As the first disc-based gaming system, the original PlayStation was a ground breaking piece of hardware in the history of gaming. At the time of its birth, it wasn’t the only company taking part in the great race to achieve a cartridge-less console; the PlayStation just happened to be the first one to succeed. Many disc consoles would come after, but none that would ever have the same level of impact as the original PlayStation.
Combining the fact that the PlayStation is a fifth generation 32-bit console with disc technology replacing the bulkier cartridges of its era that were lacking in space, it should be obvious to anyone that a dramatic increase in graphics, and therefore playability, occurred, spurring more people towards the great past time of gaming. It became so spontaneously engrossing that it was the first system of its kind to ship 100 million units – no small feat for a time we now fondly remember as the dark era of gaming.
But the technology that went into it was meant for another company, who ultimately backed out of it and wouldn’t return to disc gaming for another 7 years. Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m not complaining.
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