 360? edit   Recent news edit   Categories Computer and video games - Games - Blu-ray Disc edit   WikiProjects The Insomniac Project WikiProject Video Games The PlayStation Project WikiProject Sega WikiProject Xbox WikiProject Nintendo edit   Related portals Error: image is invalid or non-existent Blu-ray Video games Xbox Sony PlayStation on Wikinews     Sony PlayStation on Wikiquote     Sony PlayStation on Wikibooks     Sony PlayStation on Wikisource     Sony PlayStation on Wiktionary     Sony PlayStation on Wikimedia Commons News Quotations Manuals & Texts Texts Definitions Images & Media

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