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PSGL
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<p>PSGL is a <a href="/facts/Rendering_API/GfIomenN">rendering API</a> available additionally to GCM and <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> for <a href="/facts/Sony/7x4tCtBd">Sony</a>'s <a href="/facts/PlayStation_3/obhuo97V">PlayStation 3</a>. PSGL is based on <a href="/facts/OpenGL_ES/DRkjxUFb">OpenGL ES</a> and <a href="/facts/Cg_/UdEsuct2">Nvidia's CG</a>. A previous version of PSGL was available for the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_2/gbFBT7AX">PlayStation 2</a> but was largely unused. </p><p>PSGL was meant to be a foundation for the future, beyond the PlayStation 3, but for the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_4/wMtdFnoP">PlayStation 4</a> Sony introduced <a href="/facts/GNM_(API)/mM1I2pI9">GNM</a> and <a href="/facts/GNMX/mM1I2pI9">GNMX</a> and also their custom <a href="/facts/Shading_language/DyFraJM7">shading language</a>, <i>PlayStation Shader Language</i> (PSSL). </p>