What Went Wrong With The PlayStation Classic?

Remember Retro Mini-Consoles? Pocket-sized replicas of our favourite video-game consoles like the NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis and/or Mega Drive, complete with all the hits. And of course, the PlayStation Classic was...also there. Barely. With one of the biggest library of hits, set in a beloved era of gaming history, it seemed like the PS Classic couldn't fail, and yet it did... but how? What exactly went wrong with the PlayStation Classic? LET'S FIND OUT!
This video is dedicated to the late Philip J Reed, the writer of this script and a dear friend of the channel. We hope the video has paid justice to Philip's impeccable writing and passion for video game history.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Philip J Reed
Script treatment: James Jenkins (@Jenx_137)
Video Editor: James Jenkins (@Jenx_137)
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[@matthewmartin4394]

The biggest shocker to me was the absence of Crash Bandicoot on this system. I mean, not just because it's a great game, which showcased some of what the hardware could w/things like vertical platforming in these great looking semi 3D rendered environments...but because Crash was there (I believe) from the beginning. Wasn't he the PS mascot in the early days? It's like Nintendo or Sega not including Mario or Sonic, respectively.

[@stonalisa3729]

He’s on the gamepass but not this console?

[@codykleoppel6919]

Yes he was. When I was little, Crash was the main game I played on ps1.

[@drunkpaulocosta9301]

@@stonalisa3729 yeah because Microsoft own Crash now because it was an Activision game. So its on Xbox and because this couldnt run it properly.

[@noahlangseth5196]

@@drunkpaulocosta9301 Microsoft does not yet own Activision. The FTC is still trying to prevent the merger.

[@ianlock3313]

I had Crash on the PS1? I'm in the UK. I don't know if that makes any difference?

[@IronicTonic8]

I picked one up when they were on fire sale for $20. At $100 it was crap, but at $20 it was a deal. Immediately modded it, fixed all of the issues and loaded a bunch more games including emulators to run other systems. For $20 and a little bit of my time it became an awesome little retro console.

[@miketaylor7503]

Agreed I paid £25 for mine….once hacked it’s a decent thing. autobleem is the easiest hack there is. Sony should still have put more effort in though.

[@IronicTonic8]

@@miketaylor7503 Yeah, I agree, Sony did drop the ball on it.

[@Del-Blanco-Diablo]

Yeah me too, but i paid £50 for mine, modded it, then got bored with it, un-modded it and sold it for £40...

[@ajjackson1526]

Any way I can get a Joystick controller to work to play MGS1? I know how to load up my own games and everything from Bleem, but cant find anything about controllers.

[@nunyabaznus7851]

@@ajjackson1526 MGS 1 does not use analog sticks. it is D Pad only. and honestly, that would be an aweful way to play it because you lose the precision of digital conntrols. reject modernity. embrace 4 way control pads.

[@CarthagoMike]

It is saddening to hear this is Reeds final script, but it certainly is his magnum opus. Excellent writing and presentation. May he rest in peace.

[@wjveryzer7985]

wait what!> this guy died??

[@CarthagoMike]

@@wjveryzer7985 yes, the scriptwriter passed away. The narrator is still here.

[@darkflames9039]

Literally has been just 20 minutes since I discovered him and was thinking that it's awesome, and now I realize that he just died... Rest in peace bro.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Oh my goodness!!!

[@DrawciaGleam02]

@@CarthagoMike Was he sick???

[@Lagbeard]

The main things I remember hearing about with the PS1 Classic were the selection of games being kind of underwhelming and the emulation running somewhat poorly at times.

[@sO_RoNerY]

Almost every game runs pal.

[@JasonWilshire]

@@sO_RoNerY it's actually 9 of the 20 that are PAL roms

[@liquidpatriot4480]

I bought one when it was $25. For that price it was worth the few decent games on it, barely.😅 But it could have had more games and some of the choices were questionable.

