The PS One made a splash in the gaming world once it was released in 95. This new revolutionary console was a huge game changer, literally! The big change up in consoles from their competitors Nintendo was the fact that they had games burnt on CD’s. This proved to be a big factor but not the only one that came into play to overtake the Nintendo built gaming society.
PlayStation was the first console to have come out with games burnt on CD’s. What actually happened is that while Nintendo was dominating the gaming industry, they were working with Sony to make games on CD’s as Sony and Philips were the only ones with CD’s back then. What ended up happening is that Sony got into a big conflict with Nintendo and broke off relations with them and Nintendo never got to make their CD’s till later on. This is where Sony had the upper hand and released the PS One. This made a world of change in terms of graphics and game capacity. There’s much more memory on a CD rather than a Nintendo cartridge, meaning games could be much more vast and enjoyable because there’s just that much more to do. This really opened up a lot of doors for developers of the time, because their games didn’t have to be as restricted anymore, as they did on the Nintendo consoles.
Aside from the CD aspect of the PS One, the console came out with great graphics at the time, key words being, “at the time”. These graphics were top of the line and really stood out from the competition. Jumping from a Nintendo to a PlayStation was like winning the jackpot, it was just that much better! The 3D graphics were a big upgrade too.
Lastly, the titles that Sony released really helped upstart the console too. Great titles like Final Fantasy, Tekken, Metal Gear Solid and Grand Turismo came out and had stellar 3D environments and game play action that just blew away the other consoles. These games really became extremely popular and still have new series updates to date!
Overall the PS One didn’t fail to stand out in the gaming world in the 90’s. It did what no other console did with its CD innovations, great graphics and even better titles that it delivered. It was extremely popular and set the standards for the consoles to come and especially the CD gaming industry!
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This was an amazing jump, i used to play the ps1 and had soo much fun. Plus cd's were much more compact than those cartridge and so they took up less space, much easier to store. Ps1 was my favorite when i was young, it was just the best!
ReplyDeleteI had playstation 1 and 2 and they were amazing for when I was a kid because they didn't have the best graphics but they worked! The only part I didn't like was the fact you could only have 2 controllers where as on xbox you could have 4.
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