Zonke iindlela uSony's PlayStation ashukumise ngazo umdlalo xa ungena koloyikiso ngo-1994- njengomntu ongena kwilizwe lokudlala elingazange lenziwe nguSega okanye uNintendo, njengenkqubo engama-32 engakhange incancise utshintsho lwaluhlobo lwamaqhosha alo olawulo. Iinkqubo zangaphambili ukusuka kwiSega Genesis ukuya kwiNintendo Super ukuya kwiAtari Jaguar ukuya kwiNeo Geo CD zonke zazichonge amaqhosha okulawula ngoonobumba: Ngonxantathu wayo, isangqa, isikwere, kunye no-X, iPlayStation yayiyeyokuqala ukusebenzisa iimilo.
Okubangela umdla kukuba, babengathathwa ngokungenabulungisa, kodwa eneneni babeqwalasele ngononophelo iintsingiselo ezihambelana nendima yabo kumdlalo wokudlala. Kwi Udliwanondlebe lwamva nje kunye no-1up , Umyili weSony Teiyu Goto kuchitheka iimbotyi malunga nento awayecinga ngayo ngeqhosha ngalinye:
Yiya e:
Ezinye iinkampani zomdlalo ngexesha elinikwe oonobumba okanye imibala kumaqhosha. Sifuna into elula ukuyikhumbula, yiyo loo nto sihamba nee icon okanye iisimboli, kwaye ndeza nonxantathu-wesangqa-X-isikwere ngokudityaniswa kwangoko emva koko. Ndinike uphawu ngalunye intsingiselo kunye nombala. Unxantathu ubhekisa kumbono; Bendinayo emele intloko okanye ulwalathiso lomntu kwaye ndiyenze yaluhlaza. Isikwere sithetha isiqwenga sephepha; Ndinayo imele iimenyu okanye amaxwebhu kwaye ndiyenze yapinki. Isangqa kunye no-X simele 'u-ewe' okanye 'hayi' ekuthathweni kwezigqibo kwaye ndibenze baba bomvu noblowu ngokwahlukeneyo. Abantu babecinga ukuba loo mibala yayixubekile, kwaye kwafuneka ndiqinise kubaphathi ukuba yile nto ndiyifunayo.
Inqaku elinye le-trivia: Ubuncinci umlawuli omnye okwangoku kwi-PlayStation wayenemilo yamaqhosha: The Iapile uBandai Pipp! , eyilelwe yiApple yaze yaveliswa nguBandai ngo1995. Awu, yayixabisa i $ 599 (!), isixa esingenangqondo ngelo xesha, sathengiswa kakubi kakhulu, sayeka unyaka emva koko, kwaye saba nembeko ethandabuzekayo yokubeka kwi-PC World's Iimveliso ezingama-25 zeTekhnoloji eziGwenxa ngalo lonke ixesha uluhlu; ayisiyo iPlayStation ngokuthe kratya, ngeemetrikhi ezingaphezulu kwenye.
