The PSX Is The Craziest PS2 Ever Made

In 2003 Sony decided to create the ultimate media box for the living room called the PSX. In it they packed a full PS2, digital recorded and DVD burner as a do everything box. Unfortunately it didn't work out and only lasted on the market for a year before being discontinued. Today I wanted to take a look at the system and see what happened.
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[@miami2881]

I can’t believe the PlayStation 10 is already here.

[@GSEleven]

21 years too late.

[@artate92]

This is a good comment. Unfortunately by the time a ps10 would even come to be, consoles will be an ancient concept. By then it probably wont even be streaming youll be playing true vr through your mind lol

[@zydio1103]

Remember the PS9 commercial? With the spores that go into your brain?

[@FNGecko]

@@artate92 VR wont even exist, we will have transcended into the gaming dimension..

[@artate92]

@@FNGecko even the vr i described im not sure if im ok with that. Neither with transferring dimensions. Lol. Would you play games like that?

[@ismaieltape8448]

"Japan gets all the cool looking games" that sums up the entire video

[@hexywesky]

I love that it’s loud. Can’t have a proper Sony gaming experience without being afraid your console is going to launch itself into the stratosphere right at the most important and difficult part of your game

[@jmtrad1906]

PS1 cry

[@polishprince47]

PS4 Countdown...

[@KootenaiKing]

****PlayStation starts to overheat Me: "So the final boss battle begins....."

[@PapiShrekTV]

If you can hear your game over the console, then it's not worth it. Dem fan soundz

[@dkracingfan2503]

@@polishprince47 * Ps5 *

[@moistydoooood]

it’s absolutely mind boggling that there was the crossbar UI IN 2003!!! for me personally that was crazy.

[@manuel0578]

that was during the time when japan had everything first.

[@Volition_To_The_Max]

The PSP released in 2004. Whats so crazy about it in 2003? Just one year or less apart

[@NFSBeast2365]

DAYUM

[@Davo_1991]

Well, not many knew itwas on a system prior to the psp

[@HerotsLament]

And they ruined it with tye ps4 and ps5. It was literally perfect on ps3.

[@jasongooden917]

When you said this box, I thought that was literally the box and the PSX was inside

[@23jparra]

Five minutes in and i still thought it was the box it came in till he showed the disc slot

[@mayanksingh12]

Same here..

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The PSX was no doubt a big boi, how they thought this would succeed in Japan is beyond my comprehension.

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

John Doe it’s a THICC BOI

[@glaciiz]

Same

[@sk6-1-98]

This thing deserves to be in astros playroom

[@totetate4803]

Would have been a super cool hidden gem

[@TheIrkenEmpire2001]

It would be cool if the PSX DVR easter egg had a full XMB menu you could navigate with the PS5 features. And TV would be replaced with Sreaming Services.

[@james_day2020]

You know I don't know why it isn't? I guess I never thought of it they had almost everything else PlayStation related on there

[@whatwhy9325]

I think the reason why is that the ps10 can take the name​@@james_day2020

[@ricardobelmont5984]

Wait a minute? That thing was real!?!? And here we thought that kid with the magazine during 7th grade was making up stuff.

[@RolandHazoto]

Yo same! I saw this and was like "wait? wasn't that a myth??" Go figure xD

[@harrypottersucks12]

I always thought psx was another name for ps1

[@edwinsparda7622]

@@harrypottersucks12 it was a code name for the original PlayStation.

[@babel2paradise341]

Bro I remember being that kid reading about this...

[@realmofgaming7923]

Lol that kid was me 😂

[@andrewbrooks2001]

I purchased one of the first DVD players in the US, back in 1997. That had a similar price to the PSX when it released. So yeah, the cost of the machine was actually not bad. It was a DVD-RW, DVR, and PS2 combo, pretty awesome if you ask me. I also built my first PC during 1997 as well. It was a great year.

[@SwerveNation]

I was born in 1997 and u built ur first pc

[@DmonDhaBoss]

​@@SwerveNationI haven't had a great year since I was like 10

[@SwerveNation]

@@DmonDhaBoss this was random lol

[@DmonDhaBoss]

TRUE

[@BareBandSubscription]

@@DmonDhaBoss Same, but for me it was 8

[@RadimuxCisco]

Heavy metal plate for premium feel. "Let's put a small fan and crappy heatsink."

