History of the PlayStation.

Join me as we dive into the History of the Sony PlayStation. The History of the PlayStation is complex story. Thankfully works like the "Revolutionaries at Sony" paints a highly detailed perspective of the events around the consoles birth and rise to a juggernaut of the home game space.
The video references the Book Revolutionaries at Sony written by Reiji Asakura heavily. Please take some the time to check out that work.
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E3 Clip taken from: • E3 1995
Dominos sound effect from: • 100 DVD case dominos
Associated Press Footage: • JAPAN: SONY PLAYSTATI... , • Sony's PlayStation 3 g...
Playstation 1 Expo Footage: • 1990s Sony Playstation...
PlayStation 1 Launch footage : • 20 Years of Play: Play...

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

Of course you have to start with the infamous Playstation boot intro. Awesome video, thank you!

[@HistoricNerd]

Figured I had too :)

[@jongeo]

But streeeeeaaaattchedd out.

[@HistoricNerd]

@@jongeo 16:9er the better

[@Debu_Ranger]

You mean famous!

[@MiggerPlease]

@@Debu_Rangeryummy

[@play_history]

Great work bringing this to life, Ian! You're upping your presentation game both in audio and visuals. And thanks for the shoutout. I honestly did very little on this one. 😂

[@HistoricNerd]

You had a great suggestion which helped a bunch. So I figured why not.

[@st1ka]

Damn dude your visuals are excellent

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! I probably spent way longer on these than I should have lol

[@oldatarigamer]

Awesome!! I'll always remember the PS launch -- it was the day of my sister's wedding, and that didn't stop me from getting the PS on day 1.

[@HistoricNerd]

Priorities!

[@jayg6138]

Not your family 😅

[@oldatarigamer]

@@jayg6138 I still made the wedding, no problem!

[@Cybermorpher]

A video about the "System G" DME-9000 Digital Multi Effects device would be amazing.

[@calculateddeclination5534]

The ps1 boot intro is more iconic than the ps2 intro. I like both consoles equally to death but man, I really like that ps1 boot intro lol. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[@tangreen7267]

Another great video from HN ! Thanks, man !

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! Spent way too long on this one.

[@tangreen7267]

@@HistoricNerd , the wait is worth it !

[@MiggerPlease]

@@HistoricNerdyummy

[@earlusmcdivett]

Your videos are a masterclass in how to make youtube videos in 2024. Spectacular visuals, great voice narration, detailed and entertaining content at a perfect pace. Awesome work. Thank you.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! I appreciate that. I'm very happy with how my editing has evolved over the years. I feel like I'm finally at the point where I can do presentations to the level I've always wanted.

[@cloudusman90]

I want to see the full history of the 32X (and its cancelled console, the "Neptune") next. These videos are amazing and interesting, to know about the creation of consoles!

[@HistoricNerd]

The 32x is on my short list of things I want to make a video about :)

[@darenn-keller]

Woaw such a great video! I discovered it through Bob's weekly roundup (retro rgb). Good luck with the next one, can't wait to watch it.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! Glad you dropped by. Bob is super cool so I'm happy he liked it enough to share it.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

This was so good, man. A fun story told in a really fun way. Only thing missing was an excuse to have trio Hawkins on screen for 5 minutes straight.

[@HistoricNerd]

I had him in the background in a couple of places. I hope Trip Senpai forgive me.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

@@HistoricNerd oh I didn't miss him. I never would.

[@play_history]

I'm surprised I didn't see the Trip quotes reported by Kent about the PSX, "For a company that is so new to the industry, I would have hoped that Sony would have made more mistakes by now."

[@MadPanicGaming]

EPIC video, fantastic work! I'm truly envious of your production quality.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! Love your stuff as well. I've just unfortunately become obsessed with blender.

[@Chris-techgamesfood]

Your videos are mad good, like this could be on the history channel is so professional.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! That was always kind of a goal of mine. Make a documentary good enough for broadcast television :)

[@zeromancer-x]

No, then he'd have to somehow incorporate ancient aliens into the final cut. 🙄

[@jm2974]

Incredible video!!!! The quality of your production is fantastic

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! My goal has always been to create better and better videos!

[@jongeo]

Awesome work once again, Ian. I know how much time and effort you put into your videos, and it really shows!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man I really appreciate your help.

[@ez054098]

Excellent video!

[@RevaliHeeHo]

Awesome job, man. Thanks for the video.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheCostascrete]

amazing video really love it great work ❤❤

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! Too many hours of blender lol

[@G.indigo]

Great video!!! This should have more views!! 🙏🏽

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! I really appreciate that.

