Everyone thinks they know about the Playstation.
The 5th-gen console that sold more units than the N64 & Saturn combined.
The common explanation for PS1's overwhelming success is that it was "simple".
Not only is that factually incorrect, but it misses the importance of what was actually simple.
Historically Atari, Nintendo, and Sega were the gate-keepers of the video-game market.
They had all of the partnerships with the studios that made 3rd party games.
MANY large corporations attempted to break into the market, and failed.
And I was completely aware of my biases.
As a kid I had Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis & Gamegear. I played the SNES.
But video-games were just games to me before Playstation. Playstation cahnged my life.
Playstation made me see them as art, and modern story-telling in a way that was previously not possible.
I learned about all of the other consoles to fully understand what made Playstation different.
I worked on this documentary for over a year. I learned not only about how PS1 worked, but also how N64, Saturn, and Jaguar worked.
I looked at the smaller consoles like the 3DO, CD32, and the games for PC, Atari Computers, and Commodore Amigas.
This video looks at the entire hoistorical context of 5th generation games, and the birth of 3D.
We even look at the Arcade systems, and the personal computer games.
It also focuses on Silicon Graphics Inc and LSI_Logic; the two major companies often left out of the 5th-gen console war history.
I promise you'll learn things you didn't know about this point in the history of video games.
About the hardware of the consoles, the approaches to game desing/3D, changes in the industry, the Japan vs USA differences, and the birth of modern games.
This is the most comprehenesive video about Playstation, and the birth of modern gaming I could make because this is the video I wished I could watch.
I worked hard to say everything I needed to say in 2 hours.
I 100% guarantee you'll learn something.
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