[@techwiz81]

You nailed it with Nintendo’s investment in nostalgia. I wasn’t alive when the NES came out and a toddler when the SNES came out, but still have fond memories of many NES and SNES games. I never owned a PS1 and have no knowledge or affinity for it

[@ChicagoMel23]

Sad, there’s a lot of good games

[@williamyoung9401]

PS1 was literally the Steam Indie Gaming industry of its day. There was a lot of crap, because as previously mentioned, Sony cast a wide, Netflix-style net, to capture as much of the butt-hurt Nintendo/Sega crowd as possible.

[@JTNugget]

The PSX and PS2 era was the golden age of Sony in video games. Nothing they've done since then has come close.

[@Megalocade]

@@JTNugget agreed but the psp needs adding to that, it was a great handheld once the hackers got at it.

[@TroyC68]

@@Megalocade hackers were the ones that made PSone a thing as well.... I have never seen a PS1 that isn't chipped... Everyone I know bought one with the intention of modding it right out of the gate

[@amirsaidi7560]

Do this kind of videos more often please, it's awesome!

[@FreQ135]

Enjoyed this video too 😀

[@Braydonut]

agreed

[@HorseshitDetectionAgency]

less god awful cringy jokes throughout the videos would be great

[@Grenglish91]

@@HorseshitDetectionAgency Do you frequent this channel? This is their entire style, irreverent British silliness.

[@HorseshitDetectionAgency]

@@Grenglish91 I actually grew up enjoying British comedians & comedy shows, but this guy's jokes aren't that good. No one sucks as hard as pewdiepie does though. Triplejump's content is far more respectable.

[@VexAcer]

The part of the PS1 casting a wide net is so true. You'd need like 50-100 games to do the library justice and even then you'll still be missing some core titles. So is the part about Sony franchises just not lasting to the modern day like with Nintendo. I grew up with Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Ape Escape and unfortunately it's not like they're getting new games anymore lol

[@encycl07pedia-]

Nobody could beat Blinx the Time Sweeper /s. I swear, gaming companies tried so hard to have mascots but really only Sonic and Mario come to mind as successful ones. I guess Master Chief became one for Xbox, but he's not as much of a mascot as he is just a character.

[@skycloud4802]

I think a playstation 2 mini classic would run into the same problems. The library is just too wide and large to do it justice.

[@keithcallahan3339]

The first three Spyro games where absolutely spectacular! And took you on one hell of an adventure! What a huge blow not having those!

[@stevebazin127]

I would have bought a PS mini if it had the Spyro trilogy

[@keithcallahan3339]

@@stevebazin127 same! and I don’t even need it I still have all my original copies of Spyro, and currently replaying all of them in order and it’s so much fun!

[@nobodyspecial115]

The whole library was a let down, 5 or 6 games were awesome an the other 3/4th of the library were just throw away titles

[@joewelch4933]

@@nobodyspecial115 Sad part too is I would rather have had some of the games from other regions than the ones that were there for America. But as the video covers, its hard to point out what exactly are must haves for a PS 1. (then again Crash and Spyro werent on it which are blindingly obvious to me.... then again it may just be not wanting to compete with the remasters)

[@nobodyspecial115]

@@joewelch4933 right the library is so vast, but least about half of the minis library was titles not available on psn, still honestly a lot of the library wasn't rare titles that's hard or expensive to acquire and really made it pointless. Even Jumping Flash isn't that hard to get a physical copy of.

[@acebandit1231]

This HAS to be a new series! I'm loving it!

[@genericrob]

Agreed, endless amount of consoles, games and even developers and publishers who could get a break down

[@bobsiddoway]

I still own my launch PS1!!! Still play it occasionally, still rad.

[@Braydonut]

same

[@wombat5252]

I still have the PS1 but I also have the original fat boy PS3 that could play PS1 and PS2 games. Sadly it's got the lights of death and won't turn on anymore :( I wonder if it can be fixed?

