O novo modelo vem acompanhado pelo blockbuster Spider-Man 3 em disco Blu-ray, da Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Não será possível correr jogos da PlayStation 2 no modelo de 40GB da PS3. A Sony justifica-se com “a extensa disponibilidade de títulos específicos para a PS3”. Os clientes que pretenderam retro-compatibilidade entre as duas gerações PlayStation poderão obté-la apenas através da compra da PS3 80GB.
Especificações oficiais da PlayStation 3 40GB (EUA):
- Product name PLAYSTATION(R)
- CPU Cell Broadband Engine(TM) (Cell/B.E.)
- GPU RSX(TM)
- Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS 5.1ch , LPCM 7.1ch, AAC, others
- Memory 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
- HDD 2.5″ Serial ATA 40GB
- USB 2.0 x2
- Communication Ethernet X1 (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
- IEEE 802.11 b/g Included
- Bluetooth 2.0 Included (EDR)
- Wireless controller (Bluetooth) Included
- AV Output
- Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
- HDMI OUT x1
- AV MULTI OUT x1
- DIGITAL OUT x1 (OPTICAL)
- BD/DVD/CD Maximum Read Speed BD 2x (BD-ROM)
- Drive DVD 8x (DVD-ROM) (Read Only)
- CD 24x (CD-ROM)
- Dimensions Approximately 12.75in(W) x 3.86in (H) x 10.8in (D)
- Weight Approximately 11 lbs
- A device compatible with Linear PCM 7.1 Ch. is required to output 7.1 Ch. audio, supported by Dolby TrueHD or a similar format, from the HDMI OUT connector.
- This system does not support output from the DTS-HD 7.1 Ch. DTS-HD 7.1 Ch. audio is output from a 5.1 or lower channel.
- “Deep Color” and “x.v.Color (xvYCC)” defined by HDMI ver1.3a are supported.