{"id":16777,"date":"2024-12-03T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:38:59","slug":"playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo \u2013 but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own<\/p>\n

If you were an obsessive video game fan in the summer of 1994, you\u2019ll remember where you were when Edge magazine\u2019s August issue dropped. By then, Sony had already announced its intention to develop the PlayStation console \u2013 the previous October \u2013 but it was the cover feature in the world\u2019s most forward-looking game publication that really blew open the possibilities of the machine. As well as listing its specifications in full, Edge secured enthusiastic statements of support from Capcom, Namco and Konami. One breathless developer told the mag: \u201cIt\u2019s going to revolutionise the way computers are at the moment.\u201d Suddenly, the whole structure of the console games business was being threatened. All it needed was a push.<\/p>\n

Sony\u2019s entry into the video game industry has become the stuff of legend (and probably, one day, the stuff of a passable Netflix movie). In the late 1980s, the company was keen to get a foothold in an increasingly profitable business after the failure of its MSX games computer, so when the chance came up to build a CD-Rom drive for the soon-to-be-released Super Nintendo (SNES) console, Sony leapt at it. In the background, however, Sony\u2019s engineering genius Ken Kutaragi, was also designing a standalone system, the PlayStation<\/a>, capable of playing SNES games as well as a new CD format that Sony itself would control.<\/p>\n

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\nLaunched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo \u2013 but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own
\nIf you were an obsessive video game fan in the summer of 1994, you\u2019ll remember where you were when Edge magazine\u2019s August issue dropped. By then, Sony had already announced its intention to develop the PlayStation console \u2013 the previous October \u2013 but it was the cover feature in the world\u2019s most forward-looking game publication that really blew open the possibilities of the machine. As well as listing its specifications in full, Edge secured enthusiastic statements of support from Capcom, Namco and Konami. One breathless developer told the mag: \u201cIt\u2019s going to revolutionise the way computers are at the moment.\u201d Suddenly, the whole structure of the console games business was being threatened. All it needed was a push.
\nSony\u2019s entry into the video game industry has become the stuff of legend (and probably, one day, the stuff of a passable Netflix movie). In the late 1980s, the company was keen to get a foothold in an increasingly profitable business after the failure of its MSX games computer, so when the chance came up to build a CD-Rom drive for the soon-to-be-released Super Nintendo (SNES) console, Sony leapt at it. In the background, however, Sony\u2019s engineering genius Ken Kutaragi, was also designing a standalone system, the PlayStation, capable of playing SNES games as well as a new CD format that Sony itself would control. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo \u2013 but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own If you were an obsessive video game fan in the summer of 1994, you\u2019ll remember where you were when Edge magazine\u2019s …<\/p>\n

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