I bought EVERY PlayStation 1

[@JoePro]

Austin, please make this a regular series

[@Stu2be2]

This is one of the best videos I can remember from you keep it up please

[@isthisrealguys_]

real

[@BenAck912]

0:19 Perfect Scooby-Doo impression.

[@hiimapenguin]

W PFP

[@RaidBleach]

At 12:10, that's not Tekken. It's Battle Arena Toshinden.

[@nick_XIII]

Mixed up Gran Turismo and Ridge Racer @ 00:10 as well

[@davidgill7412]

Someone beat me to the punch.

[@Brandonheat8]

Beat me to it

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

Lots of major mistakes in this video, like calling Battle Arena Toshinden "Tekken" and calling Ridge Racer Type 4 "Gran Turismo". These aren't obscure games, all four of those were major game releases at the time, so the fact that he can't even get the names correct is incredibly bad since this is suppose to be a look at the Playstation. It also doesn't help that the overall info in this video feels like it was taken from a poorly researched wiki and doesn't feel authentic at all.

[@DavyDave1313]

@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 womp womp

[@FirstAmendmentComedy]

Got a PS1 for my ninth birthday and it’s still my favorite gift ever.

[@allinadadsday]

you poor soul

[@mrkubzozcan4878]

@@allinadadsdaystill a good console stop being a gaybox like enjoy what console you have so what if it’s old?

[@aidanhelfrich4887]

@@mrkubzozcan4878that’s kind of rough for Xbox man I mean me and most of my friends play Xbox and we’re all straight dudes with girlfriends

[@lSlAH]

@@allinadadsdaystop being gay old things are still great i had 2 ps4s 1 broke and 1 is with my mom they were both great now i have a ps3 super slim its still really good and has awesome games

[@dimes305]

I truly give a fuck

[@Granny_Gaming]

0:09 says gran turismo but shows ridge racer

[@sparkybleu]

This is the old overclocked media mystery tech vibes I fell in love with < 3 This and mystery tech are when you guys actually seem like your having fun, I'm glad youve been stepping away from brand deals after that fire reflection video < 3 with so many tech youtubers selling out for things like the cybertruck that we all know sucks ass, its nice to see you, Ken, Matt, and the rest of overclocked only have more fun and get more and more honest and real with us < 3 I hope you make more gaming history videos like this, and I hope overclocked stays this way for a long time < 3

[@PieStudios]

0:10 that’s a clip of Ridge Racer dawg 😭😭

[@renofumi28]

No? That's clearly gran turismo. Ridge Racer map was on the top left not bottom left.

[@Car_guy-yd6yi]

@@renofumi28 that's ridge racer as u can see the car clearly say namco the creator of ridge racer and plus the car is the classic ridge racer car

[@murlik112]

@@renofumi28 just use google lens, its Ridge Racer

[@PRATERVXEX]

“Clearly”? I will never understand how proud people are to be wrong on the Internet.

[@slayer8790]

What​@@renofumi28

[@gamechamp19]

I didnt even get to grow up owning the ps1, but that startup sound is still one of the best pieces of my childhood, and i only got to play it at a relatives house once or twice a year

[@billysharpe3353]

This video just made me realize that I'm ready for a new Video game historian video.

[@genichiroashina1]

brother I was hooked on this video start to finish! would love all 5 part of this series!

[@solo3dits]

Excellent work on this video. Love hearing about the history of how things we love came to be.

[@crosenblum]

I have watched you and your videos for many years. Your knowledagbleness and your quirkiness, always appeals to me, keep being you.

[@2ru2pacFan]

Please do a part 2 talking about the PlayStation 2!

[@SteadyAscension]

I love these type of console recap videos

[@WildkatPhoto]

Just have to say that gamers today need to thank GenX for carrying gaming forward after the game crash in 1983. We not only kept buying games, we made a lot of those games too. GenX was the generation that decided to never stop having fun. We embraced "geek stuff" and refused to "grow up". Critically, the PS1 came out right when a lot of us were getting "real jobs" and we wanted games for actual adults. Sony delivered.

[@jedinite128]

Great vid man. Ah the days of stumbling home from the pub with your mates and booting up Wipeout. Good times. Great times. Woild love to see you do every PS in a series.

