The History of the Sony PlayStation

A Look Back at Playstation 1, kubva Mid-'90s Release Date kusvika 2006

Apo Sony yakabudisa iyo PlayStation console iyo kambani yakanga isati yave nehuwandu hwemutambo wekutamba-isina kumbove yakambotanga mutambo, isingaiti purogiramu ye-console-asi PlayStation yakaguma ine megahit yakaunza utambo hweDynamic kune vakawanda vateereri uye yakatanga iyo vhidhiyo mutambo CD-ROM revolution. Kunyange zvazvo zvanga zvisiri zvekukakavadzana kwebvumirano, "Play Station" ingadai yakasunungurwa neNintendo sekuwedzera kune Super Nintendo console yavo.

Basic Facts

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Pakati pezvizvarwa zvekutanga uye zvechipiri zvevhidhiyo mitambo vanyori vazhinji makambani emagetsi akambomira pane console bandwagon. Pashure pezvose, vakatovaka zvigadzirwa vachishandisa zvikamu zvakafanana, saka sei musingapindi mumoto mutsva unotyisa? Magnavox yakabudisa yekutanga video game console neMagnavox Odyssey , iyo yakafuridzirwa Pong , uye RCA yakabudisa RCA Studio II (Pong clone), uye kunyange ikambani Fairchild Semiconductor yakaita Fairchild Channel F. Sony, iyo yakavakwa muna 1946, haina kusunungura purogiramu yacho yemavhidhiyo yemutambo kusvikira pakati pe90, asi yakanga isiri yekushaiwa kwekuedza.

The Nintendo / Sony Marriage

Mushure mekuparara kwemakethe yemuvhidhiyo yemavhidhiyo muna 1983, Nintendo akavakazve chikwata neNintendo Entertainment System , nekukurumidza kuita kuti ive simba rinotungamirira mumakambani emitambo yemavhidhiyo . Apo painokura Super Nintendo Entertainment System, yavo yechipiri cartridge-based console, vakasaina chibvumirano na Sony kuti vape maitiro ekutambisa audio-i Sony SPC700.

Sezvo Nintendo yakaramba ichiwedzera kuwedzerwa kweSNES, kusanganisira pfupi yakagara modem yakabudiswa chete muJapan, Sony yakaronga mubhizimusi wayo wekombiki yepamusoro uye muna 1986 yakagadzirwa pamwe chete ne Philips Electronics rudzi rutsva rweCD-ROM rinonzi CD-ROM / XA . Rudzi rutsva rwekadhi runobvumira kunzwisiswa inzwi, vhidhiyo, mafirimu uye data kuti inoshanda panguva imwe chete. Iko CD-ROM yepakutanga inogona kunge ine mashoko ehurukuro, mafirimu kana data, asi inogona kungovashandisa chete. Nokubatanidza zvinhu zvitatu pamwe chete mitambo ingashandisa zvikuru, zvinyorwa zvakawanda zvepamberi uye zvinyorwa zvinogona kuwanikwa nemafaira e data kubva pane rimwe diski.

Pamusoro pehutachiona hutsva hutsva uye huchitsvaga hukama hwavo huripo, Nintendo akaenda kuna Sony kuti atange kubudirira pane CD-ROM kuwedzera kune Super Nintendo, nezvirongwa zvekuita nintendo yekutanga ye-disc-based console. The deal yakagadzirwa muna 1988 naWon akashandura tech uye Nintendo achibvisa kuwedzera kweGlass Station.

Zvirongwa zvakaderedzwa nekuda kwebvumirano yakakonzera iyo yakaita kuti Nintendo aongororezve hukama. Nintendo yakanyarara yakaita rutivi-inobatana na Philips Electronics kuti iite sarudzo yakasiyana-siyana yeSNES kuwedzera uye yakanatsa chibvumirano chavo chaivepo ne Sony. Kunyange zvazvo ichi chaiva chigadziriswa chemagetsi makuru, vakasarudza kuramba vachivandudza teknolojia kuti vaite yavo console.

Kunyange zvazvo chibvumirano icho Nintendo chakaitwa na Philips chakaparara, hazvina kureva kuti Sony akanzwa kuguma kwegamba guru. Pane imwe nguva Nintendo akawana shoko iro Sony raishandisa tech yavakagadzira pasi pebambirano, Nintendo akaedza kubvisa kufambiswa kwegadziriro nekushusha Sony. Nyaya yacho yakawanikwa mukufarira Sony, iyo yakabvumidzwa kuramba ichifambira mberi kwehurongwa.

Kusvikira kusunungurwa kweClassStation, mitambo yekutengesa yaiva inonyanya kushandisa cartridge-based uye iyo cartridges yakanga yakadhura zvikuru, uye yakareba yakagadzira maitiro. Uyewo, mavhidhiyo eViamiti uye mafirimu akazara aida mafaira makuru uye teknolojia kuti vaise mu cartridge zvingadai zvakadhura zvakadai zvisingakwanisi kuita purofiti.

