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Fast Facts About The First PlayStation

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by Kyle Hilliard on March 30, 2014 at 01:34 PM

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The history of the PlayStation is one filled with corporate heartbreak and and broken promises, and you can find out all about it here.

The latest video from YouTube channel and accompanying website Did You Know Gaming, takes a look at the history of the PlayStation and its near overlap with the Super Nintendo. Did You Know Gaming recently looked at the history of the Nintendo 64, which you can find here, and took an in-depth look at the technology of the Super Nintendo, which you can find here.

Thanks to Vitas Varnas for the news tip!

[Source: Did You Know Gaming]

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Filed under: News, Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayStation, Gamer Culture, psx, Ken Kutaragi, dykg, ps one

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by TheWereWolf2k Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 01:52 PM

WOW! I did not know that....a Nintendo Playstation? Imagine that....crazy
by Phoenix Parris Wallace Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 01:54 PM

Gotta love history.
by Jared Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:04 PM

That is rather cool. Really why Nintendo is lagging behind majorly in the "Console Wars". Really it is just a battle now between Sony and Microsoft. Than, a three way battle. As Nintendo just cannot read the market anymore or just so shortsighted they struggle to reach to the top. Though in all fairness. Sony is winning out. As they are a Major Electronic Giant. They just got into the Console Market to back-hand Nintendo. Really just a tad surprised they haven't crammed the Playstation into a TV like they did with the PS2 but didn't sell do to the fact the PS3 was released a year earlier. After all they have the power and really people would buy a big flat screen TV with a PS4 in it. It would be a win-win. Or another Fail but hey. No risk. No reward.
by Arkayde Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:07 PM

Interesting stuff. Already knew most of it but each time I watch one of these Did You Know videos I learn something new.
by hoodie_weather Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:10 PM

And to think if Nintendo would have just not been stubborn then there wouldnt even be a playstation today.
by musicalham Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:11 PM

You know I was really small when the PS was great Didn't know all that stuff.
by FuturHallOFamer Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:17 PM

What's funny is (just my opinion) but the Nintendo 64 has aged better then the PS1
by zandrous Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:20 PM

The DYKG series is pretty fun. I actually frequent NormalBoots.com a lot. Between those videos as well as ones from JonTron, The Completionist, PBG and ProJared its a solid site and I'd suggest others give it a look as well. All of them, as far as I know, have youtube channels too. Fun shows, fun facts, good people.
by happydude633 Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:25 PM

Man, I love Playstation. Not because I'm a fanboy or not, but because they have everything within one console. If I want to play an amazing story they have me cleared a ton. If I want my fighters, cleared. RPGs you say? Of coarse they have those too. Couch multiplayer and online multiplayer, check and check. Plus seeing I'm a huge movie buff I can play all my DVD's and Blurays or download stuff and whatnot. I got my music up in there. I just really love the Playstation brand. Not only all those things but I discovered Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid up in there, along with other time less classics like Spyro, Twisted Metal, Tekken, and of coarse many many more. Ah I love the PS brand, to twenty more years!
by Alex Stone Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:36 PM

Such a great, important console. I don't feel like it ever had a Super Mario 64 caliber experience, but I think it won out overall in quality and third party support, and the fact it had disc based games.
by ChestyLaRue Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:43 PM

The Playstation was my first real video game experience growing up. We had a super nintendo, but it broke when I was too young to play. I'm always gonna remember playing Spyro the dragon on there though, that was amazing
by Takai420 Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 02:50 PM

I love his related video, "Worst game ever"

I'd never heard of "Dalmations 3" before that video. Jesus, wonder why it's never been brought up in the worst game ever conversations before..
by doctorfunk Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 03:05 PM

I was "gifted" a broken Playstation from a neighbor (looong story) which I got repaired. I dabbled with some fighters and the first Tenchu but then Metal Gear Solid came out. Though Metal Gear is multi platform now (which is a good thing) the franchise has kept me loyal to the Playstation brand for years now and that is never gonna change.
by Jax Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 03:10 PM

That was very cool and informative.
by sealsaa Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 03:11 PM

Fascinating to think that Sega and Nintendo basically handed that generation to Sony. I remember the fallout from the Saturn's early launch, as well as the third party fallout from Nintendo's choice to go with a cartridge based format. I didn't know what to make of the Playstation when I opened it Christmas morning, but I ended up making a lot of memories with it.
by TheLord_HUMUNGUS Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 04:02 PM

That original Playstation power-on jingle made me nostalgia so hard.
by alphaomegax3 Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 04:04 PM

I remember all this stuff going down back in the day. Was in middle school at the time. I still dream of the ultimate console of legend. Nintendo, Sony, and.....YES, even Sega. Join forces to form: Dreamcast 2! lol Dreaming aside, I would not mind to see Sony and Nintendo team up in the future. I still have a game from Sony Imagesoft that is for my Super Nintendo. It could happen again.
by bighen54 Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 04:33 PM

Informative video. Since I wasn't alive when it was released I missed out on all of this. Interesting to see the roots of Sony's console and the rise of Playstation.
by Waffle Syrup Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 06:00 PM

This was a good video! Go Sony!