Playstation
n.
video game console created by Sony
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit
video game console of the
fifth generation. It was first released by
Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994. The original PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous
PlayStation series of console and hand-held game devices, which has included
successor consoles and upgrades including the
Net Yaroze (a special black PS with tools and instructions to program PS games and applications), PS one (a smaller version of the original),
PocketStation (a handheld which enhances PS games and acts as a memory card),
PlayStation 2, a revised, slimline PS2,
PlayStation Portable (a handheld gaming console),
PSX (Japan only) (a media center,
DVR and
DVD recorder based on the PS2), and
PlayStation 3. By
March 31 2005, the PlayStation and PS one had shipped a combined total of 102.49 million units, becoming the first video game console to ever reach the 100 million mark.
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Playstation (die)
n.
Playstation, video game console created by Sony
Playstation
<
games,
hardware> The leading family of
games consoles, from
Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2).
The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a
DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has
USB sockets.
The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
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