[@vgsquirrel]

Sheesh dude! The amount of effort that went into this video is insane! Keep up the great work as always!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man. Appreciate that, this was a fun opportunity to learn a bit more blender.

[@FabioGnecco]

Lovely 3d animations ! Much appreciation to whoever worked on it !

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! I appreciate that.

[@FabioGnecco]

@@HistoricNerd you did them ? Ohhh impressive ! Hahaha

[@HistoricNerd]

@@FabioGnecco the animation are all my own doing via blender. I'm kinda obsessed with it. The models however were sketch fab and purchases so I can't take credit for those :)

[@MGPCycling]

This is so well done!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you!

[@kurtg5405]

*Subscribed* You should have hundreds of thousands of subs, your videos are very well researched and the visual aids used are top notch. Keep up the amazing work :)

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! Glad you found the channel. I have more planned. Im just slow at producing them sadly. Thank you for the sub!

[@kurtg5405]

@@HistoricNerd Quality, not quantity. Gaming Historian doesn't load a bunch but much like your content it's always high quality and has a lot of re-watch value. :)

[@8Bitplus]

just seeing this in my feed! cant wait to watch!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! Glad to see you checking it out.

[@cosmic_drew]

Amazing video!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! Also thanks for stopping by the live stream.

[@SonofMrPeanut]

The Toontown waste bin was a nice touch (that & the Shining carpet).

[@HistoricNerd]

Glad you caught those. I was wondering if anyone would connect it to the shining lol.

[@coolestgravy1356]

Thanks man, fantastic work.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks for commenting, I appreciate that!

[@markjv24]

Great video, man! Very informative and well-researched. You did a good job presenting all the information. Wish you all the best on your future endeavors. P.S. Please do a video on the PS2 whenever you have the time.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! The PS2 is on my list of consoles to do for sure.

[@NIGH11]

Great video Historic! And incredible animation ! This must have taken several CDIs worth of processing power to render !

[@HistoricNerd]

Actually the power of just one CDi was needed. They run blender 4.0 strangely well.

[@madaction9373]

The intro gave me chills. Awesome job!!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! I really enjoyed making that.

[@supergrover1827]

Another banger from HistoricNerd.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! I appreciate that

[@comicbookdrawerThomas]

This was awesome....would love to see more about current systems today. Awesome work !!!!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks, I have more planned

[@FSSHetPDGE]

Deserve more views mate. Top quality 🙂

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you! I appreciate that. I have more to come. I'm sure eventually this video will get pushed more.

[@JuhnaNemiko]

You deserve way more subscribers for the effort you put into these videos.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks! I appreciate that. I'm sure eventually that'll happen.

[@AFFL1CTED1]

Wow man, great job! When you said that you had a lot of Blender renders in this you weren't kidding! I like the little details like the phone dial tone panning channels when the camera sweeps across it, or the cigarette being put out on the Zelda toy's head lol. As well as other little Easter eggs you have hidden throughout. Gives the audience incentive to rewatch the video. Smart.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! Yeah I spent probably way longer than I should have. But I really enjoyed just building the scenes and putting as many details as I could without melting my PC.

[@AFFL1CTED1]

@@HistoricNerd it's good stuff! You do realize that you've now just set the bar pretty high for your future videos, right? 😁

[@HistoricNerd]

@@AFFL1CTED1 oh god, don't tell me that lol

[@HistoricNerd]

@@AFFL1CTED1 but this video taught me a bunch so I'm actually getting faster at creating 3D shots now.

[@dazbrugernavn]

That intro was AWESOME!!!!!!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks! Took me a minute to figure out physics in blender but I think it came out pretty good :D

[@dazbrugernavn]

Its was real good :D just saw the rest of the video, very nice!

[@aceofspades001]

I enjoyed that, thank you

[@HistoricNerd]

Glad you had a good time with it :D

[@sega_kid4288]

Ahh..PS1 the ultimate David vs Goliath story where, Goliath through sheer industrial and financial superiority muscles their way into an industry and wins, while everyone laughs at David. Warms the heart 😂. That said, this was definitely one of the best vids I’ve seen on ps1. Great job!!

[@HistoricNerd]

That accurately sums up the store pretty well lol. It's also pretty funny because everyone felt that way about NEC and they totally screwed up with their chances.

[@maroon9273]

​​@@HistoricNerdsame with Panasonic with the cancelled m2, Fujitsu with fm towns marty, philips with cdi, and apple with pippin.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

​​@@HistoricNerdTo be fair, it's more like David and Goliath teaming up. Better development tools and less financial risk really helped third parties jump on board. Edit: Just watched it. Kudos for getting straight to the heart of the matter. This might be the best look at the economics of that time on KZbin.