[@bobsiddoway]

@@wombat5252 I have two fat PS3’s that can play PS1 and PS2 games. First one got the lights of death, but I was able to follow a KZbin vid on fixing the heat sink. It worked for another couple years, then did it again. That’s when I bought a used fat PS3, which still works great! Such fun systems!

[@smartfox2295]

@@wombat5252 That really depends on what's broken on your console. If you got "yellow light of death" there are multiple possible issues that can cause this error from a broken power supply, defective capacitors (NEC/Tokin) or a defective GPU. Technically every one of this issues can be fixed the GPU would be the most complicated and expensive repair and require reballing with a working and compatible replacement chip. Many repair shops offered or still offer a reflow or reballing service with the original GPU but this are mostly temporary fixes that don't solve the actual issue.

[@wombat5252]

@@bobsiddoway Ooohhh what video? How do I fix it? I have the lights of death. It just boots up for a few seconds and then shuts off so Im sure it can be fixed.

[@kongyiu]

FF7, FF8, Marvel va Capcom 2 and Gran Turismo 2 were the games for me. I have fond memories of the PS1. The 3D graphics didn’t age well, but many games are still enjoyable today.

[@marioprawirosudiro7301]

GT2 was one of the most memorable racing game for me. I vividly remember a test run, Garbage's "I Think I'm Paranoid" playing in the background, and me testing the ever-so-hated Minica Dangan alone on a circuit, against a backdrop of the setting sun and orange sky. That scenery brought up a mix of emotions in me that I don't know how to describe. I'll see if I can find my old GT2 discs. It's been a really long time, and this comment got me feeling nostalgic already lol. If I can't find it, then I might need to resort to hunting ROMs on the internet.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

Bruh, FF9

[@pilcrow182]

@@RubyDoobieScoo FF9 is *still* the best in the entire series (well, tied for the best anyway; not sure I can rate it above 6, but it's every bit as good). 💗

[@victorstewartjr.106]

MvC 2 wasn't a Playstation title. It WAS a Playstation 2 title however.

[@gipgap4]

@@victorstewartjr.106 probably meant the first one which was a rather unique conversion as I recall.

[@LostBoy1920]

I would've absolutely bought this for a hundred bucks if I could choose the 20 games, I think providing choice to the players would've massively helped, that way we ALL would get our childhood in the mail

[@tyren14]

You can? You can have any game you ever wanted on it. Just look up how to mod it. It's extremely straightforward.

[@coffey1718]

@tyren14 excatly!!! Sooo easy with a computer and Google to put anything you want on it! Lol

[@skycloud4802]

Better off with a raspberry pi in a playstation shell.

[@dogeisverycoolyes8265]

@@skycloud4802or just get an actual OG PlayStation

[@londonsushi9244]

Tbh I think the ps mini did emulate the experience of owning a ps one back in the day - your collection of games probably had a hand full of great AAA games, Maybe a couple of hidden gems, and then a pile of oddball bargain bin games that you pulled out when you were really bored. Mixed bag overall as opposed to a proper collection of knockout hits

[@patrickaker4380]

So- every video game system owner of the 70s-00s. Not something I want to spend money on again haha.

[@Savannah_Simpson]

…Wow did you hurt yourself with that stretch?

[@londonsushi9244]

@@Savannah_Simpson lol not saying it was on purpose

[@xKillZone99]

idk me and my brother either had or borrowed every AAA game on ps1 plus more. 20 games with the classic was a disaster

[@sonicrules666]

you can't release a mini like this and games not run well, and not have any Tomb Raider, Spyro or Crash games on it, absolutely stupid decisions

[@Yomeidient]

I picked one up for like 60 on Amazon, and then got some of those true blue mini sticks...it was working great and took me back to 1999

[@budgiecat9039]

You paid $40 too much. Got mine for $20. Even bought another one for a friend.

[@DarthTrilluminati]

@@budgiecat9039 wooow so cool.

