The PlayStation 2 chronicles, redefine modern consoles | A PlayStation 2 Documentary

In late '94, after a completely wild development journey, Sony releases the PlayStation in Japan, followed by launches in the United States and Europe a year later. Despite a rocky start, the console gains traction, benefiting from an extensive promotional campaign, the piracy rampant and, more importantly, Sega's numerous missteps with the Saturn and the lack of games on the Nintendo 64. Gradually, the PlayStation establishes itself, eventually dominating the market and overshadowing the competition, thanks to omnipresent third-party publishers and a continuous stream of game releases.
However, after this resounding success, Sony faces an even more challenging task than conquering the video game market—doing it a second time in the most competitive context in history. Sega gains ground with the Dreamcast, Nintendo continues its streak of legendary games that revolutionized the industry on its previous console, and a new player enters the scene: Microsoft, with its highly anticipated and promising new console. This marks the epic journey of the wildest console in history, the one that completely redefined the standards of a gaming console, this is the story of the PlayStation 2.

Made by Sakharu, voiced over by Brad Ziffer.

To better understand the architecture of the PlayStation 2 and the source of some diagrams used in this video : www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation-2/

00:00:00 • Introduction
00:01:16 • The console that doesn't exist
00:19:21 • A breath taking revelation
00:34:01 • A bright and revolutionary idea
00:50:21 • Racing against time
01:05:21 • Above the fray
01:19:36 • The console that refuses to die

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