[@aurimasm]

You did a good job, keep it real

[@HistoricNerd]

Thank you!

[@SuperFlashDriver]

I still remember the old thumbnail before it changed and such. Either way, seeing this, considering it's been 30 years since the original Playstation 1 launch in Japan on December 3rd, 1994, it's weird to think that many of the video game consoles like these are now 30+ years old and such. Either way, along with the PS2, Gamecube, and N64 (Wii being in 5th place), The Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 are still my top favorite video game consoles of all time. Thanks for making this video.

[@HistoricNerd]

I appreciate you stopping back by and sharing your thoughts. This was a fun video to make. I'm still pretty in love with this generation of console. It felt like the most dramatic change in terms of power and how it impacted game play. So it'll always have a special place in my memory

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@@HistoricNerd Definitely. Considering The PS1 and N64 were the first two consoles I've ever played is just as special as those whom were introduced to the 3D gaming landscape. So yeah, I can totally relate man, and plus, PS1 had a HUUUGGGEE library a games that, even the N64 didn't come close to, same with the PS2. Oops, I forgot I made a comment days earlier...My mistake.

[@beefcurtains6691]

ITS HERE!! ITS FINALLY HERE!!🎉 thank you historic as always top quality content 👌 🤙

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man. Spent probably way longer than I should have, but blender is just really fun for exploring these ideas.

[@beefcurtains6691]

All good bro it was well worth it the cg and effects looked perfect 👍

[@beefcurtains6691]

Hey you!!! I just heard your voice on norms gaming historian video about Mario cart!! That was cool man 😎 I just wanted to tell you lol.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

I remember the $299 announcement. Sony played a key role in cheaper console pricing. Then they took control of the industry and jacked up prices accordingly.

[@HistoricNerd]

I still remember working in Electronics at Target and selling a PS3 to a Kid who bought the $599 model in $1s and $5s. Took a while to count that out.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

@@HistoricNerd I bought a Super Nintendo with paper route money. I also had coins to be counted.

[@HistoricNerd]

Man thats awesome

[@godzilla7391]

Awesome video!! Great work. Now do a Saturn one. 😉

[@HistoricNerd]

It's on the que lol.

[@godzilla7391]

@@HistoricNerd ❤️

[@dlang6487]

@7:17 That poster sings to me as a CD-I fan!

[@HistoricNerd]

Thunder In Paradise is peak gaming.

[@ScruffyLookinRGB]

Dang "they were stabbed in the face" Nintendo is cold-blooded 😢 Great video Ian! Great imaging love the graphics and transitions not to mention another history channel lesson👍🏻✨️ Superb craftsmanship through and through.

[@HistoricNerd]

Thanks man! I'm glad you got a chance to check this out. Im really proud of what I did here. Learned a ton more about blender.

[@G.indigo]

Are we getting a part 2,3,4 and 5? For each console? That’ll be dope!!!

[@HistoricNerd]

Eventually. These take me a bit because I'm unfortunately in love with Blender

[@MegaManNeo]

It could be because I grew up in the 90's but even with me enjoying the NES, C64, SNES, MegaDrive, GameBoy and N64, the PlayStation 1 was legendary and left quite an impression with its CD based games. I swear, those voice clips in some games like Driver and those cutscenes in games like Tarzan which were stripped straight from the Disney movie hooked me. And let's not forget those demo discs! Endless hours of fun for little money. The backstory of this thing is just as interesting. Wouldn't it be for Nintendo being so stubborn and stupid, gaming landscape may look entirely different at least for the 4th and maybe 5th generation of game consoles.

[@HistoricNerd]

I didn't really have a PS1 growing up. But I encountered it at sleep overs and it was always a good time.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

The PlayStation starts up sound is like far cry fire effect post Far Cry 2. Diminishing returns with every installment.

[@HistoricNerd]

That first intro is just forever burned into my mind.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

Man, considering Playstation 1, one of the first consoles I've ever played, and one, along with the Playstation 2, being my top 2 favorite consoles of all time, it's not wonder I come back to the first two Playstation consoles because they are just classics and good at the variety of video games, compared to the PS3 - PS5's library of games and such. Happy 30th Anniversary Playstation (December 3rd, 1994 - December 3rd, 2024).

