PlayStation (console)
The PlayStation; プレイステーション:Pureisutēshon; Offeecially abbreviatit as PS; sometimes referred tae as the PSX[2], PS1, or PSone is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, 1994.[3]
The PlayStation wis the first o the PlayStation series o consoles an handheld game devices. Successor consoles an upgrades include the Net Yaroze, PS one, PSX, PocketStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, an PlayStation 3.[4] The PlayStation wis the first "computer entertainment platform" tae ship 100 million units, which it haed reached 9 years an 6 months efter its initial launch.[5]
In 2009 the PlayStation wis named the 7t greatest video game console o aw time, oot o a field o 25, bi IGN.
References [edit]
- ↑ The Making Of: PlayStation. Edge. Future Publishing (24 April 2009). Retrieved on 27 September 2009. . “SCEA hated the name and wanted to change it to PSX, a contraction of the project’s codename […] the US nevertheless went ahead with early trade promotion, calling it PSX,”
- ↑ PS-X (PlayStation Experimental) wis an internal code name for the PlayStation durin development.[1] The popular use of the "PSX" abbreviation outside Sony became a source of confusion when Sony introduced its PSX digital video recorder in 2003.
- ↑ Business Development/Japan. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Retrieved on 19 Dizember 2007. .
- ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (2006-03-24). Sony stops making original PS. GameSpot. Retrieved on 20 August 2009. .
- ↑ PlayStation 2 Breaks Record as the Fastest Computer Entertainment Platform to Reach Cumulative Shipment of 100 Million Units (PDF). Sony Computer Entertainment (2005-11-30). Retrieved on 8 Juin 2008. .