[@budgiecat9039]

@@DarthTrilluminati and even better....I piad $20 for the Playstation TV mini console that played PS1, PSP and Vita games on TV

[@ordinarystrawstraw555]

@@budgiecat9039 Bro you got a AWFUL deal. I got paid 60$ to take this junk off my friends hands. Even better it's the model that cures cancer

[@budgiecat9039]

@@ordinarystrawstraw555 🤣🤣🤣

[@ghost_cat_enthusiast]

I got one on sale just before the lockdowns. First time I owned a Sony gaming product and played Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil (ascendant and exceptional gaming experiences); even though the game selection is shoddy compared to how many great titles were on the OG PSX that I used to play with friends, I appreciate that this rerelease let me enjoy those games for the first time, and it quelled a lot of the boredom I would have otherwise have dealt with. Also I had loads of fun with Ridge Racer 4

[@libby9930]

This is very well done would love to see this become a series this was obviously well researched and was given a lot of thought good work guys!

[@ChloefileFIN]

Before even watching the video, I'd say: -mixing PAL and NTSC games -having the original non-analog controllers -...which have damn short wires

[@MrBeardsley]

The fifth generation was indeed rough for the first few years. Often what determined whether or not I liked a PS1 game was how well I jived with the controls and camera.

[@ericjohnson3332]

I was an avid Playstation 1 gamer, with receiving my Dual Shock console for Christmas of 1998. Throughout the 5th gen of gaming, I only owned and vehemently defended the Playstations greatness, also enjoying many PS1 exclusive titles like Crash Bandicoot, Gran Turismo, Medal of Honor and the first three Spyro games. However, deep down inside I was always a little jealous of my N64 owning friends. Deep down I knew that while the N64 catalogue was much smaller, the titles were just as good if not better. Four controller split screen vs two was also a major advantage in an era when people played split screen together. Now twenty years later, I also own an N64 and find myself playing the N64 alot more. Playstation's library of games have not held up in the replay value and timelessness that the Nintendo offerings have. Not to mention the fact that games like Mario Kart, Goldeneye, Smash Bros and Mario Party are great fun nowadays to play for old times sake when old friends get together. I dont know anyone who wants to play any Playstation titles in that same manner.

[@MrLeafsta]

Having had an original playstation from launch, I held back on the mini due to the bad press it got. This changed once I modded it and changed the internal games to suit me along with all the classic games makes this console one of the best minis out. I still play it regularly.

[@valerielee9875]

This is a pretty cool channel. Please show MORE of these games. 👍✌i miss playing so many of them.

[@afallfromgrace]

Nice to see some well produced long-form content, Keep these coming!

[@1977TA]

When it came to video games my cousin was always one step ahead of me. While I was still playing my Atari 2600, he was playing the NES. When I got an NES, I'm not sure if he had he had the SNES but what I do know is that by the time I got an SNES he had the PS1. I remember visiting his parent's house and seeing the console in his room for the first time. I was blown away by the games being on CDs and how they could do so much more with the music and voice audio. I became aware quickly that what I was seeing, and hearing was a level of performance the SNES was not capable of. The PS1 was a groundbreaking video game console and paved the way for Sony's eventual success in the video game industry. With that being the case, it is an absolute crime that the PS1 mini was not received well by gamers. The current PS5 would not have been possible if the PS1 had been a failure when it was released in 1994.

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I never stopped to think about the lack of nostalgia for it. I knew about the other issues (lack of marquee titles, PAL issues) but I never once stopped to think about how people wouldn't be nostalgic for it from the start.

[@williamyoung9401]

Wait, why was a Big Daddy in the PS catalog of old games? Pretty sure I played Bioshock on Xbox. o_O (18:30)

[@josecoon-adams4816]

I had a playstation classic and i was like this thing sucks, i even ordered a USB stick loaded with a shit-load of games, but some of the games didn't work, i wanted a OG playstation system ever since i was 14 years old, I ordered a OG playstation, and i got a awesome library of games, and i love it!

