PlayStation 3

video game console developed Sony Interactive Entertainment

online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service

online social game platform on the PlayStation 3

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2011 outage of PlayStation Network caused by electronic attack

system software for the PlayStation 3

graphics processing unit model used in the PlayStation 3

Japanese ONA series

PhyreEngine is a license-only free to use game engine from Sony Interactive Entertainment, compatible with PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation VR, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows (for OpenGL and DirectX 11), Google Android and Apple iOS. PhyreEngine has been adopted by several game studios and has been used in over 200 published titles.

OtherOS is a feature of early versions of Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 3 video game console, allowing user-installed software, such as Linux or FreeBSD. Software running in the OtherOS environment has access to 6 of the 7 Synergistic Processing Elements. Sony implemented a hypervisor that restricts access to the RSX Reality Synthesizer graphics chip. IBM provided an introduction to programming parallel applications on the PlayStation 3.

Program allowing for online play of video games

Sony PlayStation video game consoles feature

removal of limitations from the PlayStation 3

arcade system board