Never underestimate the power of PlayStation.
Thirty years ago today, Sony launched the first PlayStation – and changed things in the world of gaming forever.
Spawned from the ill-fated SNES Play Station project, the 32-bit console hit Japanese stores on December 3rd, 1994 – hot on the heels of its closest rival, the Sega Saturn. While Sega’s console benefitted from hosting Virtua Fighter, the hottest arcade machine of the era, Sony had Namco’s Ridge Racer in its arsenal, a game that, for many, best illustrated the amazing technological leap over the incumbent 16-bit systems.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
Never underestimate the power of PlayStation.
Thirty years ago today, Sony launched the first PlayStation – and changed things in the world of gaming forever.
Spawned from the ill-fated SNES Play Station project, the 32-bit console hit Japanese stores on December 3rd, 1994 – hot on the heels of its closest rival, the Sega Saturn. While Sega’s console benefitted from hosting Virtua Fighter, the hottest arcade machine of the era, Sony had Namco’s Ridge Racer in its arsenal, a game that, for many, best illustrated the amazing technological leap over the incumbent 16-bit systems.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
