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The PlayStation [a] (codenamed PSX, abbreviated as PS, and later PS1/PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, followed by North America on 9 September 1995, Europe on 29 September 1995, and other regions following thereafter.
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, in Australia on 30 November 2000, and other regions thereafter.
Original PlayStation 2 with DualShock 2 controller. Released in 2000, 15 months after the Dreamcast and a year before its other competitors, the Xbox and the GameCube, the PlayStation 2 is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, and is backwards-compatible with most original PlayStation games. Like its predecessor, it has received ...
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The launch of the second PS console, the PlayStation 2 was released in Japan on March 4, 2000, [12] and the U.S. on October 26, 2000. [13] On July 1, 2002, chairman of SCEI, Shigeo Maruyama, was replaced by Tamotsu Iba as chairman. Jack Tretton and Phil Harrison were also promoted to senior vice presidents of SCE. [14]
The last digit of the PlayStation model number denotes the region in which it was sold: [14] 0 is Japan (Japanese boot ROM, NTSC-J region, NTSC video, 100 V PSU) 1 is USA/Canada (English boot ROM, NTSC-U/C region, NTSC video, 120 V PSU) 2 is PAL regions (English boot ROM, PAL region, PAL Video, 220-240 V PSU). Sub-models exist differing in ...
The Sony PlayStation console. This is a list of games for the Sony PlayStation video game system, organized alphabetically by name. There are often different names for the same game in different regions. [1]
[107] [108] [109] Though its Western release was more successful than in Japan, [110] the console was soon outperformed by Sony's PlayStation 2 released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 was the first console to add support for DVD playback in addition to CD-ROM, as well as maintaining backward compatibility with games from the PlayStation library ...