[@augustcelineiii946]

Well he did say premium "feel." That doesn't mean the internals are premium too. Actually to be fair the internals were pretty premium for 2003 they just cheaped out on the cooling for all of that hardware.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@augustcelineiii946 Which is funny when you think about what they were charging for it and it had this huge flaw. Imagine paying $700 and then this thing overheats and frys yikes!

[@brokedownsystem]

I hope they stop fucking around and finally put in some proper cooling. I had a couple ps3 failures and the ps4 always sounds like it’s going to take off whenever I’m playing cod or r6. 🤦‍♂️

[@davidlawrence8711]

Taking lessons from Beats headphones haha

[@dovydasgrigas441]

@@alexander.1969 im a pc gamer but idk man consoles are pretty cool (at least pre ps4 ones)

[@PLK123]

Ps5: futuristic gamery design Ps10: ay yo this a ps2 with a handicapped heatsink from the early 2000's

[@thaneshyi]

Bro I’m a fan

[@SomeGuy_GRM]

@@thaneshyi I'm a coolant reservoir.

[@thaneshyi]

@@SomeGuy_GRM

[@BB0ysGames]

PS5 sucks dude

[@Revengilate]

@@BB0ysGames yeah

[@SpanishVanguardia]

If this thing was 700, that might explain why they felt comfortable with 600 on PS3...

[@woodiemarv]

this ^^^^^

[@megapro125]

the PSX came with a 250GB HDD which was pretty big at the time. The PS3 that came later only had 60 (20 in the cheaper version) for reference.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

It cost them $800+ to make the PS3. They took a $200 loss on it.

[@Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh809]

Sony actually lost money on every sale of the PS3. They put a Blu-Ray player in it, which was expensive at the time even though they made it. They could've gone way over $600.

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

@@megapro125 ahh also forgetting the ps3 had a sata hdd not ide

[@WednesdayMan]

People who call the PS1 the PSX: *Confused screaming* Me who told them to call it the PS1 because this exists: "They called me a madman."

[@DavideFilippone]

I've been both

[@KnightmareUSA]

before launch in 1994 that's what Sony Japan was calling it as it's project name, so it caught on with the Playstation magazines at that time. The PSX might not count to the older fans as that thing above came out in the 2000s and didn't last

[@TrimeshSZ]

@@KnightmareUSA It was also used in lots of places in the developer tools. The 'C' compiler supplied with the devkit was called "ccpsx", the assembler was called "aspsx", the program you ran to display debug output on the development card was called "psxcons". And the directory all the platform specific tools were installed to was called "psx". And if you burn a CD without a system.cnf file on it, then the boot ROM tries to boot a file called "psx.exe" (obviously, you need a debug console or a modchip for this to work). Interestingly, the name on the very earliest documentation I ever saw was written as "PS-X" - and this is also used in the executable file header - the magic number used is the ASCII codes for the string "PS-X EXE".

[@KBlade1]

They could also call the first Play Station the PSOne which is what the logo changed to in the end of its cycle.

[@MidnightWanderer00]

That's pretty much me like, "Wait wasn't the PS1 called PSX too? The fuck's going on??"

[@FeeLtheHertZ]

You know what's funny, the PS5 has a very similar color scheme....

[@Y3llowBone]

Nope

[@hucz]

Not hard to have a matching scheme when the colours you are dealing with are black and white.

[@eduadelarosa]

Then they should rebrand it as the PSX/II

[@vp_wrld]

Eduardo DLR you could argue the PSX 2 is just the PS2 lol

[@Nebulous_.]

PS X/2 Is equal to PS 5 if consider roman number

[@CyberDragon10K]

_This_ is the kind of stuff I'm subbed to you for; tearing down weird and obscure iterations of beloved consoles.

[@quentinclod5129]

Anybody else thought at the beginning that it was still in packaging and your mind is blown that it’s the actual console?

[@sjneow]

the original PS2 was quite bulky too though, which the PS2 slim looks truly tiny

[@jasonstopsign]

Same I was like take it out the box......and the whole time....it was out the box 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Luisito0o]

I have one of these...Plays backups of PS1 and PS2 games (any region) as well with a FreeMcboot....Also translated the XMBC to English...Theres a lot you can do with this system and its great. Truly was the inspiration to a PS3

[@NFSBeast2365]

Whoa! Cool!