[@ManicFox_TV]

Yoooo that Hollywood Video imprint at 16:54 that's a huge amount of nostalgia

[@MattyTTT]

great video, would love to see more like this

[@sirriffsalot3589]

I remember getting a Playstation the year after it released for my birthday. The amount of hours, days, and months put into playing games on it still rings in my memories quite well. I stopped playing my SNES mostly, because of the PS and I also was still playing on my Sega Genesis as well. The PS was mind blowing to me, and my mom who would sit and play some of the 2 player games with me at the time. It was a very great time, and I still have some of my favorite games on a shelf today.

[@Midoxrw]

i got gossebumps from that impression

[@PepsiManX360]

I wouldn’t say that’s true since here in the United States they’re basically tied in sales.

[@Artemis_Jackdaw]

Nope. Not tied in the US. Ps still beating Xbox in and out of US

[@PepsiManX360]

In the United States the difference is under 1 million units. That’s as I said basically the same.

[@Artemis_Jackdaw]

It’s actually 4.22 million in the US as of now my guy.

[@_Tree]

Playstation survived the "Console Wars" in the late 90s and early 2000s.......and has dominated the market over the last decade or so

[@kjh4496]

PlayStation currently has no games until 2025 Console not selling PSVR2 dead Jim fired for failing to stop Xbox PS Plus losing millions of subscribers PS portal flop PlayStation announced it is now third party and focusing of PC ports because you don’t buy games. 🤡

[@tegridyguy3618]

Bahaha

[@onetwo6039]

Nintendo Wii: Am I a joke to you?

[@JayTechZM]

​@@onetwo6039The Wii lost steam after 2009 to be honest. Motion controls got old and cumbersome really quickly it's a wonder why Microsoft lost focus and made the kinect which is the real reason why they've never come close to replicating Xbox 360s success

[@moncalimarimoncalimari8964]

​@JayTechZM Mario Galaxy 2 and Skyward Sword both released near the end of the Wii's lifetime, and they were pretty big

[@opensourcer1]

Please do more of these retrospectives.

[@theseekers1357]

Reminds me of playing my first console the sega master system going to the loft right now to dig it out

[@NathanParkes]

great video bro!!!

[@blaymeister]

Really good video. Nice Austin 👍

[@udyman10]

0:10 That's Ridge Racer Type 4 100%. I grew up with that game 🎮. That confusion almost breaks my heart 😢

[@Toronado1986]

I sometimes wonder how ahead his uploads are considering how fast he uploads such high quality content weeks? months? YEARS?

[@timixl00]

Damn such nostalgia that sound gives (i love it)

[@MielieDrolle]

Says "gran turismo", shows ridge racer type 4

[@2ru2pacFan]

We really were the luckiest kids on earth growing up in that era ❤

[@jedinite128]

Amen brotha 🙏

[@PaulSman123]

This video really gave me nostalgia for video games seeing as how I was born in 85 and really grew up with all this

[@vguyver2]

Who's editing the video here? They are accidentally putting the wrong videogames in the videoclips.

[@graywall9340]

Love these types of videos please more please!!!❤

[@RegenTinte80800]

These type of videos are really good! Hope they produce more of those.

[@Rustylunchboxx]

I like this style of video from Austin. Gives me a techlinked kinds of vibe in his own way and it hits 🔥

[@OneWorksRoblox]

Idea: broke vs broke or pro vs pro

[@LanderosDGK]

16:52 seeing the Hollywood Video logo on the Spyro game just took me back 20 years ❤

[@M2habibi]

What game is playing at 4:03 ? Or was that just a demo?

[@gingerpicklemcpickle]

Scrolling for the ridge racer and Tekken corrections. Ah, there they are.

[@fattymacd69]

Nintendo of Japan is anticonsumer and beholden to old traditions. Microsoft has more money than sense. They both are there own worst enemies. Sony isn't a great company but all they had to do was the bare minimum to 'win'.

[@allinadadsday]

microsoft has one way more then playstation. because microsoft has the games

[@ASx2608]

@@allinadadsday Such as?

[@Thomas-VA]

@@allinadadsday Well Microsoft has Xbox and PC gaming, so though Xbox isn't their boon, PC Master race keeps them well into the game.

[@lovehatecomments]

​@@ASx2608 That person is not being serious.

[@ASx2608]

@@lovehatecommentsI know

[@haroldtorres2710]

I love the factor that you start with a game that originally came out for the PS3!

