PlayStation 3



"It only does everything."

The third son of the PlayStation family had a rough start in life; being quite expensive at first, and very difficult to code for, it remained in a distant third place for a while. Yet it swiftly recovered later, due to the very strong support from Japanese developers who would not touch the filthy gaijin dog machine Xbox 360. So each system has rather different sets of exclusives, which you should weigh (see: 360 vs PS3) before choosing one.

Backwards compatibility was part of the reason for the cost: early models did it by including part of the PS2 hardware. Later models cut that entirely. All models are compatible with games for the original PlayStation, as it was possible to emulate it fully in software.

A nice point of the PS3 is that its games come on Bluray discs while the Xbox 360 only reads DVDs. As a result, you never have to deal with games coming on multiple discs. PS3 also doubles as a Bluray player.


 * Name in Italics means the game is not on Xbox 360
 * PS Move compatible.png Playstation Move compatible
 * PS Move required.png Playstation Move required
 * PSN trophy icon.png PSN Trophies are available

JP Imports
PS3 can play disc-based games from any region. (Except Persona 4 Arena, but that was released worldwide, so it's no biggie.) Be warned however that the games listed below assume that you know Japanese.