Hundreds of the games you want

The list of games for the PlayStation^®3 system is growing daily. The PS3™ system delivers the goods from some of the industry's hottest franchises, like SOCOM, to the most anticipated games of the year, like God of War^® III. Whatever you want to play, chances are the PS3™ game library has it.

PlayStation^®Network games

Download exclusive games directly from PlayStation^®Network and meet up millions of PlayStation^®Network members to play online multiplayer games. Get access to free demos and add-ons and dominate the competition to collect game trophies. Or take a minute to explore PlayStation^®Home, an interactive virtual gaming platform where you can build yourself a sweet-looking avatar and join and launch games online.

Greatest Hits

Get the most popular and best selling games for the PS3™, PSP^® and PS2™ system at a reduced price in our Greatest Hits section. Awesome games like Soulcalibur^® IV and LEGO^® Batman™ don’t fade away. They become Greatest Hits.

Welcome to the next generation of gaming

The PS3™ system was the first to use the Cell Broadband Engine™, an advanced microprocessor that lets your PS3™ system work at incredibly fast speeds to give you the best possible gaming and viewing experience.

In addition to the advanced processor at its heart, the PS3™ has a built in High Definition Blu-ray™ player and enormous hard disk drive (HDD) storage. That means you can store mammoth amounts of games and media on your machine and you can watch HD movies in all their glory.

Let 'em know who they're up against

With PlayStation^®Trophies, you don't need to brag. Your trophy case does that for you.

Earn trophies

There are four types of trophies: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. You receive one every time you beat a level or beat up enough bad guys. As you play, you earn different trophies until you’ve collected all the trophies available for that game and are awarded the shiniest of all the trophies: the platinum. Your entire trophy collection is combined to determine your level.

Trophy collection

Your Trophy Collection (under Games on the XMB™) shows what trophies you've earned and which ones you still need to unlock, game by game. You can click through to get full details on each trophy's requirements.

PlayStation^®Network profile

See your trophies and more on your PlayStation^®Network profile. Your profile displays recent trophies, total trophies, as well as your overall level. It also shows you exactly how far you have to go before you reach the next level. Just think of it as motivational; if you ever manage to sneak away from your PlayStation^®3 system for any length of time, you’ll always have that one last missing trophy to get you back to gaming where you belong.

The glory of pausing

Say you're playing a game and you need to do something. Send a message, change the music, locate an M&M that has disappeared somewhere on your person, whatever. Don't quit - just press the PS button and use the XMB™ to pause the action.

Friends

Talking with friends or other players in the middle of a game is easy. Chat by text or use your headset to voice chat. You can also add new friends or check other player's profiles (including their Trophy collections) to know who you're up against while you’re playing.

Settings

Want to jump into an online game? You can change your Bluetooth settings in the middle of a game so you can use your headset to play online. And adjusting other settings without leaving game-play is just as easy.

Trophy collection

Check out your Trophy Collection to see what you've earned to date, or take a look at the challenges you might want to tackle next. This can come in handy during long quests or battles. Go back and look at those shiny pixels of platinum you’re fighting for. Getting more trophies than your friends is the best way to prove your gaming domination.

Please note:

• Only some XMB™ features can be used during game-play.
• If you press the PS button for more than two seconds, it’ll show you the screen showing options to quit the game, turn off the system and other settings.
• The XMB™ screen can’t be displayed when you’re playing PlayStation^®2 or PlayStation^® software. The XMB™ screen also can’t be displayed when you’re playing PlayStation^®3 format software titles that don’t support this feature.

CDs, digital music, surround sound. It's all here.

The PlayStation^®3 system gives you a lot ways to play your music. You can always listen to your CDs with the built-in CD/DVD drive, but the huge storage of the PlayStation^®3 system means you can also save your digital music, organize it into playlists, and listen while you play games or watch photo slideshows. If you’re anything like us, you have a gigantic music collection. Make the most of it with 7.1 surround sound.

Music saved to a USB device

If you’ve got a compatible USB device, like a digital player or storage device, just plug it directly into your PlayStation^®3 system to listen or watch what’s inside. You can save the music to your PlayStation^®3's system hard disk drive (HDD), or just listen and remove the device when you’re done.¹

Music saved to the HDD

We made the HDD big for a reason, so you have room left over for your entire music collection after you’ve filled your PlayStation^®3 system up with games, photos and videos.

Album details

If you want to get more info about an album, like the title, artist or how long the album is, just connect to the Internet² via your PS3™ system’s browser.

Playlists

Of course you can create playlists. One to play with the slideshow of baby pictures that gives your mom warm fuzzies on Mother’s Day, another for the party at your friend’s house that night.

Watch while you listen

The Visual Player makes those hypnotic swirls and shapes that match your music. You can customize it to your liking and stare at it for hours. Or if you want to look at something a little less swirly, just make a playlist that plays along to your pics and slideshows.

