PlayStation
The PlayStation (often known as the PS1 or the PSX) is a video game console made by Sony released in December 1994. At the time, it was competing against the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. PlayStation games were stored on CDs. The controllers that were first released with the console had no analog joysticks on them, but analog joysticks and a vibration feature were added to later controllers. A slimmer version of the console called the PSOne was released in 2000. It was white instead of grey. It was succeeded by the PlayStation 2 in March 2000 and was discontinued on March 23, 2006 (eight months before the PlayStation 3 was released).
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| Type | Video game console Handheld game console |
| Owner | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Country | Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Introduced | 1994 as PS1 2000 in PS2/PSOne 2003 as PSX 2004 as PSP 2006 in video gaming as PS3 2011 as PSVita 2013 as PS4/PSVitaTV |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Registered as a trademark in | Worldwide |
| Website | Japan United States Europe Canada |
Sales
The PlayStation and the PSOne have sold over 120 million consoles.[1]
Peripherals
PocketStation
The PocketStation was a very small games console released as a peripheral (an extra accessory) for the PlayStation. It had a clock, an LCD display and four buttons. It could be used as a memory card.[2] It wasn't released in the United States, because it did not sell well.[3]
References
- ↑ "Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware(until March 2007)". Sony. Retrieved 30 September 2014. Archived from the original
- ↑ "PocketStation". SCEE. 8 October 1998. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "PocketStation Slips Indefinitely". IGN. 13 May 1999. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