[@wombat5252]

Really? The mini classic version is that much of a piece of crap? I have an original fatboy PS3 that doesn't power up anymore :( I used to be able to play my PS1 AND PS2 games on it.

[@Crekification]

I still have my original jail broken ps1 from when I was a kid I just need to buy the cables for it but I still have pretty much every game you can ever want to play to me it's worth more than diamonds

[@Crekification]

​@@wombat5252 I have two of those but only one works. I don't understand why when I buy a ps5 it can't just play every game that is on PlayStations 1-4 as well

[@wombat5252]

@@Crekification Lol I'd love a PS5 but I refuse to pay scalper's pricing. Years later and you still can't even buy a PS5 for MSRP. Wtf. Lowest I was able to find one was for $700 some guy was selling and it wasn't even the disc version.

[@aSkyclad]

@@wombat5252 Nah it's not that bad, when you mod it yourself instead of relying on pre-made usb drives like OP, you know what works and what doesn't first hand. I can play games like SOTN, Doom, Silent Hill and even emulate other consoles, all from the comfort on my bed, wirelessly on my Dualsense. People have even managed to emulate dreamcast at full speed on some games even, but I didn't try it yet.

[@ststriker]

My theory is the ps1 mini was supposed to be the first of at least one or two more ps mini consoles but poor sales changed their plans. This is why the game count is low and several games are missing. I'm one of the few who actually did buy and enjoy the ps1 mini. I think Final Fantasy 7 and Wild Arms alone are worth the price. Plus I think you can load games up on a USB drive and plug it into the second controller port, so if you're into emulation it's defiantly worth it.

[@emanuelepolloni4002]

My theory is that either they couldn’t get the rights to add some of the most popular games to it, didn’t add them intentionally since some of them (Crash Bandicoot for example) had remakes released on the PS4 and Sony thought that people would prefer the improved versions to the original ones or Sony rushed it so hard to beat its rivals that it’s a miracle it does work (and explains why they didn’t make a DualShock controller in order to make the games easy to play)

[@100benny]

@@emanuelepolloni4002 Including dual shocks would make it too expensive I guess, which it already was. They also went for the cheapest licenses they could, like GTA (which is basically a free game on pc).

[@100benny]

It's a great little thing for emulation. It would be my to go to emulation kit if I didn't have my Wii.

[@knivesron]

@@100benny can your wii play ps2 games at full speed. oh and could you use a ps5 controller on it using that 8bit do dongle thingo. thank you

[@100benny]

@@knivesron I don't have a ps5 controller, but the controllers from the SNES classic work, and they're great for retro games. And Mario kart 64 is even better on the Wii, thanks to the motion controls. And it supports my Wavebird. And does the PS classic run PS2 games? First thing I hear about that?

[@boredstudent]

I mostly bought a PlayStation Classic to mod it. It's just a shame that it was a waste of potential because the PlayStation Classic could have been so much more. I also remember seeing articles and other KZbinrs saying that there were games hidden in the source code.

[@RandomBitzzz]

Your point about how the industry was still learning how to make 32 bit / 3D games is spot on. One could draw parallels between the PlayStation and the Atari 2600. Both were pioneers in their respective generations, both struggled to define gaming should look like, both had a ton of games, and I have little desire to revisit either. For each of these two platforms there are a small number of titles that I want to play in 2022, and the PlayStation Classic included none of these titles.

[@encycl07pedia-]

Ugh... You realize there were other consoles besides the PS1 in that era, right? The Sega Saturn came out well before the PS1, too. Quit being such a fanboy.

[@shabba182]

Love this format. Really hope this is the start of a series

[@jordanscherr6699]

Regarding Bloodborne PSX. It's downright excellent, as you described! BUT, it features a number of concepts and control tweaks that generally weren't around during the PS1's era, or where spread out among many different games. So it only works because it implements lessons that would come much later.

