Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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Check out 11 facts about the original Sony PlayStation, or PS1 or PSOne, that you maybe didn't know! Learn a little PlayStation history and trivia, from some well known things like the Nintendo PlayStation to much more obscure things, like PocketStation games! Check out a few classic PlayStation games along the way like Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3 and more. For best results view at 1080p60fps!

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sources:

Nintendo-Philips Deal Is a Slap at Sony - June 3rd, 1991: nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html
Nintendo PlayStation: techspot.com/news/104427-ultra-rare-nintendo-playstation-prototype-controller-fetches-35000.html
PlayStation Hardware Analysis: copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation
Game sales: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_(console)_games_(A%E2%80%93L)
PocketStation: youtube.com/watch?v=c_iKjgygPAs
Kalinske Interview at Time Extension: timeextension.com/features/flashback-sega-and-sony-almost-joined-forces-to-battle-nintendo-in-the-90s
Console sales 1: sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-datasales
Console sales 2: vgchartz.com/charts/platform_totals/Hardware.php

Pictures:
New York Times:
Olaf Olaffson: By slowking4 - flickr.com/photos/73455099@N07/49382695497/in/dateposted-public/, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85962733
Isao Okawa: by Fair Use
Tom Kalinske (recent): By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130097827
Ken Kutaragi: By Official GDC - flickr.com/photos/officialgdc/13282965145/, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31795746
Norio Ohga: By TSP, Fair use, via Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31584842
Motorola 68000: By en:User:ArnoldReinhold - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1139113
Motorola 68000 (2): By Konstantin Lanzet - CPU collection, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8041341
z80 flyer ad: By Zilog Inc. - Scanned from May 27, 1976 issue of Electronics pages 32 and 33 by Michael Holley Swtpc6800, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11901147

Videos:
PocketStation: Retro Game Attic: youtube.com/watch?v=c_iKjgygPAs&t=212s
CD toss and CD spinning: Video by Karola G: pexels.com/video/close-up-shot-of-a-falling-compact-disc-4211105
businessmen shaking hands: Video by Pavel Danilyuk: pexels.com/video/lawyer-shaking-his-customers-hands-8061614
businessmen thumbs up: Video by Pavel Danilyuk: pexels.com/video/lawyer-shaking-his-customers-hands-8061614
Angry business man: Video by cottonbro studio: pexels.com/video/an-angry-man-talking-8382400
Portrait mode angry businessman: Video by RDNE Stock project: pexels.com/video/an-angry-man-talking-6125687
Business meeting gone bad: Video by RDNE Stock project: pexels.com/video/a-group-of-men-in-a-discussion-while-standing-7581333
Sony CRT TV: mediacollege.com/equipment/sony/tv/kv/kv36fs320.html

Music:
Divine Life Society - by Jesse Gallagher
Geographer - by Alley Cat
Hungarian Rhapsody No . 2 by Franz Liszt
Rondo Alla Turca by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Stellar Wind by Unicorn Head
Symphony No 40 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

All gameplay footage was recorded by me.

All other clips of videos, sounds or images not mentioned are used via fair use.


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