The story of the PlayStation (PS1)

Double Dog’s series on the Sony PlayStation is a must watch for fans of the console that changed gaming forever. From its aborted origins as a SNES add-on to its contribution to SEGA’s console death (they basically pushed the knife that SEGA had already stuck in their own chest), the series captures every detail.

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1. 0:00 – Prologue
2. 1:51 – Part 1 – A Failed Partnership
3. 14:22 – Part 2 – Going Global
4. 31:40 – Part 3 – 1997: The Year that Changed Everything
5. 46:28 – Part 4 – The Road to 100 Million
6. 01:01:01 – Interlude
7. 01:01:19 – Guest Spot w/ Drunk Metroid
8. 01:03:36 – Part 5 – The New King of Gaming
9. 01:21:07 – Credits

Accompanying articles to read

• The history of PlayStation was almost very different
• A Brief History of the PlayStation
• A Brief History of: The PlayStation 1 (PS1)
• PSOne’s betrayal and revenge story