Twenty years ago, a small-sized grey box of electronic tricks made its debut in Japan, heralding the birth of the global gaming phenomenon that changed the entertainment landscape, launching titles that now outstrip sales from Hollywood's biggest franchises.
The first PlayStation, which hit stores before Christmas in 1994, brought amazing graphics, engrossing gameplay and the kind of complex virtual worlds that had only been available
in arcades.
"When we arrived, the video game was seen as a niche hobby. One of our achievements is to have succeeded in making a legitimate cultural object, like music or cinema," Jim Ryan, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, told AFP.
The launch was Sony's first foray into computer games and pitted the company against the established giant of the sector, Nintendo, whose character-driven two-dimensional offerings like Super Mario had wowed children.
That's all for now.Source:MSN
The first PlayStation, which hit stores before Christmas in 1994, brought amazing graphics, engrossing gameplay and the kind of complex virtual worlds that had only been available
in arcades.
"When we arrived, the video game was seen as a niche hobby. One of our achievements is to have succeeded in making a legitimate cultural object, like music or cinema," Jim Ryan, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, told AFP.
The launch was Sony's first foray into computer games and pitted the company against the established giant of the sector, Nintendo, whose character-driven two-dimensional offerings like Super Mario had wowed children.
That's all for now.Source:MSN
In Time Period of Twenty-Years, Playstation's grey box changes gaming history.