The
PlayStation 3
(
PS3
) is a
home video game console
developed and marketed by
Sony Interactive Entertainment
. The successor to the
PlayStation 2
, it is part of the
PlayStation
brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan,
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November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australia.
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The PlayStation 3 competed primarily against
Microsoft
's
Xbox 360
and
Nintendo
's
Wii
as part of the
seventh generation of video game consoles
. (wikipedia).