[@augustcelineiii946]

10 year old me would have really wanted one of these despite the ps2 having nearly the same functionality as a gaming console and DVD player.

[@ShadowGD_OfficialYT]

Hey there Wendy! It’s me, Dipper! Remember me?

[@EposVox]

That heat sink... my gosh. What the hell?

[@jayt1077]

For a 700 dollar+ machine its mind boggling.

[@Helicopter7]

Burg The Burger

[@FurryMetalFerretVT]

OMG got is memeable. that is by far the worst heat sink I have EVER seen. there is more metal on a pop can. just wow

[@steelbear2063]

Looking at your profile picture I thought for a second you were AlChestBreach

[@kinda.ratchet_spark2873]

Clean your fucking room.

[@rumotu]

And psp. The media bar was also there, not only Bravia TV and ps3

[@PhinioxGlade]

And DVD players, blu players and Sony systems

[@cioly]

It’s also on sont bluray players

[@jblps]

@@PhinioxGlade and like every ebay knockoff device ever made

[@99worldz]

Its on sony ericsson phone too, I had once w995 and it have the same menu on the multimedia

[@ahiyanali7231]

It’s called xmb interface

[@georgep8429]

complains how hard it is to access the rear cables for 10 mins, next scene slides out flap conveniently built for accessing rear cables

[@rashadabdullah9769]

Lmao

[@ykid1195]

😂😂 I was thinking that same thing

[@leoviper]

Yeah, unbelievable.

[@MarcoPaints]

Right, because everytime we go to play video games we have the console unplugged and flipped over in our hands so we can 'conveniently' plug in our controllers....

[@benlucid3063]

Thought the exact same, I thought for sure he was going to mention that he missed how it’s meant to work. But... no.

[@ChaseSchleich]

Wow. Looks like a VCR trying to be a DVD player. Gotta love the early 2000's .

[@rustygates3367]

I remember being so damn obsessed with this PSX back in the day. It was an enigma, something I could never get my hands on.

[@gloman9377]

I'm thinking of getting one for my young son.

[@BareBandSubscription]

@@gloman9377 Did you get one?

[@chackokhan]

Would love to see a Part 2 where you replace or upgrade the laser, heat sink, fan and such. Also wonder if the DVD reading laser is the same as the PS2’s. Or perhaps one of the more premium Sony DVD players at that time.

[@nitrax8629]

The left laser seems to be a KHS-400B, the same used in fat PS2s that would get disk read errors.

[@xmlthegreat]

Probably firmware locked going by comments on here. Which means that if you replace the laser or HDD the system wouldn't boot.

[@SomeGuy_GRM]

@@xmlthegreat firmware locking is for the devil

[@GDColbert]

The funny thing is, Sony's PlayStation division in Japan didn't build or design the PSX. Actually Sony's electronics divison built and designed this which is why it was prone to overheating and failure.

[@airplane6417]

That looks like something a little more recent

[@prachu111]

@@ShockinglyBleh i disagree. I think they did a great job with the ps5. Everything from the headphones, console design, controller looks futuristic. Can't wait for the UI deep dive. There are a lot of innovations in the architecture also if i'm not wrong. Yes they played safe with the ps4 to regain market share. But they aint playing safe with the PS5.

[@cyclops8238]

@@prachu111 that little teaser at the PS5 dashboard really reminded me of the PS3.

[@leonardohernandez8367]

@@prachu111 the only problem I have with the ps5 is its size. I love the design, but people scaled it by using the usb ports and it was bigger than an Xbox one fat, and that is way too big imo

[@dericjames2018]

@@ShockinglyBleh The PS3 Phat has aged well.

[@flametitan100]

@@leonardohernandez8367 Hopefully they at least make use of that size

[@riazuddin4920]

The PS2 was already amazing, it could play every PS1 game, had all those great exclusives, could play DVDs, could connect to the internet....imagine a box with a recorder and a burner! Sadly it just cost too much.

[@WaysideWade]

Cool that you gave credit to MVG, I like him too.

[@WaysideWade]

That explains why I'm subscribed to both, thanks. 🧐👻🕹️

[@refuse2lose1985]

You should watch the Spawncast, he's on there. Saturdays@~17:00

[@WaysideWade]

Thanks, I'll check that out! ✨

[@joecorbs]

"Mistakes were made."

