|  Sony's PlayStation 3 made its highly anticipated debut in Japan to long lines on Saturday, with local stores selling out their supplies of the video game console in a pattern that's expected to be repeated around the world.
Fittingly, the central feature of the PS3 is its CPU, the Cell processor, which was co-developed by IBM, Toshiba, and Sony. The PS3's Cell processor uses seven "Synergistic Processing Elements" (SPEs) plus an eighth for "redundancy," and is designed to dynamically handle multiple operations. Graphics are produced through the RSX GPU, which was co-developed with Nvidia. The console has 256MB of XDR RAM for use by the CPU, and another 256MB of GDDR3 VRAM for use by the graphics chip.
PlayStation 3 games can be written to DVD or Blu-ray discs (BDs), the higher density format co-developed by Sony and Toshiba. Like the PS2, the PS3 is backwards-compatible, and can play both original PlayStation and PS2 games, as well as PS3 games. It can also read and play audio, video, and other files from a variety of contemporary media formats, including CDs, DVDs, and BDs. The console also sports a Gigabit Ethernet port, SP/DIF digital audio output, twin independent HDMI ports, six USB 2.0 ports, plus SD, CompactFlash and Memory Stick Duo slots - a sign that Sony is now serious about no long inflicting only its own technologies on users. Games - Avalon - Climax
- Broken Saints - Gnosis
- Clown Combat - Eagle Claw
- Condemned - Sega
- Devil May Cry - Project by Capcom
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda
- Gran Turismo 5 - Polyphony Digital
- Grand Theft Auto (PS3 Project) - Rockstar North
- Heavenly Sword - Just Add Monsters
- Need for Speed (New Generation Consoles Project) - Electronic Arts
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R - THQ
- The Getaway - Team Bondi
- Spyro - Insomniac Games
- Star Wars Galaxies - Lucas Arts (Project/Plan)
- Tony Hawk's Underground 3 - Activision
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Sony
- Final Fantasy XIII - Final Fantasy Project
- Killzone 2 - Guerilla Games
- Winning Eleven - Confirmed WE Series by Konami
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