The original startup sound’s composer, Takafumi Fujisawa, went into detail about this very topic in Game Informer’s extensive analysis of PlayStation’s 25-year history. According to Fujisawa, ...

PlayStation's release catalog is filled with great franchises, but there have been a few stinkers over the decades.

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The PS1's startup sound is one of those iconic tunes you don't notice until it's embedded in your mind. A recent interview reveals how it was created.

PlayStation - The total history. Part 1: The build-up to the launch of the PSX. Image credit: Eurogamer. ... For a start, OJ Simpson and Rosemary West had both been on trial, ...

Certainly, some of the PlayStation's success stemmed from the failures of its competitors. But it's only with hindsight that it becomes clear that the first wave of ânext-gen' consoles were a ...

It still used PlayStation 1 parts to play PlayStation 2 games.” The PS2 Popularizes Backward Compatibility In the early years, console backward compatibility typically required adapters or other ...

The PlayStation 5 is off to a huge start: Its mid-November launch was the biggest in US history, according to market analytics firm the NPD Group.

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With such an unassailable command of the market, nobody really expected the PlayStation 2 to fail, did they? Well, strange as it may sound, yes, some people did. For a start, no other company had ...

In honor of the gaming brand's 30th anniversary, we’ve picked the 30 most influential, immersive and just plain PlayStation games of the past three decades.