[@cericat]

Something the video touched perhaps too briefly honestly, and it showed the Gamespot review of Alien Resurrection that actually criticised the analogue stick controls we've had as the near de facto standard since the late era PS1 games. Because yeah, it's the most similar to PC play and we seem to map things better that way in our heads due to familiarity at least. Though you still come across less standardisation in other ways, though at least the O/X difference in Japanese developed titles vs US makes sense with Maru (a circle) being a mark of affirmation while westerners tend to prefer the right for negative, I still sometimes hit it with more recent JRPGs in particular and have to go whoops and switch my thinking. There's been a lot of standardisation over the years, but it's telling that we still get games that choose to do things oddly, often slowing things down consistently still even when you're in that mindset, versus what is familiar and works. So there's definitely still people that need to learn those lessons. Or at least consider more carefully if they need to make the change, some games definitely do benefit from an altered control scheme ie Mirror's Edge having jump and crouch on the left shoulder controls is not a bad thing for a game primarily focused on parkour over firefights.

[@lucasrem]

WHO NEEDS OLD CRAP ??? you make a museum, any visitors ?????

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@lucasrem Well, my friends and associates for sure! I'm a bit of a vintage collector, albeit I have no trouble using emulation in most cases. 32bit is definingly on that list, and I was a 90's kid playing these when they first came out. I stayed a gamer all the way until now and indefinitely moving forward. So yes, and I do know what I'm talking about. Apparently so does Ceri Cat.

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@cericat Demon Souls set the template for From-Software's third-person control setup. So even if Bloodborn is faster-paced, it's control scheme and general principles came WAY after the PS1 era, generally starting with Assassin's Creed, and to a lesser extent Zelda. (Lock-on Mechanics.) So in a PS1 style recreation, the controls follow some lesson's not fully understood in the 90s. Hence it plays better than much of what was around then.

[@RawChristianSuperman]

Finally someone other than myself remembers the PS1 abbreviated as PSX.

[@DrThemoWorm]

When PS Classic came out, I took at a look at the selection of games, saw that there was no Final Fantasy Tactics, no Megaman Legends, and no Star Ocean 2, already had FF7 so that wasn't a selling point, and I decided it wasn't worth $100. Also I would've preferred the DS with control sticks.

[@moonwolfv671]

Most memorable feature of it to me was how it would turn off for no good reason. Not fun when playing Wild Arms and I hadn't saved in a while. I increased the ventilation around it because trouble shooting said it was most likely overheating but even with tons of space it kept doing it. Sold it shortly afterwards when the only game I actually played on it was Super Puzzle Fighter.

[@qazhr]

Must be a new series I love it .

[@williamyoung9401]

Indeed!

[@Styrophoamicus]

Looking forward to more of this series, just make sure it's not a rehash of Matt McMuscles' What Happened? videos. Triple Jump has some solid writers though, so I'm not too worried.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Imagine if they collabbed......

[@nobodyspecial115]

The game selection was the problem for me. Yeah they did have a couple awesome titles but it was only like 5 or 6 that interested me but I already had access to these games. The NES an SNES had games that you couldn't get without dropping a few hundred dollars, not to mention Star Fox 2 which you could only get on the SNES mini so that rarity really made those minis worth it

[@AntiJewluminatiDwarf]

The other side of that coin though is the main reason the mini Nintendo consoles had those games is their affinity and obsession with manufactured and artificial shortages to drive prices up when they don't need to do that but even still to this day people buy that they "didn't anticipate demand" or there was a problem with the supply chain

[@nobodyspecial115]

@@AntiJewluminatiDwarf I got really lucky since I live in a small city and got one from the store at regular price before all the scalpers started buying all of them up. I think I got the last one our gamestop had too lol

[@AntiJewluminatiDwarf]

@@nobodyspecial115 what a ps1 classic? I didn't know they shot up in price I guess that makes sense since Sony stopped making em and sold out their stock

[@nobodyspecial115]

@@AntiJewluminatiDwarf no I was reffing to the SNES mini and the huge scalper problem it had buying all the stock an turning around selling marked up 4 to 600%, however the PS1 mini did go up

[@C0ldIron]

I think that another defining aspect was that the Nintendo and Sega have always been defined by first party games while playstation was always defined by third party games. Even the mascot characters Spyro and Crash for the ps1 and Ratchet and Jax for ps2 were third party game characters.

