The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a developed by . It is the successor to , and is part of the brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in , November 17, 2006, in , and March 23, 2007, in and . The console was first officially announced at , and was released at the end of 2006. It was the first console to use as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, including the . A Super Slim variation was then released in late 2012, further refining and redesigning the console. This product comes with 20 bonus games