Playstation

The Playstation (PS1) (Playstation 1) is a 32/64 bit console manufactured and was released by Sony in 1994 in Japan, and 1995 in North America

It's main competitor was the Nintendo 64.

History
During the life of the SNES

Sony and Nintendo where partnering up to create a CD add-on for the SNES, but at the last minute, Nintendo decided to work with Philips, this lead into Sony creating there own video-game console, since Sony had no experience making consoles, they had third parties to step in and help, Sony worried about the future of the console, since consoles like the Atari Jaguer, while powerful, had a lack of sales and support from developers, throughout the spring of 1993, Sony got the licenses from Namco, Konami and Williams Entertainment, the console released in December 1994 in Japan and during the few weeks it sold 100,00 consoles by the first day, and six months later it amassed 2 million units.

When the Playstation was being released in North America, Sony announced the console would be 299$, 100 less money then the Saturn, this surprise price paved the way for the Playstation, by the second day of it's release it sold more then the Sega Saturn. In 1996, Nintendo released Super Mario 64, a influential game that made the 3D game genre popular, Sony saw the game in production and asked "Naughty Dog" to release a 3D game for their system, "Crash Bandicoot released a couple of weeks after Mario 64, and that game got popular and sold very well, 2 more games released in 1997 and 1998. The console got more games and even a revision console in 2000, called the "PS ONE" it was a budget system, that had a sleeker design and smaller version of the original console, sold separately you could buy a screen on it, attached on the console, you could've played it on the go.

The console ended production in 2006 and in total it sold 101 million units, it's also the first game console to sell 100 million units.

Later Life
Games where in production in 2000, but the PS2 released that same year, having better graphics and sound, but games where releasing for the Playstation were still releasing, due to how popular the console was, shovel-ware games popped up and Kids games also arose, the console and PS ONE where discontinued in early 2006, you are able to play the Playstation games on the PS2 and early PS3 models through backwards compatibility. and PS games where under the "PS one classics" section in the PS3, PSP and PS Vita, you were able to download full Playstation games.

PlayStation Classic
In the Holiday of 2018, Sony released the Playstation Classic, pre-loaded with 20 games, it received back-lash due to the console not having cult games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro or other games, and it didn't have a DuelShock controller, which meant no 3D games on the system, and it's price.

Trivia

 * The Controller looks similar to the SNES controller since they collaborated on the add-on.




 * The Console lasted longer then the Nintendo 64, since the Nintendo 64 was discontinued in 2002, while the PSX was discontinued until 2006.


 * During the Playstation's life, Sony released a Magazine line, similar to Nintendo's Power, it even contained Demo Discs, they stopped producing until 2012.
 * A total of 7,000+ games that were released between 1994-2006.
 * Original packaging for Playstation games had games in big boxes, but changed to jewel cases later.
 * The console was discontinued in March 2006, eight months until the Playstation 3 was launched.