Sony
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| Founded: | May 7, 1946 (adopted current name in 1958) |
| Headquarters: | Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Products: | Playstation Consoles Televisions |
Sony is a video game company, and one of Nintendo's biggest competitions.
Q: Why is there a Sony stub on Nintendopedia?
A: To prove a point: Unlike Nintendo, Sony has VERY few games that it has produced. Of course it licenses all the new movies into games but so does every other company.
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[edit] Playstation
The Playstation was the first home console produced from Sony, it was released in 94-95 and has sold 102.49 million units.
[edit] PSone
The PSone, launched in 2000, is Sony's smaller (and redesigned) version of its PlayStation. The PSone is about one-third smaller than the original PlayStation and went on to outsell all other consoles including Sony's own brand-new PlayStation 2 throughout the remainder of the year.
[edit] Playstation 2
The sucessor to the Playstation was the Playstation 2, unlike before this was a multi regional console as it could also be used as a DVD player, this is something that Nintendo did not add to their consoles; the Playstation 2 also had the added function of being backwards compatible with Playstation games, including the use of the Dualshock. From its release in 2001 the PS2 has sold over 120.10 million.
[edit] Slim case design
This is the slim lined version of the original Playstation 2, it has a few improvements over the original with a quieter fan and the option to go online and play online games straight from the box as apposed to getting a adaptor for the original.
[edit] Playstation 3
The Playstation 3 is the latest in the Playstation range offering more in the way in terms of functions compared its predecessors. It was released within two days of the Wii, though about a year after the Xbox 360, which gained a dramatic head start. It features BluRay compatibility, as BluRay is a Sony product. Backward compatibility is limited, however, depending on the model.
