Kubukeka sengathi i-Sony console isizodlula emhlabeni futhi inkampani isivele ikhuluma ngokuyeka ukumakethwa kobuningi eJapan futhi mhlawumbe nakwamanye amazwe maduze, kuthiwani uma kucacile ukuthi i-PS3 ibiyi «The Console »Kusuka kwaSony. Okwamanje esinakho yisisho lapho kuxwayiswa khona ukuthi ukuthunyelwa sekuzophela, ngakho-ke i-Sony console yangaphambilini izoyeka ukuthengiswa ngokusemthethweni futhi lo mdlalo udlula izibalo zokuqala zempilo emakethe uSony abikezela ngayo ngesikhathi ukukhishwa kwayo ngoNovemba 11, 2006 eJapan, okwambeka eminyakeni eyishumi.
Futhi uma kufanele sikhulume nge-console yenkampani yaseJapan singancoma kuphela umsebenzi omuhle owenziwe kuyo, ikhonsoli ngokungangabazeki emake i-PlayStation nabo bonke abadlali balokhu abayibonile yethulwa ngo-2005 ku-E3. I-PS3 ikwazile ukuthengisa amayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-90 emhlabeni jikelele amayunithi okubala kuze kube unyaka odlule we-2014.
Manje yisikhathi sokuyeka ngokusemthethweni ukuyithengisa eJapan U-Sony uqobo ophethe ukunikeza izindaba. Ayikho idatha ekhonjwayo ekugcineni kokuthengisa eNyakatho Melika noma eYurophu, kepha kunengqondo ukuthi umkhiqizo uzokwenza izinyathelo ezifanayo maduzane. ISony PlayStation 4 iyisimangaliso esingaba khona, kepha ngokungangabazeki i-PlayStation 3 igxathu elihamba phambili.