[@bradley1995]

When I was a kid I thought this was just a legend. Nice to finally see it alive.

[@liarunaway]

I need to admit this is the best design I have ever seen for a PlayStation. Great work!!

[@albertalberto2288]

It just looks like an xbox series s

[@southislandhedgehog]

@@albertalberto2288Nah it looks a bit more like xbox one s i think but both similar

[@Aomicplane]

Fact: The PSP was actually sony's first console to have the XMB media bar and memory stick after the PSX, not the PS3

[@TruePlatform]

False. The PSX was the first to take XMB media bar. As the PSX was launched December of 2003. And the PSP was launched March of 2005. Essentially 2 years after the PSX Japan launch.

[@Aomicplane]

@@TruePlatform Yes, like I said in my comment "After the PSX"

[@southislandhedgehog]

@@Aomicplanelmao

[@johnnemesh5459]

I remember this thing! Never saw one in person, but it looked AMAZING! Unfortunately, I was poor back then and was lucky to get a regular PS4.

[@Throggy]

"Just lasted over a year." Yep, reminds me of when my dad stopped paying child support. Happy father's day everyone LOL

[@teacherfromthejungles6671]

bad joke detected

[@graphicsgod]

Ahh.. I see what you did there. And I'm still waiting for mine to get back from going out to get milk and a pack of smokes. ..Should be any time now! It's been about 35 years!

[@cathalorourke1]

@@teacherfromthejungles6671 bad sport detected

[@bshays21]

@@graphicsgod same 😅 I'm 34 never even met mine and he lives like 20 mins down the road. Reasons why I personally chose to not breed.

[@GB2VIGO]

please come back to this. I'd love to see a second video showing you improve things!

[@MrStalyn]

For the first 90 secs I thought the console was just the box with the actual console inside.

[@joseluisruiz3789]

I clicked on this video because of the look of "DISAPPOINTMENT" this dude always seems to have in all of his video thumbnails. 😅

[@DS-us8sc]

His mom probably opened his bedroom door while he was recording

[@joseluisruiz3789]

@@DS-us8sc 🤣👍

[@user-kg5gp9pe8j]

He always looks as though he's trying to hold in a fart, in church.

[@jcolon90]

I imagine this dude is insanely annoying IRL, can't bring him anywhere with women around. His videos are decent though.

[@pieck5460]

The video was cool but god damn yall ain't have to do him like that 😂

[@ReaperX7]

The PSX had good ideas but was poorly executed. Honestly, it's a very forward thinking concept of a system. It had networking and the ability to store things on the HDD, which could open the door to patches. It just had a lot of flaws that couldn't be gotten around.

[@xflarearcadia1766]

The PSX has a cheap laser and disc read errors too, color me surprised.

[@WaysideWade]

I've had way too many PS2s with laser failure. Bogus.

[@theaveragebradford2188]

@@WaysideWade I've had my PS2 since around launch and the first time the laser failed was fixed after I took it apart and cleaned the laser lens about a year ago. I played Tomb Raider Anniversary yesterday!

[@jwr2904]

Mine still works 17 years later. *Knock on wood*

[@WaysideWade]

Do you basically clean it with alcohol and a swab, is it more complicated and delicate?

[@mrbisshie]

My PS2 would take like 5 tries to read blue disc games. :(

[@KBlade1]

The first Play Station with an XMB video. I didn't think a video about it would ever exist! All I had was research, but now, the time has come to watch this videoooo...

[@danisplatking7636]

PSX was also an initial of PSOne that i often seeing in gaming magazines back then.

[@dragon1130]

Okay, so I'm not going crazy. When I saw this video I was so confused. I remember all my friends referring to the original playstation as a PSX.

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

Psx is the code name of the first PlayStation. It was called that by developers and by Sony internally and that got into the media. It looks like they liked the name so much they named this box after it.

[@leaf9975]

Yep! He mentioned it in the video.

[@rubenthehuman]

Yeah at first i though this video was about the ps1

[@DeltathRiylaan]

PSX was never the initials for the PSOne. It was for the original PlayStation, which was not a PSOne. PSOne is exclusively the name of the smaller, white redesign of the PlayStation or PSX.

