The PlayStation Experience

A few months ago a friend entered my apartmentto cancel all deals and form an alliance with Philips; this
to announce that he has decided to perform a verytime securing control over its licenses on the Philips
important investment for our future in entertainment.developed machines. By the end of 1992, Sony and
I remained calmly at my sit waiting for him toNintendo reconciled their major differences and Sony
continue and explain how lucky he was as helaunched the first version of PlayStation in 1994 in
managed to find an incredible deal over the internetJapan. By September 1995, PlayStation was
for the newest version of PlayStation 2. Frankly, Iintroduced to the USA, European and Asian markets
could not believe my ears. I have never playedand its initial success was a prelude of its future sales
PlayStation in the past and the last video game Ibreakthrough challenge.The extreme popularity of the
have played with my friends when I was still a kid,PlayStation console introduced the term "PlayStation
was an old version of Atari. I could not grasp howGeneration" and titles like Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy,
someone over twenty-five would pay any amount toResident Evil, Gran Turismo, and Silent Hill, have
become another of those inert players stack in frontbecome the favorite pastime games of millions of
of their TV screens for hours or even days. But theusers worldwide. Having enjoyed over eleven years
experience I had when PlayStation 2 entered theof continuous videogame production, Sony has
premises of my house was not exactly as the one Iannounced that the next PlayStation generation,
originally imagined. PlayStation has proven to be anknown as PlayStation 3, or PS3, will be launched in
extremely fun and instructive gaming experience.November 2006 and will also be a backward
After the first couple of weeks I realized that whencompatible device; meaning that it with be able to
someone knows how to keep a balanced life it isplay all the games that have already been released
possible to spend time exploring this unique gamingfor the other PlayStation versions.Although the genius
experience without the feeling of guilt.Produced bycreators of the PlayStation consoles argue that the
Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayStation 2 is thenew version of this popular videogame will advance
successor of the original PlayStation console that hasthe user's experience, I doubt that it will actually
been a tremendous worldwide success since itsmanage to have the same success in the desired
original introduction. By March 2005, the sales margintime frame. A vast variety of other videogame
of PlayStation surpassed the 100.49 million units,competitors, including the powerful Nintendo, have
becoming the first home console to ever reach thelaunched a number of games for their consoles,
threshold of 100 million sold games. Dated back towhich have increased users' expectations and have
1986, Nintendo was the first to attempt to workmade them extremely conscious regarding their next
with disk technology, but after encountering avideogame choice. But, I am sure that my friend and
number of problems Nintendo decided to approachI will continue playing the PlayStation games of our
Sony in order for the second to come up with achoice, like NBA 2K6 or Grand Theft Auto, as
solution. Soon Sony recognizing the emergingPlayStation 3 will be outside our budget for at least a
video-gaming market planned to initiate production ofwhile.
its own console, leading Nintendo's management team