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Retrieved 5 March Games for the PlayStation continued to sell until Sony ceased production of PlayStation games on 23 March — over 11 years after it had been released, and less than a year before the debut of the PlayStation 3. On a PSP, PSP games will only output to external monitors or TVs in progressive scan mode, so that televisions incapable of supporting progressive scan will not display PSP games; non-game video will output in either progressive or interlaced mode.
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The PlayStation [note 1] officially abbreviated to PSand commonly known as the PS1 or PSX is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The console was released on 3 December in Japan[2] 9 September in North America29 September in Europeand for 15 November in Australia.
The console was the first of the PlayStation lineup of home video game consoles. It primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn as part of the fifth generation of video game consoles. The PlayStation is the first "computer entertainment platform" to ship million units, which it had reached 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. The last PS one units were sold in winter before it was officially discontinued in Marchfor a total of million units shipped since its launch 10 years earlier, playstation one.
Games for the PlayStation continued to sell until Sony ceased production of PlayStation games on 23 March — over 11 years after it had been released, and less than a year before the debut of the PlayStation 3.
The inception of what would become the released PlayStation dates back to with a joint venture between Nintendo and Sony. Ohga kept Kutaragi on at Sony, and it was not until Nintendo cancelled the project that Sony decided to develop its own console. Sony also planned to develop a Super NES-compatible, Sony-branded console, but one which would be more of a home entertainment system playing both Super NES cartridges and a new CD format which Sony would design.
The product, dubbed the " Play Station " was to be announced at the May Consumer Electronics Show CES. Yamauchi decided that the contract was totally unacceptable and he secretly cancelled all plans for the joint Nintendo-Sony SNES CD attachment. After the collapse of the joint-Nintendo project, Sony briefly considered allying itself with Sega to produce a stand-alone console. Why would we want to do this? However, it is theorized that only or so of these machines were ever produced.
By the end ofSony and Nintendo reached a deal whereby the "Play Station" would still have a port for SNES games, but Nintendo would own the rights and receive the bulk of the profits from the games, and the SNES would continue to use the Sony-designed audio chip. However, Sony decided in early to begin reworking the "Play Station" concept to target a new generation of hardware and software.
Unlike Sega, Sony had no arcade division from which to draw console-selling ports, or any in-house development to speak of. To solve this problem, Sony acquired studios such as Psygnosis and signed exclusivity deals with hot arcade publishers Namco and Williams Entertainment. Industry hype for the console spread quickly, and in early GamePro reported that "many video game companies [feel] that in the near future, the video game platforms to contend with will be from Nintendo, Sega The PlayStation was launched in Japan on 3 December[30] North America on 9 September[1] Europe on 29 September[3] and Oceania on 15 November Unlike the vast majority of gaming consoles of the time, the PlayStation did not include a pack-in game at launch.
They commented that while the CPU is "fairly average", the supplementary custom hardware such as the GPU and sound processor is stunningly powerful. They particularly praised its focus on 3D, and also remarked positively on the comfort of the controller and the convenience of the memory cards. Whether by skill, luck, or just deep pockets, Sony has scored three out of three in the first salvo of this war.
PL Y IN URS. Let me show you how ready I am. Whereas Sega and Nintendo took an isolationist approach, focusing on first party development while generally leaving third party developers to their own devices, Sony took efforts to streamline game production by providing a range of programming libraries which were constantly updated online, organizing third party technical support teams, and in some cases giving direct development support to third party companies.
While the Sega Saturn was marketed towards 18 to 34 year-olds, the PlayStation was marketed roughly, but not exclusively, towards 12 to 24 year olds. Additionally, Sony found that adults are best targeted by advertising geared towards teenagers; according to Lee Clow, "One of the first things we resolved early on was that everyone is 17 when they play videogames.
The young people look up to the best gamer who is usually a little older and more practiced and talented. In addition to playing games, select PlayStation models have the ability to play audio CDs; further, Asian model SCPH can also play Video CDs.
Later PlayStation models can utilize a music visualization function called SoundScope. The actual GUI for both PS one and PlayStation differ graphically depending on firmware versions: If the CD lid is closed with a game inside at any time while at the menu, the game will immediately start.
As of 30 Junea total of 7, software titles have been released worldwide counting games released in multiple regions as separate titles. However, several reprinted and remastered editions were released in later years. The Essential Collection was released on 26 Julywhich contained Metal Gear Solid in the original PlayStation format. InCapcom released the Resident Evil 15th Anniversary Collectionand inSquare Enix released the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box in Japan containing all of the Final Fantasy titles, a majority of which were also in the original PlayStation format.
The OK and Cancel buttons on most of the Japanese PlayStation games are reversed in their North American and European releases.
In Japan, the button maruright is used as the OK button, while the button batsuwrong is used as Cancel. North American and European releases have the button or the buttons as the OK button, while either the or the button is used as Cancel some titles like Xenogears used the button for cancelling actions and selections, along with the PlayStation 2 system browser and the XrossMedia Bar on the PlayStation 3 and the PSP. Some other games, like the Japanese version of Gran Turismohad used different controls that are similar to North American games.