[@Holy_2894]

I remember the day my dad brought me psx in order to cheer me up when I had an accident that break my left femur. Maybe it's about 12± years ago... During that period of time, the graphic feels wonderful, seriously... It's a ground breakingly beautiful compare to the majority of 2D games... I still save my PSX in good condition on my living room... Unfortunately can't enjoy it together with my dad anymore... I bet he wouldn't believe how great nowadays graphics on latest games out there. sorry for my bad english :]

[@ZeDitto3]

2:07 Damn, look at those daddy arms

[@thatguyonthebusthatstaresa7437]

He could beat me any day

[@VC-gi9tg]

hugs n cuddles are more than enough for me

[@chloestone89]

This really makes me think it's a PS3 prototype that for some reason Sony decided to sell it.

[@richardm1015]

Really enjoyed this thank you. Goes to show even if a product doesn’t become big or successful, it can be carried over to another product like the PS3. This was cool.

[@busterscrugs]

I'm surprised nobody has managed to crack the HDD encryption yet. Once that happens, I'm totally down to buy one.

[@geinsgreygoose395]

I was dreaming to have the psx when i was a kid back in the day, but i knew that my mother would kill me immediately when asking her to buy one

[@hacktrixapii]

your free trial of living has ended

[@spazerabanekozeroshki]

@@hacktrixapii and you must pay with your soul

[@hacktrixapii]

@@spazerabanekozeroshki yez

[@cycofoo]

Same dude, but honestly we dodged a bullet

[@G59METH]

You forgot that the PSP had cross-bar menu too, also before PS3

[@krisbrown5471]

The console of the future.

[@mazda9624]

I can't believe how modern this system feels for a 2003 release

[@A-1-Sawce]

I remember reading about this in an EGM years back. It sounded so freaking cool, I wanted one incredibly bad just because of how obscure it sounded. Would like to own one nowadays just as a curiosity.

[@micky2be]

In 2007, when I arrived in Japan, I had a Sony HDD recorder that basically looked the same but in black.

[@ZeroB4NG]

that metal plating is probably also to block RF interference

[@nitrax8629]

Likely its primary purpose given it doesn't actually contact any chips as far as I can tell.

[@lindenstromberg6859]

Bit of trivia: In Europe, "PSX" was actually what the original Playstation was called.

[@ErikSWE]

It was never called ”PSX” in Europe.

[@nadirjofas3140]

Europe is big, dirverse place.

[@tazgamerplays]

Get with, Linus, you two can do a video together where he's making a heatsink for it.

[@timothy2830]

The beginning of this video, you mentioned a teardown of a PS2... but you didn't recognise the left laser with the plastic shroud was the same. Take off the shroud, clean under it with compressed air, and clean the laser glass with a slightly dampened alcohol q-tip and your games should work. Also, there is software that enables a bit-to-bit copy of hard drives; get another 250 and try a swap. If the backup works, maybe it's not locked like the OG Xbox?

[@Doady1337]

First off, its such a cool interesting piece. Secondly, repair it please!

[@TheSanctus17]

I love this breakdown and I look forward to your eventual repair of the system.

[@lost4468yt]

That's piss poor thermals management, even for 2003. There's no excuse for that. Shame as everything else seems to have had a lot of effort put into it.

[@WardenOfTerra]

Sony hated piracy so much that they decided to create a console dedicated to piracy by 'sticking it to the man'... lmao!

[@sergeleon1163]

I remember seeing the PSX back in the day imported at a local game shop. I love it's aesthetics and wished the PS5 would have looked more like this and heck I bet this system will look even small compared to what is now the PS5 :)

[@lyfeoftaygaming]

I own one and it’s heavy as hell lol mines fully functional great machine n very easy to homebrew

[@AlphaGammaZX]

I always thought that the Playstation One was called the PSX not that thing. You learn something new every day

[@ericmoeller3634]

That puny heat sink is a perfect example of Sony cheapen out on the most important things in their electronics

[@CreatorPolar]

And the worst thing is that they put a shit heatsink into a premium console that definetly costed more than 500$

[@ericmoeller3634]

@@CreatorPolar actually no the heat sink is beast on the PlayStation 5 i can see that heat sink being more than enough for most games i bet they cheeped out on the disc drive and the SSD for the ps5 like they do with all of their consoles

[@CreatorPolar]

@@ericmoeller3634 I was talkong about the PSX not the ps5

[@RuruFIN]

Craziest PS2? I'd give that award to Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300, a TV with a built-in PS2.

