Sony PlayStation

Advantages: Classic champion of consoles, has loads of great games, amazing value for money at the moment
Disadvantages: Dated graphics and audio by today's standards, loading times

...games machine. The famous 32bit Sony Playstation console. How was the Sony Playstation conceived? Well according to legend Nintendo of Japan wanted to develop a CD drive add-on for their 16bit Super Nintendo console to compete with the Sega Mega Drive's CD add-on. They decided to work with Sony and have them create the CD drive for Nintendo's console. But for some cosmic reason Nintendo defaulted on their contract with Sony and asked Philips to ...
...and thus we have the Sony Playstation. Released a year after the Sega Saturn, it was one of the first 32bit consoles ever to be made available to the public, but it beat the Saturn (despite it having a head start) having more software support and being a better looking console. However as time goes on, it started to lose it's appeal with newer more powerful consoles being released so Sony introduced the PSOne. The PSOne is a smaller sexier version ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastically addictive
Disadvantages: Fantastically addictive

...are sold for just £20. Sony has also recently introduced a 'Bargain' range, where games are going for a mere tenner. In the same way that calculators, thirty years ago being the size of a Spanish Vila, can now fit in your pocket, technology has advanced so that the PlayStation has been reduced in size. The Psone, introduced in the summer of 2000, is a third smaller than the original model, and although it works exactly the same as before, now has ...
...in. This is only because Sony don't want to accept responsibility if your third party controller mucks up your console. If I were, I'd stick the official stuff. What am I trying to say in this op then? Well, it's pretty simple: BUY A PLAY STATION NOW! I don't care how, just do it, steal the money if you must (that's a joke; not my fault if you're arrested), just buy the god-damned thing. Join us friend, and experience addictive gaming like never ... Read review

Advantages: The playstaion is still one of the best consoles even with the PS2 out
Disadvantages: even the old games are addictive, hours fly by

...gaming console dream was doomed, Sony was the last chance and with the right attitude, the right product and the right marketing plans, Sony released the Playstation to hit the world by storm. Thanks to them, the videogaming world has taken its next step up the evolutionary ladder. And as it left the 3D0, the Jaguar and the Saturn behind in its dust, the Playstation claimed its crown of the "King of Games" and within months the little joy bringer ...
...just this one console Sony had not only revolutionised the games industry, but expanded it to limits that no-one previously would have though possible. The Playstation has became a cultural phenomenon. It has made gameplaying cool, it has refined the boundaries of home entertainment and it has never failed to deliver the quality and fun that it has promised from the very first day. But how did it all happen? Where did it start? Read on and you'll ... Read review

Advantages: perfect for the casual gamer, who only expects to spend a few sessions a month on it
Disadvantages: masses of unoriginal, mediocre games, poor control pad, most games can only deliver average graphics

...for who can say if Sony backed out when Nintendo did(the PSX was originally a project between Nintendo and Sony before old Ninty decided it wanted to stick to cartridges) would we have a new set of next generation consoles? Would some companies even still be in business? I have a lot to thank the PSX, but one of those things is not for hours of enjoyable game play. ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent console, Brilliant range of games, Best ever
Disadvantages: None

...course we can't. Sony have tried their utmost to maintain the view that the games will keep on coming in Playstation 1 format for the foreseeable future. Great lengths have been gone to so that this message is received loud and clear. The new redesigned smaller, cuter PS1 was released around the same time as the PS2 and backwards compatibility means that Playstation 1 games will mot become obsolete entirely, but what about the console? Sure Sony ...
...provide a clear warning to Sony that for the PS2 to be a big success they will not be able to rely on sequels such as Ridge Racer although newer games such as GT3 and Metal Gear 2 will undoubtedly be huge sellers. Looking at the Playstation's successor the PS2 I am sure that no one could really predict that it will continue Sony's stranglehold of the console market at the present time. Back to the Playstation 1 and after highlighting 3 of the best ... Read review