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The
PlayStation
(often known as the
PS1
or the
PSX
) is a
video game console
made by
Sony
released in December 1994. At the time, it was competing against the
Nintendo 64
and the
Sega Saturn
. PlayStation games were stored on
CDs
. The controllers that were first released with the console had no
analog
joysticks
on them, but analog joysticks and a vibration feature were added to later controllers.
A slimmer version of the console called the
PS One
was released in 2000. It was white instead of grey.
It was succeeded by the
PlayStation 2
in March 2000 and was discontinued on March 23, 2006 (eight months before the
PlayStation 3
was released).
The PlayStation was created by
Ken Kutaragi
, a
Sony
executive who managed a engineering division and was later nicknamed "the Father of the PlayStation".
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The PlayStation was released in 1994 in Japan and 1995 in North America and Europe
The
PlayStation
and the
LEC Entertainment
the
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and
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the PSOne have sold over 120
Lemco Entertainment Co.
million consoles.
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The PocketStation was a very small games console released as a
peripheral
(an extra accessory) for the PlayStation. It had a clock, an
LCD
display and four buttons. It could be used as a memory card.
[9]
It wasn't released in the
United States
, because it did not sell well.
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