[@HistoricNerd]

There certainly is something very Special about that first console you encounter in your life. Personally I always lean back on the NES and Genesis as game consoles that just leave me with great nostalgic feelings.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@@HistoricNerd Ahhh yeah, a lot of early millennials and late gen xers do mention the Famicom/NES and Sega Master System/Genesis as their beloved consoles they grew up with. I sadly never owned, nor my siblings or my parents ever bought consoles from 3rd and 4th generation consoles, BUT my parents did buy 2nd generation consoles like the Atari 2600 and my dad's old and not working Intellivision, with some of the games and the controllers stored in his box to this very day, even after 45 years that he's owned it since 1981/1982. But for me, it'll always be the Playstation 1 and 2 that I love the most than the N64 and Gamecube. And while gamecube and N64 did have good games on it, I feel as if PS1+PS2 had better bootup screens whereas Microsoft and Nintendo weren't even close.

[@SieffrePlays]

Gorgeous 3D renders. Really annoys me how the shitty KZbin compression just destroys the image quality.

[@HistoricNerd]

Yeah, it is unfortunate, but it does hide some noise in some of the renders though.

[@LevitatingCups]

Dats a lot of cgi for this, love the small tid-bits of future mascots or icons placed around.

[@HistoricNerd]

Placing those little guys around was a lot of fun when I was building scenes.

[@MessiahProphylaxis]

👁👄👁 ...I thought I had the stamina to make it through but I climaxed after the first 20 seconds.

[@HistoricNerd]

oh man, you got about 32 more minutes of fan service after that to try and make it through as well.

[@w0nd3r6]

@6:52 You said 1999? Great video.

[@HistoricNerd]

I slur a bit but I say 89...pretty poorly lol

[@zanychelly]

13:46 If only MS had made their research before getting into TV,TV,TV with the Xbox One 😂

[@HistoricNerd]

Its pretty funny they went full swing and tried bring back the multimedia idea with the Xbone

[@ubercomrade]

I didn't even know there was a playstation 1. I thought they started with 3. This documentary changed my life. These part 13 years of my life have been a lie

[@HistoricNerd]

Pretty sure sony only made the PlayStation 1, they won the console war so they decided to call it quits.

[@atomiswave2]

Why did you say Ken's daughter instead of his son preferred the famicom?

[@HistoricNerd]

So I found conflicting sources on that one. But based on what I found it leaned more towards him having a daughter over a son. The book revolutionaries at Sony stated he had a son but online sources lean towards a daughter so I wasn't 100% sure but most of the daughter references were newer more up-to-date references.

[@maroon9273]

Sony took over the video gaming landscape once the ps1 lead its console generation by a landslide. They took the 4th gen strageties marketing and took it to another level. Sega was never the same and nintendo survived. The other gaming consolencompanies died during the ps1 early lifespand. I wish sega postponed the saturn with a new hardware (nvidia or lockheed martin/yuzuki team) or better market strategy or took sgi, trip hawkins (3do or Panasonic M2).

[@Modenut]

The most 90s thing about the 3DO has got to be that name. It was supposed to follow naturally after "audio" and "video" as a term. So delightfully stupid. 😀

[@HistoricNerd]

Ha, I actually hadn't heard that story.

[@ZeroWalker26]

Awesome and well made video. And I say im glad Nintendo was dumb enough to front stab Sony and we got a better console deal. I mean look at PS5 today awesome console and look at Switch that can barely run games at all at least not games like Baldurs gate 3 or Cyberpunk and so on. It´s clear Nintendo given up doing consoles. I just wish they gave up enugh for me to get Zelda and Mario on Steam instead.

[@HistoricNerd]

The PlayStation for sure set the standard for the more graphically intense consoles.

[@Debu_Ranger]

I like the video but feel that you repeat yourself often. Just a small critique. Content was good.

[@HistoricNerd]

Fair take there. I tend to revisit ideas i feel are important regardless of how well it adds to the narrative. Something I'm working on. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Its always appreciated.

[@Debu_Ranger]

@@HistoricNerd I subbed. I really liked the content.

[@HistoricNerd]

Glad I won you over :)

[@ryanmagee2623]

Slow down please your speaking way to fast

[@HistoricNerd]

I'll work on that.

[@donniemilby5848]

⁠@@HistoricNerdin a constructive way I agree with this person.

[@RJ-cq8dd]

​@@donniemilby5848 me too. As a non native english speaker i can understand him but i have to keep focus all the time.

[@jayg6138]

I’m watching it at 2x and think it’s an absolute dream. Native English speaker with adhd though haha

[@MrXtremeJaim]

0.75x 👍

[@TheSlyhound]

This video was nothing new… it’s been covered a million times

[@HistoricNerd]

Fair, maybe the next video will cover something more original

[@gaylordfocker7990]

Goddamn, the 3d renders in this take you all over and everywhere. It's almost like one-shot scenes in movies.

[@HistoricNerd]

I try real hard in the first couple of minutes.