Talk:PlayStation (console)

Price Points

How about adding the price drops/pricing of the psx, akin to the Playstation2_Price_hi[story_section ?

[I originally proposed this as an anoymous user] Wskora 16:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Where can we find launch prices for the Playstation in US, JP and Europe? --DDG 15:36, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Screenshots

Is there a reason why the screenshots were removed? Can someone put screenshots up displaying the graphical power of Playstation?

User:random 22:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Can anyone confirm the below statement from the page?

The PlayStation has historical links to an averted CD-ROM add on to the SNES which would be able to include large multimedia. For various reasons including the failure of the Sega CD, this project was cancelled.

Camster342 16:09 17 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I've heard things to that effect many times, but I have no actual proof that it is true. I would say yes, however. — Braaropolis | Talk 06:07, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I actually found a dogeared old copy of Total Nintendo about a year ago, dating from about a decade ago, which made reference to the Sony-Nintendo "PlayStation" add-on in a small news article, so it's definately true. If I find the magazine again I'll scan the article in. Sockatume 23:06, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

In the Ultimate History of Video Games, by Steve Kent, there's a section on the history of the PS. I can confirm it did contain details on how the PS was originally born from a failed venture with Nintendo. Haoie 22:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

On Nintendo 64, it says that Nintendo backed out of the deal due to Sony's insistence on being paid all licensing fees from CD-ROM based games. If this is true, it should appear here.

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The sentence near the top of the article: " It was the console that angered Nintendo," obviously meant something to the author of the article. But it means nothing to the general reader. What was Nintendo angry about? Copyright infringement? Patent infringement? Loss of revenue? Loss of prestige? Who knows from reading this article. Patrick0Moran 05:09, 11 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Multiple reasons. First, the Playstation was Sony's initial entry into what was, until then (and this is of course highly debatable) a two-player game (that is, Sega vs. Nintendo.) Secondly, Sony stood, with it's name, to legitimize the CD format for console-based gaming; the Sega CD was the first step towards the eventual downfall of Sega. (Moreso in the U.S.) Third, there was a complex series of underhanded business maneuvering that Nintendo did, with Sony and Phillips (there should be an article on this, if there isn't already). Basically, Sony was under the impression (and poured considerable funds into) that they would be the one developing the Playstation add-on for the Super Famicom along with Nintendo. However, the next day, Nintendo comes out and says "We're making the Playstation in joint cooperation with Phillips." So, of course, Sony, in full-revenge mode, says "We'll just make the Playstation ourselves." Ergo, the injunction. Nintendo, however, didn't learn from their mistakes,see :Nintendo_64DD.

For more information on this, see: http://www.nintendoland.com/home2.htm?snes/snescdr.htm

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That is strange. Anyway, I fixed some grammatical errors here and there. It's all good.

- Drake

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PSX is "still used" because it doesn't refer to the same thing as PSOne. PSOne (abbreviated PS1 because it's not Phantasy Star Online) is the new device, compatible with the Playstation, but smaller and prettier. PSX refers to the original PlayStation as always. But then the "PlayStation X" is going to screw it all up.

Hobbified

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Audio Cd Capability?

Why does it say in the "Variants" secton, It has the additional capability of playing Audio CDs, referring to the PSone? My (original) Playstation certainly has the capability of playing Audio CDs. So, I changed that sentence.

Audio

From what I know the PSone has enhanced audio cd playback compared to the PS1...

I've certainly never seen anything to indicate that. Each hardware revision has an upgraded set of visualisations when playing CDs, IIRC, but that's been around since early US-model PlayStations. Sockatume 22:01, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

PSOne

and alternate versions...we should add images of these. i'll dig around. Lockeownzj00 20:20, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Rename to PlayStation (original)

The current format for the name of this article looks wrong (I'm still relatively untrained when it comes to wikipedia, but it looks incorrect). Shouldn't the product name come first for the sake of alphabetical order, and stick a description after it? Sargant 22:50, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes. Moving.—thegreentrilby 02:08, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

PSone, PS One, PS one

I don't see _space_ betwen PS and one in my controller/console/box. PSone (with o) is what see here. --Brazil4Linux 14:41, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

PLAYSTATION 3

is the proper name of the console, not PlayStation 3. Sony changed it for marketing reasons. Kuciwalker 20:29, 9 December 2005 (UTC)