[@jspencer89yt]

The lens may have a pot sensor where you can adjust the screw to fix the laser maybe that might help. Very common with the ps2 laser.

[@zacherywhitcomb8961]

I'm lowley mad that you're taking this rare console apart, but also so glad you did it 😂

[@speedwaynutt]

This is the kinda content i love.

[@Ribula1]

Seeing an original(non burnt) ps2 disc will never be normal to me.

[@Beetlejuicer]

Japan was ahead of our time... their modern aesthetic in the early 2000's was really nice

[@khalilkassib9333]

So basically this is the PS3 beta pretty cool

[@TheDigital79]

wow, that heatsink was one of the crappiest heatsink I’ve ever seen and in combination with a smal as fan like that? What where they thinking?

[@woodiemarv]

and no thermal paste

[@HerotsLament]

Planned obsolescence

[@davincibleu9003]

It couldn’t have been that bad lol

[@JagoTFC]

That would be an amazing PC conversion box. 160GB was massive for the time. Xbox had a 8/10GB drive.

[@Volition_To_The_Max]

8/10GB drive was still massive for only a few updates and save files

[@Volition_To_The_Max]

And music

[@boblowes]

I remember reading about these when they were coming out in Japan, and really hoping they would launch in other markets. A Sony PS2 that was also a digital TV receiver/recorder and DVD burner - that would be a no-brainer. PErfect home entertainment hub. Sadly, they never released outside of Japan. So I looked forward to the backwards compatible PS3. Then they removed the PS2 chips. Still, I have a PS3 Slim, and coupled with the PS3's Freeview box, it's a pretty good home entertainment hub. I can record live and scheduled TV onto the PS3's hdd, and watch it back. I can even copy it to USB sticks. The only thing I can't do, it burn it to a disc, sadly.

[@rebootrevival4989]

The laser on the left in the black casing is a standard Playstation 2 laser. The one on the right is probably there to initialize and burn discs. Possibly read non Playstation discs as well to remove unnecessary strain.

[@youngfox2186]

Calling PSX to the PS1 is like calling Holland to the Netherlands

[@kyle8952]

The short name of Playstation was PSX from 1994 until the PS2 was released. It could only be a "PSone" when there's a PS2.

[@cntrl5465]

For a minute I thought I was looking at the box waiting to unbox it

[@8oh8_r1ot]

I remember reading about this as a kid and thinking it looked so dope, and the design still holds up. Gotta get with LTT and put some proper cooling in that bad boi

[@hyakin7818]

Sometimes dust gets underneath the laser pad that destroys readability Happened to my ps3

[@Ben-Rogue]

That heat-sink needs replacing man..

[@realwelder3529]

Launch model PS3's had the same problem with overheating. I've seen a lot of the "PHAT" models, but working ones are rare. They usually have the YLOD.

[@Doganderboss]

You better take care of that harddrive. It is married to the system and there is currently no method to remarry a new one. The system will die if the harddrive dies.

[@jipillow1]

Doganderboss what a horrible design flaw

[@sheepsnoopshep]

@@jipillow1 that's like saying not being able to play burned ps2 discs is a design flaw

[@DoppelgangerPlayer]

@@sheepsnoopshep that's completely different, burned is piracy, now if the HDD fails ( which they do quite frequently) then you should be able to simply put a new one, just like you do on ps3 and ps4. thank god sony didn't do the same mistake with the ps3

[@AkiratheAfricanWhiteScopsOwl]

I have a PSX. It's the best ps ever made. It could burn dvds and games. I could download all games from torrents and burn them onto a disc w my PSX, then play them as a new game, all for free minus cost of dvds

[@Chr0mePisto1a]

Damn Sony was ahead of it's time with this thing!

[@p1n3apple21]

I'm glad you titled the video this. So tired of people referring to ps1 when they say psx even though the psx was a real thing that played ps2 games.

[@brandon_nope]

I’m surprised no one has figured out how to unpair the Disc Drive from the system

[@natsudragonil83]

Probably because there isn't very much interest in a system like that.