These Japanese button layouts still apply to other PlayStation consoles. This is because in the early years Sony America SCEA[51] Sony Europe SCEEand Sony Japan SCEJ had different development and testing documents TRCs for their respective territories. Hardware designer Ken Kutaragi stated, "The technology came from an original idea to create a synthesizer for graphics, something that takes a basic graphic and then adds various effects to it quickly and easily.
With the early units, particularly the early models, many gamers experience skipping full-motion video or physical "ticking" noises coming from their PlayStation units.
The problem appears to have come from poorly placed vents leading to overheating in some environments—the plastic moldings inside the console can warp very slightly and create knock-on effects with the laser assembly.
The solution is to ensure that the console sits on a surface which dissipates heat efficiently in a well vented area, or raise the unit up slightly from its resting surface.
The first batch of PlayStations used a KSMAAM laser unit whose case and all movable parts were completely made out of plastic. Over time, friction causes the plastic lens sled rail to wear out—usually unevenly. The placement of the laser unit close to the power supply accelerated wear because of the additional heat, which makes the plastic even more vulnerable to friction.
Eventually, one side of the lens sled can become so worn that the laser can tilt, no longer pointing directly at the CD. This would cause data read errors and games would no longer load. One common fix is to turn the PlayStation upside down, making the lens sled rest on the unworn top rails.
Sony eventually fixed the problem by making the sled out of die-cast metal and placing the laser unit slightly farther away from the power supply on later models of the PlayStation. Due to an engineering oversight, the PlayStation does not produce a proper signal on several older models of televisions, causing the display to flicker or bounce around the screen. Since only a small percentage of PlayStation owners used such televisions, Sony decided not to change the console design, and instead gave consumers the option of sending their PlayStation unit to a Sony service center to have an official modchip installed, which would allow it to play on older televisions.
Prior to the PlayStation, the reproduction of copyrighted material for gaming consoles was restricted to either enthusiasts with exceptional technical ability, or others that had access to CD manufacturers. However, the increased availability of cheap CD burners at this time led Sony to introduce a special wobble pressed into PlayStation formatted discs. As a result, any discs that did not contain the wobble such as CD-R copies or standard pirated discs could not boot on the console.
This served as copy protection as well as region-locking. The installation of an unofficial modchip allowed the PlayStation to play games recorded on a regular CD-R. Since it worked by injecting the correct region data into the stream it also allowed the console to play games from any region. This created a wave of games developed without official approval using freeunofficial tools, as well as the reproduction of original discs. Some companies notably Datel did manage to produce discs that booted on unmodified retail units while using special equipment.
Instead of a D-padwhich is used for directional movement in nearly every other console then on the market, the PlayStation controller uses four directional buttons. Peripherals released for the PlayStation include memory cards, [62] the PlayStation Mouse[63] the PlayStation Analog Joystick[64] the PlayStation Link Cable[62] the Multiplayer Adapter a four-player multitap[62] the GunCon a light gunand the Glasstron a monoscopic head-mounted display.
The PlayStation went through a number of variants during its production run. From an external perspective, the most notable change between variants was the reduction in the number of connectors. InSony marketed a development kit for hobbyists and developers also known as the Net Yaroze.
Sold only through an ordering service, the development console came with the necessary documentation and software to program PlayStation games and applications. On 7 JulySony released the PS one, [74] a smaller, redesigned version of the original PlayStation. The third generation of the PlayStation, the PlayStation 3was launched on 11 November in Japan, 17 November in North America, and 23 March in Europe.
The backward compatibility of the PlayStation 3 differs by model. A third successor, the PlayStation 4was announced by Sony on 20 February and was released in the US on 15 November, Europe on 29 Novemberand Japan and Asia on 22 February The PlayStation Portableor PSP, is a handheld game console first released in late The successor to the PSP, the PlayStation Vitawas introduced as a part of the 8th generation of video game consoles, and is backwards compatible with original PSP as well as original PlayStation games downloaded from the PlayStation Store.
Sony Computer Entertainment was an upstart in the video game industry in lateas the early s were dominated by Nintendo and Sega. Nintendo had been the clear leader in the video game industry since the introduction of the NES in and the Nintendo 64 was initially expected to maintain this position for Nintendo. By the late s, Sony became a highly regarded console brand due to the PlayStation, with a significant lead over second-place Nintendo, while Sega was relegated to a distant third.
The success of the PlayStation is widely believed to have influenced the demise of the cartridge-based home console. While not the first system to utilize an optical disc format, it is the first highly successful one, and ended up going head-to-head with the last major home console to rely on proprietary cartridges—the Nintendo Nintendo was very public about its skepticism toward using CDs and DVDs to store games, citing longer load times and durability issues.
The increasing complexity of games in content, graphics, and sound pushed cartridges to their storage limits and this gradually turned off some third-party developers. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirected from Playstation console. This is the latest accepted revisionreviewed on 12 July For the Play Station, a canceled game console prototype designed by Sony and Nintendo in the early s, see SNES-CD.
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