Changes: PlayStation

Revision as of 22:49, 10 July 2021

The PlayStation sucks. It is succeeded by the PlayStation 2 in 2000 and PlayStation 3 in 2006. PSOne devkits were only $4,000 [1] Sony stopped producing the console in early 2006, 12 years after its release.[2]

Charts

Sony consoles shipments — PlayStation (PSone) hardware sales figures (production shipments)

Sales figures tidbits

Worldwide
- March 1999: 50 million shipped [3]
- October 2001: 88.26 million shipped [4]
- March 2007: 102.5 million shipped [5]
United States
- 9 months - 1 million[6]
- 14 months - 1.5 million [7]
- End of 1996 - 2.9 million^[1]
- April 1997 - 3.5 million [8]
- End of 1998 - 11.5 million^[2]

Software sales

Japan sales Playstation 1 Software LTD for Japan

PSX - Dragon Quest VII 3.893.293
PSX - Final Fantasy VIII 3.501.588
PSX - Final Fantasy VII 3.277.776
PSX - Final Fantasy IX 2.707.301
PSX - Gran Turismo 2.186.375
PSX - Resident Evil 2 2.154.975
PSX - Minna no Golf 1.777.895
PSX - Derby Stallion 1.737.819

External links

References

Fifth generation of video games
	PlayStation · Nintendo 64 · Sega Saturn · Game Boy Color

[1] The business of culture p. 82

[2] ttp://books.google.com/books?id=9uBnZHmg3VYC&pg=PA152&dq=sega+saturn+million&lr=&ei=ZlP5SYv3DoWczgTOvZ3eBg&client=firefox-a#PPA152,M1

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-The '''PlayStation''' (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit [[fifth generation]] video game [[console]] released by [[Sony]] Computer Entertainment in December 1994. It is succeeded by the [[PlayStation 2]] in 2000 and [[PlayStation 3]] in [[2006]]. PSOne devkits were only $4,000 [http://gear.ign.com/articles/725/725557p1.html]
+The '''PlayStation''' sucks. It is succeeded by the [[PlayStation 2]] in 2000 and [[PlayStation 3]] in [[2006]]. PSOne devkits were only $4,000 [http://gear.ign.com/articles/725/725557p1.html] Sony stopped producing the console in early 2006, 12 years after its release.[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146549.html]
 ==Charts==
-[[Image:Sony consoles shipments.jpg|thumb|right|350px|PlayStation (PSone) hardware sales figures (production shipments)]]
+[[Image:Sony consoles shipments.jpg|thumb|right|485x485px|PlayStation (PSone) hardware sales figures (production shipments)]]
 ==Sales figures tidbits==
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 **March 2007: 102.5 million shipped [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350548]
 *United States
-**9 months - 1 million[http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/11/32739]
+**9 months - 1 million[https://archive.is/20130629122739/www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/11/32739]
 **14 months - 1.5 million [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Feb_3/ai_19088676?tag=rel.res4]
 **End of 1996 - 2.9 million<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Sr0eo0Q2t1sC&pg=PA82&dq=sega+saturn+sales&lr=&ei=EVD5Sd26Jp3AzASGsPGHBw&client=firefox-a#PPA81,M1 The business of culture p. 82]</ref>
 **April 1997 - 3.5 million [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n7_v36/ai_19263205]
+**End of 1998 - 11.5 million<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=9uBnZHmg3VYC&pg=PA152&dq=sega+saturn+million&lr=&ei=ZlP5SYv3DoWczgTOvZ3eBg&client=firefox-a#PPA152,M1</ref>
 ==Software sales==
 ;Japan sales [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=359747 Playstation 1 Software LTD for Japan]
-#PSX - Dragon Quest VII  3.893.293
+#PSX - Dragon Quest VII 3.893.293
 #PSX - Final Fantasy VIII 3.501.588
 #PSX - Final Fantasy VII 3.277.776
 #PSX - Final Fantasy IX 2.707.301
 #PSX - Gran Turismo 2.186.375
-#PSX - Resident Evil 2  2.154.975
+#PSX - Resident Evil 2 2.154.975
 #PSX - Minna no Golf 1.777.895
 #PSX - Derby Stallion 1.737.819
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.playstationmuseum.com/Features/History/History1999.htm playstationmuseum.com]
 *[http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-playstation The Making of PlayStation]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+{{5generation}}
 [[Category:Consoles]]