7.1 surround sound

There’s no point in playing music unless it sounds good, so experience it all in full 7.1 surround sound.³

Filmy™

If you’ve got home videos of your own (and in these "Don't tase me, bro" times, who doesn't?), organize, categorize and watch them in HD with Filmy, a new PlayStation^®Network app for your PS3™ system. Filter by date, event or location, "favorite" your best videos, sort movies that include people or smiling faces, use the "film roll" option to skip to the interesting bits, or use the GPS function to tag your movies on a world map. Filmy can organize any videos recorded in AVCHD format from compatible Sony Handycam^®, Cybershot™ or "α" cameras.¹

Download Filmy from PlayStation^®Store and manage all your home movies via the Video icon on your PlayStation^®3 system’s XMB™ menu.

The best options, the highest quality

Rent or purchase. Downloads or discs. Blu-ray^TM or DVD. Watch video however you want.

Blu-ray disc™

Every PlayStation^®3 system comes with built-in Blu-ray^TM so you can watch new movies and shows on Blu-ray disc^TM (BD).

PlayStation^®Network movies & TV series

Renting or owning a movie or watching a full season of a TV series just takes one visit to PlayStation^®Store. There are thousands of TV series and HD movies available for instant download, or you can watch (or download) free movie trailers and other video content.
Find out more about PlayStation^®Store.

Videos saved to a USB device

Watch the digital videos you've filmed or saved by connecting a compatible USB device, like a digital video camera or storage device, to your PlayStation^®3 system.²

Videos saved to the HDD

We built the PlayStation^®3 system with room to spare on its enormous hard disk drive (HDD). So if you have video you want to keep on hand – movies, home videos, whatever – just save it to your PlayStation^®3 system along with your games, photos and music.³

DVDs

Blu-ray^TM may be the hottest new technology, but odds are you have a DVD collection you’d still like to watch. So we gave the PS3™ system a built in CD/DVD player. Watch DVDs from your collection⁴ and upscale your DVD videos to HD quality (up to 1080p)⁵ for a vibrant HD-quality experience.

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PlayMemories™

It's the 21st century and you can take 3D photos. Flying cars must be just around the corner. Organize and create slideshows of your 3D, panoramic and multi-angle pics with the PlayMemories PlayStation^®Network app for your PS3™ system. Use PlayMemories to zoom in and out of your 3D or 2D pics and add soundtracks to your slideshows. If you've got 3D glasses and a 3D TV that supports 3D stereoscopic display, then use PlayMemories to manage all your 3D photos. If not, PlayMemories plays just as nice with 2D images.

Download the PlayMemories application from PlayStation^®Store and access it via the Photos icon on your PlayStation^®3 system's XMB™ menu.

Create the ultimate digital photo library

There’s nothing more irritating than taking an amazing picture, then trying to make out the details on your laptop screen. Zoom, zoom, move things around, figure out that you’re getting way too intimate a look at someone’s nostril, then give up. So store your photos on your PlayStation^®3 system and look at them on the big screen.

Photos saved to a USB device

You’ve probably already got a ton of photos stored somewhere, so just connect a compatible USB device, like the PlayStation^®Eye or your digital storage device, with the PlayStation^®3 system. Saving and viewing your pics once you’re connected is easy.

Photos saved to the HDD

Pictures take up a lot of room. Luckily, your PlayStation^®3 system has a huge hard disk drive (HDD). So you can store all your games, videos, music and photos without slowing down your PlayStation^®3 system and with room to spare.

Slideshows

Set up cool slideshows of your favorite photos. You set the pace and format and the music that goes with each pic. Slideshows are awesome for parties – after your friends gather around to play Guitar Hero^® or Rock Band^®, they can settle down to look at embarrassing old pictures or your latest trip to Comic-Con.

Use as wallpaper

Customize your PlayStation^®3 screen with your favorite photo. Change it as often as you like. If your computer background is an Uncharted 2: Among Thieves™ screenshot and your phone background is your friend’s face after he accidentally shaved off an eyebrow, then surely your PlayStation^®3 system’s background should be equally awesome.

All PlayStation^®3 systems are already equipped with everything you need to play stereoscopic 3D games. Thanks to the latest firmware update available now, the PS3™ system is the only console on the market that can support full stereoscopic 3D gaming – right from your living room, and at no additional charge.

Stereoscopic 3D allows each eye to see a unique image, so the experience is much more like real-life. Plus, stereoscopic 3D on the PS3™ allows more than one person to watch TV at the same time without having to sit in specific spots.

To play 3D games and watch 3D movies, you’ll need to have a 3D HD TV or 3D Ready HDTV and 3D sync transmitter kit, 3D glasses compatible with your TV, and a High Speed HDMI cable (supporting at least 10.2 Gbps).