The Sony PlayStation console gaming
system, and the now evolved Sony PlayStation 2 console, is
better known now as the
PS2 . It originally began as an agreement between Nintendo and
Sony to develop a CD based add-on to the Super Nintendo
Entertainment System (SNES). Because Sony and Nintendo could not
come to an agreement about licensing and profit sharing,
Nintendo went to another company for the add on, leaving Sony
with a half finished product. Rather than abandoning their work
and research, Sony decided to develop the add on into a stand
alone system of its own, which was launched as the PlayStation
console at the end of 1994 in Japan. Less than a year later, it
was launched in North America and Europe. Nintendo filed an
injunction against Sony for using what they claimed was a named
they had a copyright to, however their injunction was denied.
What has evolved into the
PlayStation 2, the Sony PlayStation console was Sony's first gaming system and
it met with
tremendous success around the world. It was the first
portable laystation console
system to use CD's instead of the traditional gaming cartridges
used by what would become its major competitor, Nintendo's N64.
It also relied on a polygon form of graphics, instead of the
pixels used by the N64, giving its games a graphical realism
that many feel rivals the more advanced N64.
The Sony PlayStation console uses a 32 bit RISC chip that runs
at a 33.8688 megahertz clock speed. The video processor was
state of the art of its time, using 3D transformed polygons and
displaying them at a rate of 360,000 polygons per second at a
maximum resolution of 680 x 480. It has two megabytes of system
RAM, one megabyte of video RAM, and 512 kilobytes of sound RAM.
Although these specifications are almost laughable by today's
standards, the
PlayStation 2
console still remains one of the most
popular gaming systems around the world. It has the most
extensive library of games available for it, and with its now
very affordable price, continues to be bought in large numbers.One of the only criticisms of the portable PlayStation console is that
the laser reading system it uses to scan the CD's tends to burn
out with time, giving the system an often limited lifespan of
use. Fortunately, this is a problem that Sony seems to have
worked around with their newer system, the PlayStation 2. This
new video game console hit the market and hasn't looked back,
dominating video game cyberspace.
Almost every one of the portable PlayStation consoles original games were
well received globally, and spawned a series of sequels, some of
which continued onto Sony's follow up PlayStation 2 console.
Enthusiasts can buy PlayStation 2 games such as Grand Theft Auto
3, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Grand Turismo, Resident Evil, and
Metal Gear Solid are some such examples. PlayStation codes for
each of the games are available that give the player advantages.
Getting even more popular now is to rent PlayStation and
PlayStation 2 games.
Check
out the reasonable prices on PlayStation 2 consoles and games.
Regardless of what game you're looking for, you will find it in
cyberspace. With the video game craze growing furiously, the
PlayStation 2 is only the beginning of much more to come. Test
out your PlayStation 2 skills today.
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