[@Laz3rCat95]

17:21 sounded more like a bad impression of the GBA startup than a bad impression of the PS1 startup lol

[@michodis5482]

You know i was waiting for the ps2 part and the video ended🥹

[@kooldogkid149]

I think the real winner was the friends we made along the way

[@SA1NT53]

This feels a lot more like Old Austin and I’m all for it

[@FintanMoloney]

Great video Austin. Very interesting to hear the history of devices like this. Would you consider doing one about the OG Xbox - that would be another good story.

[@geoserenity]

Austin: How Playstation won- Nintendo: Da hell you say?!

[@dammyoyesanya4656]

They beat Nintendo in every home console generation they partook in except the Wii. Also you have to take note of the fact that that the switch came out in 2017 and doesn’t compete directly with the PS5. Just wanted to mention that. So out of the big 3 PlayStation is the most consistently successful as they’ve had no failures

[@kaizoku83mugiwara]

playstation won

[@Ignacio.Romero]

You cant compare an overpriced android tablet like the switch to a proper console

[@redring4083]

​@@Ignacio.Romero it is a handheld. Gameboy, GBA, Game Gear, PSP, DS, 3ds, Vita and Switch are handhelds.

[@redring4083]

​@@dammyoyesanya4656well the Switch is a handheld so it definitely does not compare to the PS5 which is a home console. The Wifi U was the last Nintendo home console and the Vita was the last Sony handheld.

[@WebstersYouTube]

Sega developed the first console to really rival Nintendo with the Mega Drive (Genesis). Sega had over a 50% market share during the 16-bit era and absolutely dominated here in Europe. Sure, the occasional person here and there had a Super Nintendo, but the big N didn't become a household name in the UK until the Nintendo 64. Likewise, our market didn't crash due to ET on the Atari. We were all happily playing Spectrums, Commodores and the Mega Drive's predecessor, the Master System. No-one here had really heard of the NES until KZbin and the AVGN.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Something that doesn't get talked about much because as far as I know this was only a thing in the UK, the PS1 was so instantly cool and part of pop culture that a lot of NIGHTCLUBS would start having them. Sony infiltrated the club scene thanks to games that fit the vibe pretty well like the Wipeout series and Ridge Racer, games legendary for their electronic music. Lara Croft in particular became such an icon of gaming that for a while she honestly sat up there with characters like Mario, Sonic and Pac-Man in terms of recognisability.

[@Jackdaly2012]

Austin you should do a ultimate ps vita

[@deejay_n_va]

why was the PlayStation one disc that weird purple color?

[@ayrproductions]

It was a form of copyright protection and was the only colour discs you could use in an original PS that wasn’t modded.

[@YmgBandz]

😂😂😂😂😂 Austin never stops uploading blud is literally a machine 😂

[@tobiaspedersen5427]

I like these vids but you forgot both the Playstation 1 Net Yaroze and talking about the pallet port being removed and how fast Modchips came for it

[@me0262]

15:20 no floating point processor, textures and geometry were all handled with whole numbers. I'd go into specifics on handling floating points within whole numbers, but that's beyond the scope of this comment.

[@Kapono5150]

Im absolutely loving how Sony rolls out the red carpet for PC.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

It makes sense from a business standpoint to being games there too. SEGA did it before it was cool (pretend to be shocked)with games like Daytona and Sonic R. Why? Because more players means more profits. It helps business boom. Though day and date releases may affect hardware adoption, consoles are either sold at a loss, or made by former EA employees. (RIP 3DO, You did nothing wrong). So it's not a huge deal for them.

[@libertyprime2852]

A video that isn’t just Austin unboxing “tech” from wish or temu? Am I in an alternate universe?

[@hab9514]

Still got my 1999 ps1 somewhere, thing still works.

[@bulletholeteddy9223]

One of the big reasons playstation got a lot of developers on board was the production time of games, cartridges took a while to make and you had to make a big bet on launch, which often lead to companies having to sit on dead stock, where as with cds you can burn them easily, sony was able to offer companies new stock in 3 days, when Nintendo could take months

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

They won because the Xbox brand under Spender doesn’t appeal to anyone outside of Burger King employees and PC gamers with anger issues.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

Xbox's main issue is that they take games that cater SOLELY to the states and assume it will be jist as popular elsewhere. Japan doesn't care for FPS games like the states, or big battle royales, so naturally they won't sell as good elsewhere in comparison. Sony, SEGA and Nintendo knew that and tried/try to cater to each domain with more genres like RPGs, platformers, racers, etc. I love Xbox, but they're incredibly dense.

