Sony PlayStation: the game changer

David Crookes looks at how the first PlayStation turned the gaming world on its head, impacting rival console manufacturers, videogame developers and the perception of games themselves

In December 1994, it was becoming clear where gaming was heading: straight down the road to the third dimension. Although 3D games had been around for a while – DOS titles Wolfenstein 3D and Doom being the most notable – one play of Ridge Racer was all it took to convince larger numbers of gamers that 3D was the future. Ridge Racer was a launch title for Sony’s PlayStation, a console that had made its debut in Japan. As history will attest, this machine forever changed the course of the videogame industry by successfully smashing the long-held Nintendo-Sega duopoly. It drove forward with fresh thinking and a determination to turn the industry on its head. In short, the PlayStation was a game changer. It could have been so different. Six…

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