Playstation Console Specifications
- Developer: Sony/Nintendo
- CPU: 32-bit R3000A RISC clocked at 33.8688 MHZ, 30 MIPS, and 132 Mb/s bus
- RAM: 2 MB (16 Mbit)
- Sound: 16-bit Sony SPU, ADPCM, 44.1KHz
- Sound Channels: 24 channels
- Video/GPU: 32-bit Sony/Toshiba, RAM 1 MB VRAM(SGRAM on later models) 2 KB texture caches(132 MB/s memory bus, 32-bit wide), 64 bytes FIFO buffer
- 3D Geometry Transform Engine(GTE) Coprocessor, 66 MIPS, Polygons: 360,000/flat shading, 180,000/texture mapping
- Colors: Color palette: 16,777,216, 57,344 to 153,600 colors on screen at a time.
- Media: Compact Disc-ROM(CD-ROM)
Console Generation of the Sony Playstation
- 5th generation
Lifespan of Sony Playstation
- 1994-2006
Launch Price of the Sony Playstation
- JP: ¥39,800
- US: $299.99
Launch Dates of the Sony Playstation
- JP: December 3, 1994
- NA: September 9, 1995
- EU: September 29, 1995
- AU: November 15, 1995
Discontinued
- March 23, 2006
Playstation Units Sold
- Japan: 21.59 million
- North America: 40.78 million
- Europe: 31.09 million
- Other Regions: 9.04 million
Worldwide: 102.49 million
Best Selling PS Games(units sold):
(*) Bundled with console and sold separately
- Gran Turismo – 10.85 million(*)
- FInal Fantasy VII – 9.90 million
- Gran Turismo 2 – 9.37 million
- Final Fantasy VIII – 8.60
- Tekken 3 – 8.3 million
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – 8 million
- Tomb Raider – 7.1 million
- Crash Bandicoot – 6.82 million
- Tomb Raider 2 – 6.8 million
- Metal Gear Solid – 6 million
Total Software Sales: 962 million
Other Names, Also Known As
- PSX(code name)
- PS
- PS1
- Playstation
Predecessor To The Sony Playstation
- N/A
Successor To The Sony Playstation
- Playstation 2
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