[@mattiasolsson1523]

I got this little console, got the chance to play games i never played before. It worth with.

[@RickyRicardo03]

I like this new segment! Although I do feel sad now, thinking of what could have been. I grew up with the PS1, it’s what got me into really gaming.

[@elmono6299]

Another problem was the choice of the controller. While the original Playstation one controller is nostalgic, it is not the perfect control to use. That was the double analog stick controller which was very helpful for games that required 2 analog sticks to be playable. Sadly some of those games included featured the 2 analog stick controllers which made the games unplayable on the PS1 classic.

[@timothylewis2527]

The writing on this essay was top notch. I'm really impressed. A+ stuff.

[@Marc_Araujo]

What did it for me was not including a Dual Shock controller (especially at its release price). The fact they included the slower-running PAL roms was overkill.

[@yazajin]

I canceled my order as soon as I saw the lackluster lineup myself. Saved a nice hundred there.

[@danieljason4915]

It's also messed up that a sizeable portion of games included supported the dualshock controller

[@Del-Blanco-Diablo]

Plug a keyboard into port 2 press escape and change the stock emulator settings so the stock games play as ntsc.

[@UH60]

The quality of TripleJump videos is just wild

[@TheMattgray19]

The controller I believe was an issue too if they used a dualshock I think it might have made it a little bit easier to deal with price ontop of better library bug hitters. Spyro Tony hawks etc

[@deadso]

I love the PS1 Classic Mini, well, I love modding them ;) Project Iris with OTG adapter to a USB NVME adapter: now I can use any controllers I like on the front USB's and everything loads fast! Because the base release wasn't very popular, and thus cheap, I have 3 now (one unmodded, one modded for myself and one modded for my parents).

[@petesmart1983]

Biggest problem was licences with alot of games

[@budgiecat9039]

True but here are some games they still coulda thrown in there without that problem then: Arc the Lad Beyond the Beyond Alundra Omega Boost Legend of Legaia Legend of Dragoon Jade Cocoon Blasto And since they already had Squrare and Namco on board....Tomb Raider and Soul Blade There: another 10 games

[@ImmaLittlePip]

I love how gamers taste change and games that were popular in 1998 aren't as popular in 2019/2020 when the ps1 classic came out So games that the Japanese version got are now much more desired than the generic racing games that flooded the western version

[@faerieknight2298]

You didn't mention the fact that the Playstation Classic came with original Playstation controllers (pre-analog) but several games on the PS Classic used or even required the thumb sticks from a dual shock controller.

[@thebudgetgamer]

Thank goodness for modders. They made it a great system to own

[@KyleS.1987]

TripleJump just keeps getting better. Thanks to ya'll for the great videos!

[@olliepop369]

Who turned Simon Miller into a Hog of War? C'mon, own up! Poor Simon

[@jessesurprenant1981]

More what went wrong with series please :) this is great!

[@truiteteam3428]

Non-adding Tomb Raider, Cash bandicoot and Spyro was the worst commercial move I've ever seen before Starwars 8.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I enjoyed this video! I feel like the third and fourth points could be summarized as this: *The 16-bit era is "classic". The 32-bit era is "old".*

[@kosmas173]

I disagree, the 32bit era is also classic, the problem is that sony didnt include the best games of the console like nintendo did and then got an open source emulator to run them poorly.

[@JohnDee633]

@@kosmas173intendo didn’t do that great either. None of these are worth the money without modding them. And I own all of them. The Sega v2 is probably the best out of the main 5.