[@deebrown5744]

THAT'S ANOTHER THING I NEVER SEEN ANYBODY DO IS HAVE THE STARTUP OF THE NUMBER ONE GAME CONSOLE.. AND I MUST SAY THE PLAYSTATION ONE HAVE THAT NUMBER ONE STARTUP

[@chameldoesart]

Wow did Microsoft stop Sponsoring This channel, First time I ever heard praise for Playstation from Austin!

[@StormDiper]

Fun fact: today, it’s impossible to find a PAL PS2 slim 700XX.

[@allinadadsday]

fun fact it hast been sold for like 15 years. and by the way i have one not for sale just in my collection of console gahtering dust

[@leehardy2025]

I have like seven in my kitchen right now so it’s possible I’m part of that problem 😊

[@StormDiper]

I dare you to find one on ebay

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

CeX sells them, I bought one there, and my mate in the Netherlands got one from them too. Any of the PS2 models are about as hard to come by as guns on a war zone.

[@hugdealer4176]

Really enjoyed this video, would love more like it

[@CricketEngland]

The first edition PS3 40/60GB machines was the best PS as it was the only one to be truly compatible with PS2 & PS1 games

[@jayceegenocide4402]

Sony's dirt cheap stock price & low attach rate is DEFINITELY NOT a Win.

[@JV-tk9yn]

YES thank you Austin! PS1 played such a big part of my gaming childhood as well and that bootup sound is iconic. I'll never forget my excitement to play games like Crash Bandicoot 1 & 2, Jet Moto, Medal of Honor, Klonoa, Croc, The Lost World, and so many more! I played on PS1 and later PC until the Playstation 3 came out upon which I got a PS2 😂

[@LightningMaloy]

when is the vidoe about ps2 comeing out

[@BeardTech]

Gran Turismo... Shows Ridge Racer footage...

[@ewatfred]

are we at 2:46 completely ignoring the Master System?

[@freshvintage]

Wow I'm getting old 😅 this all legit feels like stuff that happened yesterday

[@scorpionsting90]

To think that in 2024 the PS2 is still nowadays the holder of the record as the best selling home gaming console of all times (with over 150 millions unit worldwide)... That sure makes wonder...

[@onlywiigame.]

The switch is gonna break it

[@shaggysweetness]

that's because they were still sold for a more affordable price in countries where modern consoles are ridiculously overpriced worldwide all the way up to the early 2010's. There were even games released for it up until 2015.

[@caspersmith7112]

Final Fantasy VII and Twisted Metal was fun

[@caspersmith7112]

you named my favs too

[@danboy12342]

No mention of the sega deal?

[@thelazyworkersandwich4169]

Suprised he didn't bring up the whole Final Fantasy VII situation.

[@Mobik_]

Austin mentioned the only 3 games PS5 has

[@needdles1]

I hate Sony for their anti consumer business practices but you cant deny that PS1 startup sound hitting all the right feels.

[@N3XUSP0LARIS]

do every 90's and 00"s console and ill subscribe ( im already subscribed ) do it anyway tho

[@robbieceleski1086]

More videos like this would be sick!

[@TheTannerChanner]

I was a 100% PlayStation kid when I was young and I really want to see this series continue

[@zoidctf]

Something Austin misses with Nintendo's decision to not go with Sony's CD-ROMs was more directly because they wouldn't have made as much money. On the NES and SNES consoles, third parties had to buy the cartridges from Nintendo, meaning Nintendo made money on the carts directly. With Sony producing the CD-ROMs instead, Nintendo would miss out on this (rather large) revenue stream. This decision was also kept in place for the Nintendo 64 which is why it also used cartridges. It wasn't until Nintendo was able to partner with Matsushita to produce Gamecube discs that had to be licensed through Nintendo--i.e. if you were a third party who wanted to make games on the Gamecube, you had to buy the discs through Nintendo who then had Matsushita produce them. This was all Yamauchi's business decisions.

