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| Developer | Sony Computer Entertainment |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix (BSD)[1] |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | 1.00 / 17 November 2006 |
| Latest release | 4.91[2] / 27 February 2024 |
| Available in | Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish[3] |
| Update method | Direct Download Download to USB Game Disc |
| Platforms | PlayStation 3 |
| Default user interface | XrossMediaBar |
| Preceded by | PlayStation 2 |
| Succeeded by | PlayStation 4 (system software) |
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The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3. The base operating system used by Sony for the PlayStation 3 is a fork of both FreeBSD and NetBSD known internally as CellOS or GameOS.[4][1] It uses XrossMediaBar as its graphical shell.
The process of updating is almost identical to that of the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4. The software may be updated by downloading the update directly on the PlayStation 3, downloading it from the user's local Official PlayStation website to a PC and using a USB storage device to transfer it to the PlayStation 3, or installing the update from game discs containing update data.
The initial slim PS3s SKU shipped with a unique firmware with new features, also seen in software 3.00.[5]
- ^ a b "Open Source Software used in PlayStation 3". Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ "PS3 system software update 4.91". Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "PS3 - System Language". Sony. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Tweak It: PS3 GameOS". TheSixthAxis. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "PlayStation Games & Media News: – Entertainment on PS3 has a new look". SCEE. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.