Can The Sony PlayStation Remain The Top-Selling Gaming Console?
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Published 2024-03-09
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:55 An early hit
6:08 Rough patch
8:15 Content is king
12:05 Looking ahead
Produced by: Ryan Baker
Technology Correspondent: Steve Kovach
Edited by: Nic Henry
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Camera: Andrew Evers
Animation: Uma Sharma, Christina Locopo, Jason Reginato
Additional Production: Liam Mays
Additional Footage: Sony, Getty Images
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Can The Sony PlayStation Remain The Top-Selling Gaming Console?
All Comments (21)
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Did this dude say Xbox series 10? 😂
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"Xbox Series 10" is wild. His producer needs to help him
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Man's couldn't even do a bit of research calling it a Xbox Series 10
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I remember it was 1995, and my neighbor just had a kid. He couldn't play videogames anymore, he walked down the hill, with a PlayStation in hand, and gave it to me and my brothers for free. One of My favorite summers. Battle Arena Toshinden tournaments all summer long.
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Sony needs to make a full PlayStation documentary like Xbox did a couple of years ago
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Seeing Cinema bringing jn $81b a year and thinking Avatar was worth literally 5% of that is wild
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0:50 The iPhone X is pronounced as iPhone 10. So, I guess that's why he assumed the same for the Xbox Series X.
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I think the PS3’s comeback story should’ve been featured. People forget that it ended up outselling the 360.
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I’ve been supporting PlayStation for 30yrs?? Holy cow.
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Playstation growing up was truly what got me into video games. I made friends through it. Same for Nintendo. I own the ps3, ps4 and now ps5. I also own the N64, Wii and the Switch.
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PS2 partly did so well because it was the cheapest way to get a DVD player.
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Pretty good interview but one thing to clear up is the PS2 became successful due to having a built-in DVD player . The PlayStation 3 became successful not only because of its games but also because of the built-in Blu-ray player which was a brand new Cutting Edge technology at the time.
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I still remember all those nights we played a rented(!) Playstation II during summer holidays...with the controller still attached to the console with a cable...At some point, I guess it was 2012, I bought myself a PS3, with Move controllers...loved it, it still works great and me and the kids still use it occasionally...last year I felt like I need an upgrade and after realistic evaluation of my needs and resources (mostly time, but money also), I bought myself an Xbox-Series S and I couldn't be more happy about it...small, portable, very powerful, no discs, very affordable (250 euro)...I've been playing Assassins Creed Odyssey since May last year and it's mind blowing awesome...
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Ps2 playing DVDs was huge cuz at the time DVD players was 1K which made buying a gaming console the better option which in turn made the DVD players prices come down that year in on word but it was still cheaper to just get the PS2😂
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PS2 will always be my favorite console. It introduced me to socom, thus introducing me to online gaming...good times, good times.
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Who wrote the script 😂😂😂😂😂
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11:45 is the US press honestly comparing Sony buying out small developers with ActivisionBlizzard - the biggest third party out there at the time of purchase? 🤦♂
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2:15 for a moment I thought he was gonna start rapping 😂
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Ps2 games were unmatched, so many different games and their individual content was unreal.
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The PlayStation is turning 30?! Damn I feel old now….