When was the Playstation 3 released?

November 11, 2006 is the correct date because the PlayStation 3 first launched in Japan on 11/11/2006 (it reached North America on Nov 17, and Europe in March 2007). Sony’s home-market debut anchors the global timeline, with subsequent regional rollouts following days or months later. The PS3 was notable for introducing a built-in Blu-ray drive (a key factor in Blu-ray winning the HD format war), the powerful Cell processor, HDMI output for full HD, the PlayStation Network, and early-model backward compatibility with PS2 games. To remember the date, think “third PlayStation, double elevens”: PS3 → launched on 11/11 in Japan.