Sony PlayStation is a console for video games that was developed by Japanese company Sony in the beginning of 1990s. The console was released for sale at the end of 1994, in Japan at the price of $387 (37.000 yen). Until 2006 is was sold in over 100 million copies. This console became a role model for other consoles that appeared just before the beginning of 20th century first off which is NINTENDO AND XBOX.
After the great success of PlayStation 1, in the beginning of 2000 second generation of this console appeared under the name PlayStation 2, which in only two days in Japan was sold in over million copies, and until the end of 2011 total of 153 million of these devices was sold. At the same time that was one of first DVD players that supported Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS. His successor PlayStation 3 which appeared in 2006, offered consoles with the capacity of 60 GB and 20 GB, which supported most games for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation consoles. Due to great popularity of this console, Sony decided to put in sales in 2004 a portable version under the name PSP.
10FACT No 10
A PS3 advert related a price drop to the notorious Nigerian email spam scan. This was edited out after complaints from the Nigerian gov’t that the ad was “racist”.
09FACT No 9
Sony was originally called “Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo”, t the founders wanted a catchier name. The combined the Latin word “SONUS”, meaning sonic and U.S. slang term “Sonny” or “young boy”.
08FACT No 8
40% of PS3 gamers cannot be in a relationship with someone who gets in the way of their gamming. 7% will only date a fellow gamer.
07FACT No 7
The PS2 is the most popular home games console ever, selling 158 million units. It was discontinued in 2012, 12 years after its release.
06FACT No 6
U.S. Intel room 2000 reported that 4.000 PS2s were shipped to Iraq. It noted that the combined processing power could be used for long-range missile launches and drone flight.
05FACT No 5
PSs became popular as they were easily hacked. Gamers were able to play “Super Mario 64” on their modified PSPs or turn them into TV remotes.
04FACT No 4
The font used for the PlayStation 3 logo was the same used for Sony Pictures “Spider-Man 3”. It was changed when the logo was shortened to PS3 in 2009.
03FACT No 3
Sony came under fire for an advert for the PS Vita and its dual touch screens. Next to a 4 breasted woman was the slogan “Two touch screens, twice the sensation”.
02FACT No 2
Gran Turismo is the original best-selling PS game with 10.85 million units. People were 50% more likely to buy a car from the brand that they raced with on Gran Turismo.
01FACT No 1
On its release, 20GB PS3s cost 805 dollar to make but were sold for 499 dollar. This contributed to Sony posting losses of 3.5 billion for 2007 – 2008.
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