History_of_the_Playstation

Outline Overview I decided to do my speech on the history of a gaming system and how it’s evolved from when it 1st started till where it’s at now. I will be detailing each system that has come out in differing detail as some have more to offer then others. Another thing I might bring up is a Magazine that has spawned from the systems it’s self about them showing info about them and up-coming and already out games. Systems. The Play Station One This was the 1st of them to be made concepts date back as early as 1986. The system was original brought to Sony, by Nintendo to work as a group effort but after some conflicts of contract, Nintendo re-read through the old contract years later and noticed it gave Sony way to much in terms of rights and so on thus canceling the deal with them. From that Sony produced the 1st Play stations only about 200 or so of them were actually made, the exact number has been lost with time. Seeing that Sony had made the console from the base of the Original Specs, Nintendo decided to sue on breach of contract. Nintendo won the case and from that they gained the rights to all of the to all their games that could be played on it as well as some of the ones that Sony would have had. They also were to receive a bulk of the profits. As well as some other info on that since there are more systems to cover I’ll move on. The Play Station 2 This would be Sony’s next Generation Console and by far one outstanding for it’s time. The project for the Console was announced in 1999 in the month of March. The first systems were released one year later in Japan. The console would go global over the next year spreading all over from North America to Australasia. As it stands the Ps2 is the best selling console out to date as of 2009 it has sold over 140 Million units. The system had three main competitors the Saga Dream Cast and the X-Box by Microsoft as well as Nintendo’s GameCube. The Play Station Portable The Play station Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on May 11, 2003 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005. The PlayStation Portable is the first handheld video game console to use an optical disc format, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its primary storage medium. Other distinguishing features of the console include its large viewing screen, robust multi-media capabilities, and connectivity with the PlayStation 3, other PSPs, and the Internet. Sales of the PSP have (with cyclical exceptions) lagged behind its main competitor, the Nintendo DS. Nevertheless, the console is "the most successful non-Nintendo handheld game system ever sold". After the release of a remodeled, slimmer, and lighter version of the PlayStation Portable, titled Slim & Lite, in early September 2007, sales quadrupled in the United Kingdom the following week and increased by nearly 200% in North America for the month of October. The Slim & Lite had a minor redesign including a new screen and inbuilt microphone, and has since been followed by the PSP Go. Finally the Play Station 3 Aka Ps3 The PlayStation 3 (officially abbreviated as PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. A major feature that distinguishes the PlayStation 3 from its predecessors is its unified online gaming service, the PlayStation Network, which contrasts with Sony's former policy of relying on video game developers for online play. Other major features of the console include its robust multimedia capabilities, connectivity with the PlayStation Portable, and its use of a high-definition optical disc format, Blu-ray Disc, as its primary storage medium. The PS3 was also the first Blu-ray 2.0-compliant Blu-ray player on the market. The PlayStation 3 was first released on November 11, 2006 in Japan, November 17, 2006 in North America and South America, and March 23, 2007 in Europe and Oceania. Two SKUs were available at launch: a basic model with a 20 GB hard drive (HDD), and a premium model with a 60 GB hard drive and several additional features (the 20 GB model was not released in Europe or Oceania). Since then, several revisions have been made to the console's available models, most notably with the release of a new slim model in September 2009 to coincide with rebranding of the console and its logo.