http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Heres another website that was made in 2006. Same sort of thing. Has videos, screenshots of the old classics. Definitely worth a look for those interested.

http://www.historyofplaystation.com/]]>Dec 4th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
DOH!]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Are you kidding? the N64 was a brilliant console and the cartridges served it very well. As a 7 year old back in 96, I don't recall being able to take perfect care of CDs...]]>Dec 3rd 2009 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Yeah, inadvertently and it was a joint venture at first. Nintendo did a nice little last minute bail on them apparently (and understandably if the info below is true). Check out wikipedia's page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation#History

"Sony also planned to develop a Super Famicom-compatible, Sony-branded console, but one which would be more of a home entertainment system playing both Super Nintendo cartridges and a new CD format which Sony would design. This was also to be the format used in SNES-CD discs, giving a large degree of control to Sony despite Nintendo's leading position in the video gaming market.
The DualShock controller.

The SNES-CD was to be announced at the May 1991 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). However, when Hiroshi Yamauchi read the original 1988 contract between Sony and Nintendo, he realized that the earlier agreement essentially handed Sony complete control over any and all titles written on the SNES CD-ROM format. Yamauchi decided that the contract was totally unacceptable and he secretly canceled all plans for the joint Nintendo-Sony SNES CD attachment. Instead of announcing a partnership between Sony and Nintendo, at 9 a.m. the day of the CES, Nintendo chairman Howard Lincoln stepped onto the stage and revealed that Nintendo was now allied with Philips, and Nintendo was planning on abandoning all the previous work Nintendo and Sony had accomplished. Lincoln and Minoru Arakawa had, unbeknownst to Sony, flown to Philips headquarters in Europe and formed an alliance of a decidedly different nature—one that would give Nintendo total control over its licenses on Philips machines.

After the collapse of the joint project, Sony considered halting their research, but ultimately the company decided to use what they had developed so far and make it into a complete, stand-alone console."]]>Dec 3rd 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
I also remember that Nintendo had already developed 64-bit processed systems around 1994-ish. They sorta left Sony, among the other reasons, so that they could create the N64. They were using Sony before because of the combined advantage, Nintendo thought that this advantage was in their hands after developing 64-bit Gaming.

But who knows what would have happened if we did have a Nintendo Playstation, it'd be a mess of awesomeness]]>Dec 4th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/I don't understand your comment bro.
I literally meant that Nintendo was the cause of Sony releasing the Playstation.
Read up on your Video Game history!

I think a reply from Badison sums it all up.]]>Dec 4th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Competition > Monopoly
I'm sorry I wouldn't of had it any other way. I have been happily playing many rated M games ever since. Oh and I don't think FF7 or MGS would have been as great on the N64.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
(Playtendo)]]>Dec 3rd 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
SEGA was still a bit of a contender in that era. If they had picked up their game they could have replaced the place of SONY. Plus a CD+SNES would have probable tanked anyway, leading to a slightly altered but similar present to what we are experiencing.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/lmfao!]]>Dec 4th 2009 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
While Xbox might be the "king" right now, I think developers for Playstation still take risks push the envelope for new games, and true gaming fans (Rather than rehash the same formula over and over again for frat boys).

I think the PS3 flop was a wake up call to Sony, and they are finally turning around, to get back on track..here's to another 15 years!
]]>Dec 3rd 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Well said.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/playstation is is picking up steam and i will be right next to them for the long run! ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Mario galaxy is the best game ever in my eyes, but I still love MGS2.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 4th 2009 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Happy B'day teach ! ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/If it ain't broken, don't fix it bro.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
The GameCube controller was better.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
The gamecube controller sucks]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Funny! You'd think that Sony would have learned from its earlier success, and Sega's missteps. Yet the PS3 suffered from a number of the same issues that plagued the Sega Saturn at the time. The Saturn was too expensive and difficult to streamline because of its complex multi-processor architecture. It was a pain for developers to write games for the Saturn, compared to the streamlined C++ libraries provided with the original PlayStation.

Fast forward to the launch of the PS3, and you find a very complex, very expensive machine that is more difficult to make games for than the competition. The same factors that Sony used to leverage the Sega Saturn out of the market are what caused Sony to drop from being the market leader to following Microsoft and Nintendo.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/we will see in a few years what console people are still playing and which is going to be sitting collecting dust. my prediction is that the ps3, like the ps2, will out-run the other consoles. we have only scratched the surface of the ps3's potential. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
Regardless, these machines are both already too long in the tooth for me. I'm switching back to PC gaming until they come out with the next round of systems.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/
You're wrong. Natal's not due in 2010. PS3's Motion Controller is. ;)]]>Dec 3rd 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/The PS2 was very complicated compared to the Dreamcast as well. Developers had a very hard time getting good performance out of the PS2 and I still prefer the Dreamcast's smooth animation to the PS2's shimmery aliasing. The Sony marketing juggernaut was going full speed with the PS2 and Sega didn't stand a chance, even before people could compare the finished products.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Bring PlayTV to the US!!!]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/Dec 3rd 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/03/sonys-playstation-marks-15th-anniversary/runs like a champ

i have such fond memory's of resident evil and crash bandacoot and Tecmo's Deception Invitation to Darkness]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:05PM