[@mahdijahincreation6042]

The Psx is more of a ps5 than the PS5 itself

[@ktutran8256]

NGL Looks sleek af

[@RetroSnaccDaekin]

I love the videos you make like this so much.

[@reallybigmistake]

From what I know this PSX must have been made in early 2004 because the 90nm EE+GS chip came out in that year. Anyone that wants a good illustration of the year and die size of the ps2 hardware when it got smaller just google images emotion engine die shrink. It is crazy how fast sony was shrinking the die of the PS2 cpu and gpu but I guess since they were selling so many each year they would spend the money to shrink the dies as fast as possible. the xbox 360 took two years to go from 90nm to 65nm(2005-2007) and then it took 3 years to go from 65nm to 45nm(2007-2010). There was a plan to shrink the die of the original xbox but something happened and Microsoft took Intel and Nvidia to court but they settled out of court so we never knew what happened. original xbox had 180nm cpu and 150nm gpu from 2001-2006. wow

[@peshomusukuma4912]

Nice, informative

[@tonymarcuscassani9465]

The PSX was once a dream to have. I remember searching endlessly for it. It was that rare cool thing only the cool kids had back in the day.

[@WestSide1207]

I purchased the controller for one of these consoles last time I was in Japan. I didn't even realize how crazy long the cord is! Is it worth anything in collector circles?

[@Tieigo0]

Boxed? They go stupid expensive.

[@WestSide1207]

@@Tieigo0 unfortunately no, just loose

[@jimmyjazz4605]

That looks beautiful. Looks way better than the PS5 imo.

[@xSF141x]

When your early and there's not a lot of comments to go through :/

[@jwr2904]

@Mike UK hey you learned a new word! Good job troll

[@Kazpper88]

LOVE THE PS4 THEME SONG PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND

[@seifixnetwork4663]

Japan always have a good stuff, they have my respect

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The PSX definitely felt like exactly what it was the steppingstone between the PS2 era and the PS3 era. And of course it also meant it went from the sleek-looking PS2/PS2 slim to the fairly large launch PS3 (fat).

[@pwnurface03]

Someone needs to talk about the ps2 built into that TV

[@Sayzee_YFRWN]

Buying one today. Thanks for the review

[@ScrapKing73]

I remember reading about all these obscure systems as they came out, either in magazines or online. The Mega Drive with the built-in CD-ROM, the Panasonic Gamecube, I even own an NTSC-based Commodore Amiga CD32 (only ever released in Canada), and so much more. I've forgotten so many more important things, but somehow remember all this useless info about obscure gaming systems. :-)

[@sorryiwaseatingamilkyway]

It's called the Sega CDX

[@ScrapKing73]

@@sorryiwaseatingamilkyway Ah yes, the Sega CDX, that's right. :) I have a Sega Nomad, but didn't have a Sega CDX.

[@Zan_Jayna]

Dear Spawnwave - PS1 and Ps2 both had that problem where the heatsink was too close to the laser array and it melts them, that's why you get them anymore, it's a very common build quality issue

[@dustinweist1605]

It's amazing how they can fit a 256GB hard drive into a system that is almost 20 years old yet the best they can do in a Xbox Series S is only 512 GB.

[@JoeySchmidt74]

To be fair, the S series is a custom on board NVMe drive, but it is a bit on the small side for today's games, especially if you're installing the 4k texture packs.

[@doublevendetta]

It's not a hard drive in the S, that's why. It's a PCI E based SSD, and Gen 4 no less. Right now you're looking at a ballpark of about $100 to buy something like that outright for a PC in the same size. The Series S is $300, and the only cutbacks over the X they made in terms of cost, are a Blu-ray drive which isn't going to save them much money, some computer units on the GPU, some VRAM, and yes, halving the SSD from the X's 1TB. The S still has the same eight core Zen 2 based CPU, and to buy the closest equivalent you could get for a PC legitimately costs more than the console. Something's gotta give. Oh, and let's not forget this PSX that Spawn Wave is reviewing retailed for *$700* in a time when it would've been worth more than $700 today.

[@TheEPICskwock]

Lol the xbox series x doesnt have a hard drive its an SSD. not the same thing.

[@951258tike22]

The A/V ports being tucked away with rubber feet is so you can scoot it all the way up to the wall/media center without scuffing the wall or pushing on the cables