Amazing Facts You Might Not Know About PlayStation

Sony is one of the most recognizable names in electronics. They make pretty much anything you need for a home entertainment setup. One of Their biggest success stories is the PlayStation gaming console.
Dating back to 1995 the Sony PlayStation has-been in homes for over 20 years. A lot can happen in 20 years.

Attempted Collaboration With Nintendo:
Back in the early days, Sony Did not seem too confident with the gaming industry. Instead of jumping into it with Their Own console They Attempted first to work with

Nintendo to create an add-on for the SNES That Would play CD's. Nintendo wanted full licensing rights HOWEVER, qui Sony Would not come to terms on.
Sony Then Went to Sega, at the time Nintendo's biggest competitor. They Worked together to create the Sega CD attachment to the Genesis. It surprisingly Did not fail, and sold over 2 million units. A few years later When is Sony Went on Their Own Developed and the PlayStation.

One Hundred Million:
Sony Seemingly Was Destined to enter the gaming world. Their original PlayStation Was the first console to reach 100 million units sold. In terms of consoles, handheld excluding currency, the PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, and Wii consoles are the only to reach this milestone.
Funny enough, the PS2 is Actually ahead of the PS1 in sales as the number one best selling console in history, with more then 155 million units sold. Sony's legacy in gaming is Being cemented-even today with the PS4, Currently breaking all the sales records of it's predecessors.

PS2's Glowing Towers:
This one is ridiculously cool. Pictured marked values the glowing towers from the PS2's start up screen.

Actually, the more games you play, the more there are towers, and the skirt Those you played games, the taller They Are.
This is Such a cool feature, it's a wonder That it's been all purpose scrapped, back in my day's i always thought those where a kind of virus XD.

The Condor Cluster:
Okay. Wow. This one is out of left field. Basically, the US Air Force 1,760 connected PS3's together to form one big supercomputer. Yup. As it turns out, the consoles Were Actually quite Powerful at the time, and with the right OS installed, together, They Could make for some good .. computing.
Amazingly, the Condor Cluster Was the 33rd Largest supercomputer in 2010, When It was created. It was used to analyze high definition satellite imagery. So while T-Bagging We Were Each Other in CoD, They Were doing something a bit cooler.

The Sixaxis Controller:
While we know Typically Sony's Dualshock controllers as the series, right on the brink of E3 in 2006, When Was Sony to unveil the PS3, They Made a last minute decision to

Implement the Sixaxis controller. While May is look about the Same As Any PS3 controller, with the Dualshock general design, the Sixaxis motion sensor had Some weird tech that never Took off in the PS3's lifetime.
Eventually, Sony Decided to ship the PS3 with the Dualshock 3 controller, which simply Improved on the Dualshock 2. The Sixaxis died out, and will be missed.

Ken Kutaragi Hated Crash Bandicoot:
Ken Kutaragi is the train Chairman and Group CEO for Sony Computer Entertainment. Ken also hated Crash, Naughty Dog's very successful video game character, form and mascot for the PS2.

Reviews This was Because Crash Was Ken felt too immature, and the PlayStation Was Meant to Be Targeted for a more mature audience. Ken Clearly Did not Know His games very well if he thought 'mature' gamers Did not play the crap out of Crash Bandicoot.