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The main series of controllers utilized by the PlayStation series is the DualShock, a line of vibration-feedback gamepads that sold 28 million units by June 2008. The first handheld console in the series, the PlayStation Portable (PSP), sold a total of 80 million units worldwide by November 2013.
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Sony entered the market of consoles back in 1994 with the release of the PlayStation. The product was announced under the name “Play Station” in May 1991 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in a corporation with Nintendo. After that partnership fell apart, Sony went on to release a console of its own. PlayStation launched in Japan after the rele...
Six years later, a redesigned, slim version was released under the name PS One, having the same hardware specifications. They replaced the original grey color with white and named it appropriately to avoid confusion with its successor, PlayStation 2. It was the highest-selling console through the end of the year, outselling all other consoles, incl...
Soon after the first sixth-generation console was released, Sega’s Dreamcast, Sony unveiled the PlayStation 2 at the Tokyo Game Show on September 20, 1999, and released in July 2011. Sales of the console, games, and accessories pulled in $250 million on the first day, beating the $97 million made on the first day of the Dreamcast. The hardware uses...
In September 2004, Sony unveiled its third major hardware revision. In late October 2004, a smaller, thinner, and quieter slim version of the PlayStation 2 was released, including a built-in Ethernet port. Due to its thinner, the slim version does not support the internal hard disk drive. It also lacks an internal power supply and has a modified Mu...
The PlayStation Portable (abbreviated to PSP) was Sony’s foray into the handheld business. Originally released in Japan back on December 12, 2004, the PSP was Sony’s first handheld system. At the time of its release, Nintendo was already dominating the market with its Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS. However, the coming of the PSP was Sony’s a...
The console was first officially announced at E3 2005 and was released at the end of 2006. It was the first console to use Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, including the PlayStation Network, as well as the first to be controllable from a handheld console, through ...
The slim version of PlayStation 3 no longer provided the hardware ability to run PlayStation 2 games. It was lighter and thinner than the original console and featured a redesigned logo and marketing design. The slimmer version of the PlayStation 3 features an upgradeable 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB or 320 GB hard drive and is 32% smaller, 36% lighter a...
The PS Vita is the successor to Sony’s critically acclaimed PSP with massive improvements over its predecessor. Perhaps the striking improvement at first glance is the addition of dual analogue sticks instead of the PSP’s solo-analogue stick. In addition to other improvements is the introduction of a 5-inch multi-touch capacitive touchpad. While th...
The Super Slim version of PlayStation 3 was released in late 2012, refined and redesigned. The console came out on the market with the availability of either a 250 GB or 500 GB hard drive. One of the obvious changes was the sliding disc cover, instead of the traditional slot-loading drive. In look, shape, and design, the Super Slim version resemble...
The PlayStation 4 is the eighth-generation console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced in February 2013 the critics were praising Sony for acknowledging its consumers’ needs, embracing independent game development, and not imposing the restrictive digital rights management schemes like those originally announced by Microsoft for ...
Feb 19, 2024 · PlayStation 3 Super Slim (2012) PlayStation 4 (2013) PlayStation 4 Slim (2016) PlayStation 4 Pro (2016) PlayStation 5 (2020) PlayStation 5 Digital Edition (2020) Let’s look at each PlayStation ...
Aug 31, 2020 · The series’ next entry, Gran Turismo 7, has been announced for PlayStation 5. There’s no release window at this time. There’s no release window at this time. SingStar – 2 years, 10 months
Oct 10, 2023 · The PlayStation 5’s included Astro’s Playroom game feels way more than just your run-of-the-mill tech demo. While Astro’s Playroom makes use of the DualSense controller’s unique features, the game also acts as a time capsule of PlayStation history. One major thing the Xbox Series X|S has over PlayStation 5 is backward compatibility.
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Feel it now. Discover your next unforgettable game in our interactive experience. Choose what you want to feel and let PS5 transport you to the heart of the action. 1. Available when feature is supported by game. 2. Playing PS VR games on a PS5™ console requires a PS VR headset, PlayStation®Camera for PS4™ (Model CUH-ZEY1 or CUH-ZEY2) and ...
You can enhance the visual performance of compatible PlayStation®5 games by enabling Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) on your PS5 console. This allows your PS5 console to sync the refresh rate of your display to the PS5 console’s graphical output on HDMI 2.1 VRR-compatible TVs and PC monitors. Results may vary depending on the TV you’re using ...
