Platform: PlayStation 3
Ridge Racer 7
The King of Fighters 2003
Clock Tower
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
WWE 2K16
Valkyria Chronicles
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
NBA 2K13
Rayman 4
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Bionic Commando
Noby Noby Boy
3D Dot Game Heroes
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
Fallout 3
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Tornado Outbreak
Assassin's Creed II
Dark Souls
Batman: Arkham Origins
Mafia II
The Godfather
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
Prince of Persia: Redemption
Duke Nukem Forever
The Darkness II
Sanctum 2
Tales of Graces f
The Wolf Among Us
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
The Witch and the Hundred Knight
Manhunt
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Crysis 2
Rayman Arena
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Monsters vs. Aliens
Shovel Knight
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Resident Evil 5
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
The Smurfs 2
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Suikoden II
Dying Light
American McGee's Alice
Michael Jackson: The Experience
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The PlayStation 3's launch was delayed a year after the Xbox 360 was released, supposedly because of a short supply of blue laser diodes, a "$0.05 component" that were used on the system's Blu-ray drive to read Blu-ray discs. Former PlayStation executive Phil Harrison elaborated:
"In this particular case, the shift from red laser to blue laser was actually quite a sophisticated change in the way that the optical head on a drive worked, and it was a little bit of physics and a little bit of chemistry mixed together, because it's really a crystal that you're making. And they just couldn't make enough."
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The U.S. Air Force created a supercomputer called the Condor Cluster out of 1,760 Playstation 3 units.
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When Kazuo Hirai stepped down from the Sony Computer Entertainment board to become the CEO of Sony, he was presented with an exclusive custom PlayStation 3 console featuring a red and white finish.
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According to a report made by BBC's Watchdog, 0.5% of the PS3 60GB launch released would suffer from the infamous "Yellow Light of Death" (YLOD) approximately two years after its purchase, and since the PS3 warranty was about one year, Sony would offer a refurbished console in return of the faulty one, for £145 up until August 2009.
Sony responded to the report by saying that they "have serious concerns as to the accuracy of these allegations and the likely tone of the Watchdog report" and that they "think it is highly unfair to suggest that from an installed base of 2.5 million that the numbers you mention somehow are evidence of a 'manufacturing defect'".
Sony responded to the report by saying that they "have serious concerns as to the accuracy of these allegations and the likely tone of the Watchdog report" and that they "think it is highly unfair to suggest that from an installed base of 2.5 million that the numbers you mention somehow are evidence of a 'manufacturing defect'".