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The PlayStation [a] (codenamed PSX, abbreviated as PS, and later PS1/PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, followed by North America on 9 September 1995, Europe on 29 September 1995, and other regions following thereafter.
Greatest Hits (North America), Platinum Range (PAL territories) and The Best (Japan and Asia) are video games for the Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable consoles that have been officially re-released at a lower price by Sony. Each region has its own qualifications to enter the re-release program.
[17] Video Games Chronicle rated it three out of five, and was critical of the $40 price, advising players to wait until the game was available on PlayStation Plus. [25] Eurogamer rated it three out of five, attributing the rating to the heroes' "muddled" character design, writing: "The heroes seem to be visually either under or overdesigned". [18]
This is a list of cancelled PlayStation 3 video games. The PlayStation 3 is a video game console released by Sony in 2006. The follow-up to their extremely successful PlayStation 2 , the console initially struggled due to its high price point and the difficulty of developing for its unique system architecture.
Formerly the chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game division of Sony, Kutaragi is known as "The Father of the PlayStation" [1] having overseen the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs until departing the company in 2007, shortly after the PlayStation 3 was released.
The modern video game industry grew out of the concurrent development of the first arcade video game and the first home video game console in the early 1970s in the United States. The arcade video game industry grew out of the pre-existing arcade game industry, which was previously dominated by electro-mechanical games (EM games).
The sales of home video games had dropped from $3.2 billion in 1982 [47] to $100 million in 1985. [48] Analysts doubted the long-term viability of the video game industry, [49] and, according to Electronic Arts' Trip Hawkins, it had been very difficult to convince retailers to carry video games due to the stigma carried by the fall of Atari ...
The video game console market started in 1972 with the release of the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey.As more manufacturers entered the market and technology improved, the market began to coalesce around releases of more advanced hardware every few years on a predictable cycle, which are typically grouped into generations.