[@SciFiDude79]

True. Nintendo actually inked the deal with Philips shortly before the announcement of the Nintendo Play Station because they knew that Sony wouldn't stay in a partnership with Nintendo because Philips was involved. It may seem odd to some people, but it's probably why Nintendo still exists today. If they'd gone ahead with the Play Station with Sony, Sony would have wound up making all of the money and probably would have eventually wound up merging with (buying) Nintendo because Nintendo wouldn't be able to stay afloat. It was a smart move on Nintendo's part.

[@chadstudd1616]

Did he just forget the mega drive?

[@ohiosfinest]

Why does my phone vibrate every transition effect?

[@LFrost2378]

PLEEEEASE do one of these on the ps2!

[@evoben24]

I remember the loading times were long tho

[@ultimate_president]

PlayStation since '99 and always stayed with them (like their games + all my friends and nearly everyone i know here around Switzerland is on Playstation)

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

I thought you were buying PS1s, not giving a history lesson.

[@joshuaturner2970]

Can't wait for the next video

[@Jackie2023.]

That start up sound is still sick to this day. I was a Sony kid. had ever ps1 game from us/ca and uk and Japan games. And the same for the ps2. my dad would go to work for a few months and come back with a box off all regions. And same for DVDs. had a uk tv and a Japanese one to. To go with both consoles. Ps1 and 2

[@lindah6954]

My brother would play RESADENT EVIL! I hid behind the couch just hearing that. lol

[@Nifterific]

Man, I'm not gonna act like the N64 controller was some kind of next level experience or anything but it's not hard to use and not a bad controller. It's drawback is the same as the 3DS and PSP, only one analog stick. You hold it with your left hand on the leftmost handle for games that use the d-pad, and your left hand on the center handle for games that use the analog stick. Like, it's easy. Once you get past that, it's a six face button controller which for some reason was fine for Sega but bad for Nintendo? Hell, so many games offered control remapping that you could just move the controls to the C-buttons as if they were a PlayStation controller. It's how I played stuff like Mortal Kombat or Tony Hawk back in the day. It also had the rumble pack, so rumble isn't really something Sony was holding over Nintendo's heads. Factor in that like 95% of the PS1 library didn't even properly support the DualShock for analog movement and camera control, and it's not the huge slam dunk people act like it was. If the PS1 launched with dual analog and rumble it would probably have been much better supported and then it would be a different story altogether, but with what we actually got I'm not going to give Sony the W for finally getting the controller right on their *third try* (don't forget the Dual Analog came before the DualShock) and it not being supported by pretty much any game you would want to use it with.

[@TheSoxor123]

Buying my first PS1 is a memory I remember fondly. It was my birthday on a Easter Sunday and my dad wanted to buy me the PS1 but all the stores were closed. I was so eager to get the console we went to a swamp meet and bought a used one. I didn't care, it was awesome. I still remember turning that bad boy on and playing my first game, Wipeout. Ah, good memories.

[@BucketOfFail]

I personally find the Sony vs Nintendo part funny because I didn't get a PS1 until it was $30 used and I only got it to play a couple SNES games lol.

[@TheMuttpapa]

Any way you can share where you got your shirt?

[@Jimmybitcorn]

These are great love the history do more company's 😁

[@enigmaoftheechidna6279]

Please

[@ProfessorShroom]

I wish arcades were still next gen gaming, not old shit

[@iChannelz88]

Playstation fans shouldn’t be happy about the current state of Xbox and they won’t realise this until they’re gone. A monopoly on the entire home console market would screw over both publishers and consumers and they could charge Apple prices for their consoles and games with no competition to stop them. They already tried this with the PS3 after the massive success of the PS2 when they tried to charge $599 for cheapest model which was alot back then and it made them lose market share to Xbox because a 360 at the time was like $299 and forced them to lower their prices eventually.

[@neilstothard]

The playstation launched during my 2nd year at Uni in the UKand I would have been around 19 at the time, it was perfect for those nights when we couldn't afford to go down the pub with quick easy loading of games and superb graphics at the time, I would later go on to get the PS2 on lauch day and still have that original console to this day.

[@abdalazeez2002]

The reason for that weird artifact is the lack of z buffer that handle the depth of objects.

[@joesatchton212]

Don't forget - Sony planning for the long game: sell the hardware at a loss, knowing that the real money is in the software. A case study lesson still taught in B-schools around the world.