Sony akanga apedza makore achivandudza purogiramu yavo ye console asi yakanga yava kunonoka kugadzira mukati mechikamu chekugadzira mitambo. Kunyange zvazvo vakaisa pamwe chete munaNovember 1993-Sony Computer Entertainment-iyo nzira yakagadzirirwa kusunungurwa muJapan gore rakatevera, iro rakanga risina nguva yakakwana yekupa console yavo yakakwana slate yakazara yekudzikisa mazita. Sony, zvisinei, akawana rubatsiro runobva kune vamwe vaparidzi vemutambo ..

Komiti yemitambo yakanga yatomhanya pane bandwagon yeCD-ROM, saka vaparidzi vemusikana nevatambi vanga vaziva zvikomborero. CD-ROM dzakachengetedza zvakachengetwa kudarika floppy disks kana makaridhiji, pamwe chete inogona kushandura mafaira, deta uye mafaira akafananidzwa panguva imwe chete, kuitira kuti vagone kuwana zvido zvine simba zvakakosha pamutambo we 3D-rendered kana video-motion. Uyewo, inodhura chikamu chemutengo weimwe svikiro uye inogona kugadzirwa nokukurumidza uye nehuwandu.

Vachitatu Vaparidzi neVasimudziri kuenda Kununura

Sony yakanga ine zvirongwa zvakakwirira zvekusika imwe yevatengi vekutanga 3D disc-based console systems, asi pane imwe dambudziko duku. Kusiyana neNintendo, SEGA uye kunyange Atari, ivo vakanga vasina mudzimba wekutsvaga mutsara. Kazhinji mugadziri wemutambo console anoburitsa mamwe emitambo yakanakisisa yezvikamu zvavo. Kunyanya nokuti kunyaradza kunodhura zvakanyanya kuumba, pasina mari yemitambo vaisazoita purogiramu inobatsira.

Kubatsira kwekodhi huru-based-based console system yakasimba sezvo sarudzo dzeClassStation dzave nevaparidzi vekare uye vateereri vakagumburwa padiki kuti vakugadzirire. Kubatana kwakabvumira vateereri kutanga mangwanani uye vanobvumira kuti hurongwa hutange nekusarudzwa kwemitambo yakasimba, uye kugadziriswa kwemvura nguva dzose kwevhiki.

Pakupedzisira muna 1994, Sony yakabudisa PlayStation (aka PSOne) muJapan uye mwedzi gumi nemashure gare yakatanga iyo console muNorth America neEurope (S1995). Sangano racho raive nguva yekurova, nokukurumidza kuvhara Super Nintendo uye Sega's own system, Sega Saturn.

Gore rakatevera mushure mokubudiswa kweNewStation Nintendo yakabudisa yavo yega 3D yekutambisa console, iyo Nintendo 64, asi Nintendo yakasungirirwa nemhando ye cartridge, izvo zvisingatauri zvakakonzera kukanganisa kwayo nekuda kwechikonzero chaivo vateereri vakawedzerwa kuClassStation. Pasina tsigiro rechitatu, bato reN64 rakanga rine raibhurari shoma, uye apo mamwe emazita aya anonzi ndiyo mitambo yakanakisisa yenguva, kusanganisira Goldeneye 007 , ikoko kwakanga kusina kukwana kuti varambe vaine PlayStation.

The Computer Entertainment System

Apo NES yakasunungurwa muna 1985 izwi izwi mutsara wevhidhiyo raive nemafungiro akaipa mushure mokunge mafashamo emusika emakwikwi akanaka asina kunaka anotungamirira kumabhizimisi kukanganisa , saka Nintendo akasarudza kutarisa kwaro semutambo wekuvaraidza uye kuigadzira se seimba yevaraidzo yemusha, pane yekuita seiri video-game system. Sony akatora peji kubva mubhuku rimwe chete ndokutaura kune PlayStation semakombiyuta emitambo yevaraidzo panzvimbo yekunyaradza.

The PlayStation yaisakwanisa kutamba chete yemasikisi emakwikwi emutambo, asiwo maCD emimhanzi uye gare gare (ane adapta) mavhidhiyo eCD, aive akafanirwa kuDVD. Izvi hazvina kuita kuti zvive zvakasimba pane zvose, asiwo ndiyo nzira yakanyanyisa kushandisa nguva yayo.

Kunyange mushure mekunge Sony yakabudisa PlayStation 2 mugore ra2000, kambani yakaramba ichibatsiridza PlayStation yepakutanga, ichikurudzira vagadziri kuti varambe vachiparidza uye vachikudziridza yehurongwa kwemakore matanhatu muhupenyu hwe PS2.

Muna 2006 Sony akarega kugadzira PlayStation yepakutanga, achipa urongwa hwehupenyu hwemakore gumi nemaviri nekuipedzisa seyokutanga yekutengesa kutengesa zviyero zana zvemamiriyoni.

Nhasi izwi rokuti PSOne-kana PlayStation One-rakawedzerwa uye ikozvino harishandiswi chete nemufananidzo wakavandudzwa asiwo yekutanga yeClassStation console zvakare. Kunyange zvazvo mitambo yakaratidza mberi uye ichidzora zviri nani zvakatsanangurwa, iyo PSOne yakaunza gamers ku 3D world yemitambo uye yakagadzirisa kuchinja kweCD-ROM munyika yekutamba.