Week 1 - Brief History Of The PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 first came out on November 11, 2006. Released in November 11, 2006 in Japan and November 17 for North America and Europe. As of November 11, 2006, the PS3 has sold 38.1 million units as of June 30, 2010. The first PS3's that were released had two HDMI ports, three Ethernet cable ports, and six USB ports. A year later, new PS3 models were made having only one HDMI port, one Ethernet port and four USB ports.When the PlayStation's were first released, the cost of it was 600 dollars to 700 dollars. Now, the models cost about 300 dollars. The first models of the PS3 are now discontinued. The first models only had 20GB, 40GB and 60GB of memory. The 60GB model was the only one that had an HDMI port, Wi-Fi internet, and was the only one that was chrome silver instead of black.