PlayStation 5, which has come of age with its SSD and other performance details, was not the first console to revolutionize the gaming market. However, it gets this feature from a very familiar name, the largest member of its family: PlayStation 1.
PlayStation 1, which was introduced suddenly at a time when the game console market was dominated by Nintendo and SEGA, was extremely successful and had a long life. We are starting the nostalgia tour where we will take a look at the unforgettable features of PlayStation 1, which was released approximately 29 years ago and is still in the memories of most people, fasten your seatbelts.
Legendary features that make the PlayStation 1 game console unforgettable:
- A long-lasting game console,
- Incredibly large game library,
- Access to the Gran Turismo legend,
- Success in the market,
- Disc reading lens, which sometimes drives people crazy,
- Legend of legends Crash Bandicoot,
- The controller that inspired subsequent generations.
A long-lasting game console:
While the calendar shows the date December 3, 1994, PlayStation 1 was released in Japan. PlayStation 1, which managed to attract attention when it was introduced, but was thought to not be able to hold on in the market led by Nintendo and SEGA, had very good sales when it was released in Japan. Later, as the calendar pages showed the year 1995, PS1 was released in western countries.
PlayStation 1, which had a successful debut, continued to be produced for approximately 10 years. After a successful decade, Sony discontinued production of the PlayStation 1, but games continued to be released for the PlayStation 1.
The last game released for PlayStation 1, whose production was discontinued in 2004, was released in 2006. Sales of PlayStation 1, which continued to be sold until early 2007, were later discontinued.
An incredibly large game library:
(The game in the photo is C-12 Final Resistance, one of the legendary games of PlayStation 1)
One of the details that show that a console is good is how good its game library is, and when it comes to the game library, the success of PlayStation 1 cannot be ignored. PlayStation 1 had a game library containing a total of 7,918 games, with the last game released in 2006.
Besides having a very large game library, PlayStation 1 had some pretty good games. Among these games, there were legendary games such as Final Fantasy 7, Crash Bandicoot and Gran Turismo that have survived to this day and are in everyone’s mind. We will talk about these games in the rest of our content.
Access to the Gran Turismo legend:
Although the sales of PlayStation 1 were good, the sales of the games released for the game console were also good. Although many of the games released for the game console are very popular, you may be wondering about the best-selling game.
The best-selling game released for the PlayStation 1 game console was Gran Turismo, the series of which continues to be released today.
Gran Turismo was the first racing game released by the company now known as Polyphony Digital (then known as Polys Entertainment). Only 15 people worked on Gran Turismo, which has become popular thanks to its graphics, gameplay dynamics and atmosphere that makes you feel the excitement of racing to the fullest.
The game, which took 5 years to develop and was released later, became the best-selling game of PS1 with a total of 10.85 million units sold. The series continues to be released exclusively for PlayStation today.
Success in the market:
Sony’s legendary game console did not have very good games when it was released, but this did not negatively affect sales.
PlayStation 1, which managed to sell more than 100,000 units on the day it was launched in Japan, managed to exceed 2 million sales approximately 6 months later. Don’t get me wrong, this number represents the sales amount counted only within the borders of Japan.
As PlayStation 1 gradually began to be released in other countries, sales volume continued to increase rapidly. PlayStation 1, which started to sell rapidly since the day it was released in the United States, managed to sell 800,000 units in its first 4 months alone.
Disk reading lens that sometimes drives people crazy:
Game consoles, computers and all other electronic devices may sometimes experience hardware errors. One of the most well-known errors in game consoles was happening to PlayStation 1 users.
There was a lens inside the PlayStation 1 game console, and this lens was used to read the disc. Many people who own a PS1 will admit that this lens can be infuriating at times.
So much so that if you have a PS1 game console and are having a problem, one of the first solutions that comes to mind is “Blow on the lens and it will go away.” It was the word. For computer problems, “Format it and it will go away.” Just as it was a common solution, blowing it clean was also a common solution for the PS1 lens.
Of course, such a simple method could not completely fix the system, but if you were a lucky kid, the PS1’s lens could start running games after you blew on it.
Legend of legends Crash Bandicoot:
When Playstation 1 is mentioned, many things may come to your mind, but one of the games loved by almost everyone who owns this game console is Crash Bandicoot.
The Crash Bandicoot series, which achieved very good sales especially with Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, went through a lot of changes during the development phase, but eventually decided on the character that has survived to this day. Even today, Crash Bandicoot can still be enjoyed and played by many people, thanks to its remake versions.
The controller that inspired subsequent generations:
The controllers of each game console have different features and designs. It was the controller that came with PlayStation 1 that inspired the button designs found in all controllers released on the PlayStation game console from past to present. Triangle, square, X and O buttons were also used on all later PlayStation controllers.
There was actually a very specific meaning behind how the buttons on the controller were designed. According to Teiyu Goto, the controller’s designer, X and O stood for confirm and cancel. Therefore, in almost all PS1 game menus, these keys functioned as cancel and confirm.
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