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December 4, 2024 | 08:36 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - On December 3, 1994, the first PlayStation was launched in Japan as a game console rivaling Nintendo's existence. Until now, PlayStation has become one of the game console kings in the world.
The success of PlayStation originated from a failed attempt to collaborate with another successful console company. As quoted from britannica.com, before releasing PlayStation on December 3, 1994, Sony Computer Entertainment tried to collaborate with Nintendo to release the Super Nintendo Entertainment System console. Unfortunately, the collaboration offer was rejected, so Sony released PlayStation on its own in 1994, then released it in the United States in 1995.
On the first day of its release, PlayStation console sales reached 100,000 units. In its development, they were initially unsure whether their console game would focus more on 2D sprites or full polygon 3D games. However, upon seeing the success of Virtua Fighter, Sony was determined to choose 3D graphics as the main focus of the PlayStation console.
Surprisingly, PlayStation was able to rival Nintendo as the most popular console at the time. Several game series, such as Ridge Racer, Twisted Metal, and Final Fantasy, became the foundation of the popularity of the first PlayStation. In 2005, PlayStation became the only game console in the world to surpass one million copies in sales.
The success of the first PlayStation series or PS1 was followed by the release of PlayStation 2 in 2000. PlayStation 2 managed to reach one million copies sold faster than its predecessor series. PlayStation 2 was known as a console that could be accessed by many people at the same time. Because, at that time, PlayStation 2 was sold at a reasonably affordable price.
In addition, several game series released for PlayStation 2 were also sold at affordable prices. Nevertheless, the quality offered by PlayStation 2 was able to rival other consoles, such as Xbox, GameCube, and so on.
Despite the great success of PlayStation 2, the introduction of PlayStation 3 did not experience the same success. Coming with various latest technologies, PlayStation 3 was sold at a very high price at that time. Therefore, many PlayStation fans then hesitated to buy it and chose to continue playing PlayStation 2.
Various game developers who were previously diligent in releasing new series for the PlayStation series did not release any game series for PlayStation 3 at all. This then caused PlayStation 3 to have no games to play at the beginning of its release.
After a considerable failure in PlayStation 3 sales, Sony launched the PlayStation 4 in 2013. As reported by Dunia Games, PlayStation 4 had adopted advanced processor technology with the AMD Jaguar x86-64 eight-core. PlayStation 4 also had a futuristic design with futuristic controllers as well.
In 2020, Sony released its latest console, the PlayStation 5. This console has the most unique design compared to previous versions. Similar to the previous generation, this newest Sony console still uses AMD processor chips. PlayStation 5 brings cutting-edge technology such as the presence of Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc, SSD NVMe PCIe Gen 4, and support for ray tracing.
Other than introducing consoles, PlayStation also released portable consoles such as PSP, PSP Go, and PSP Vita. However, these portable consoles could not compete with console sales.
Bangkit Adhi Wiguna contributed to this article.
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