30 years of PlayStation. 30 years of consoles and video games, successes and occasional mistakes, memorable moments and long-forgotten conferences. Sony broke into the video game market with its first console, a machine designed to compete with the Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64. After the triumph of the NES and SNES, Kyoto’s representatives were confident that they were invincible, But arrogance can be dangerous, as underestimating your opponent sometimes has disastrous consequences.. The PlayStation beat Nintendo’s 64-bit console, and the PlayStation 2 became the best-selling console in history. Faced with this situation, Sony ripped Nintendo’s jacket of arrogance and wore it for a long time.
They were convinced that the PlayStation 3 would be a hit no matter what, they believed that nothing would punish them, but the reality is not always what you imagine. Microsoft got ahead of Sony and launched its Xbox 360 a year early and at a very competitive price: the base model without a hard drive cost €299, while the version with a disc sold for €399. “The New Generation Won’t Begin Until We Say It”said manager Kaz Hirai at E3 2006. Apparently, it had already started by then, whether Sony wanted it to or not. The console only arrived in Europe in 2007 and sold for €599, a price consumers were reluctant to pay.
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The original PS3 disaster
The generation got off to a bad start for the PlayStation 3, but the company was quick to respond. He admitted that the price was too high and announced a reduction of 100 euros for the 60 GB model. In addition, a new 40GB model was introduced, costing €399, a €200 reduction accompanied by a big but: the console lost backwards compatibility with the PS2. Another problem with the PS3 was its architecture, which made it difficult for developers, which also led to many cross-platform games working better on the Xbox 360. Add to that the emergence of the Wii phenomenona car aimed at the more mainstream consumer. Sony itself tried to attract such an audience with products like the PlayStation Move, a technology similar to Wiimote controllers that still works on modern systems (VR has given it new life).
In the end, the PS3 sold similarly to the Xbox 360. In fact, it beat its numbers by a very small margin (87.4 million units compared to the 86 million Microsoft’s machine sold). The Wii, however, broke the 100 million barrier. In the next generation, Those from Redmond stumbled miserably, and Sony took advantage of the situation to create a console that fans wanted: backwards compatible, economical and with a more manageable architecture. The Xbox One included a controversial licensing system that outraged players, so Sony released a video showing how physical games will be distributed on the PS4: give the disc to a friend and pop it into their console. The end
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