[@dgsilverman]

i have a sealed ps classic on my shelf. pre-ordered it but never opened it after the awful reiews

[@motorcloud]

Really enjoyed the vid! Personally, I love my PS1 Classic. Back in my youth, I still remember saving up and buying the original PS1, it was a gaming phenomenon back in the day and have vivid memories of the launch day when I got mine. I don't play games much now, but the Classic offered a great piece of retro nostalgia for me. I purchased the Classic on launch day too and I'm still very happy with it. I felt the selection of games was good enough to make it worthwhile, and with the mods that followed I was able to buy extra games from my younger years via eBay and then port them to the console (the original Ridge Racer being a highlight - a game I loved so much that I kept hold of the original disc all these years, even though I had no console any more!). I find the PS Classic to be a great console for a quick play every now and then - Tekken 3 being the most popular choice in our household! 🙂

[@azaze88]

It's a shame that Sony gave this product such low effort when this should have been a celebration of the console that made the company the juggernaut it is today

[@chrisormisher1333]

once you soft mod it with Project Eris , it swiftly becomes the very best, it can be a complete all in one retro monster

[@Del-Blanco-Diablo]

It's Hardly a emulation beast, it struggles with most psp games, its perfect for NDS and N64 though.

[@NexXxus86]

@@Del-Blanco-Diablo its not perfect for N64. it still struggled with some gomes like Conker, tbh, most cheap single board systems suck for N64, if you have an Xbox Series X or S you can use retroarch on developer mode which is WAAAY better for emulation. Series S was on Sale for under $250 during black friday and it can emulate anything up to PS2/Wii/Gamecube

[@budgiecat9039]

@@Del-Blanco-Diablo When I soft modded mine; it struggled with several N64 games. Never tried NDS though. Even tried PC-FX (ran terrible).; didnt even bother trying Saturn (lol), did fry Dreamcast though (super rough). PSP ran roughl etc. In the end, it did the usuals fine (NES, SMS, SNES, Genesis, PC Engine, GB, GBC,GBA, Wonderswan, NeoGeo Pocket) But then one day it just stopped working (the mod, not the actual console it still works; just not with the mod which was odd)

[@Stormlywing]

@@NexXxus86 when Microsoft gains a hand over Sony Sony: we made PlayStation classic what have you made Microsoft: Allow custom Apps like retroarch plays Sony games - FREE

[@Neonsilver13]

One thing that would have made me consider getting the classic would have been if they had went for hidden gems in the library. The ps had a big library and there are probably a ton of games where people will tell others today that they were really good, but weren't that successfull back then. For example "the legend of dragoon" is one often mentioned as a pretty good game a lot of people missed (also they probably could have put it on the console without paying any licensing costs) In that sense adding games that might not have been available in a region would have been nice as well. For example I would have loved to get parasite eve (which was on the japanese edition), because it was never released in europe and getting a copy now could easily cost as much as the ps mini costs. Going for hidden gems or games that were unavailable would have set it apart form nintendos mini consoles and it probably would have attracted more customers than the library they offered. Also, yeah probably everyone has played final fantasy 7 on the PS, but it's probably one of the worst games to be put on such a mini console. Because anyone who is interested in it might still have a copy of the original or would have just bought it on PC for a few bucks on steam.

[@franticfranz22]

They shouldn't be any cost for Legend of Dragoon's licence, it's a first party Sony IP. If anything, not being included there was a let down. But knowing Sony, they want to make money, so they'll put more known stuff like RE or FFVII. But even that wasn't enough because the game library they came up with is trash

[@1stattempts775]

This video is put together really well, great points

[@christophermcbride2522]

At one time, I owned four mini consoles. I had the NES Classic, the SNES Classic, the Sega Genesis Mini, and the Playstation Classic. Out of all of them, I kept the Playstation Classic simply because that was the console I grew up with. Also, for the price, the best games were ones that I never played as a kid. I was maybe six years old when I got a PS1. I never grew up with FF7, MGS, or RE1.

[@theplayer2319]

I'm sorry for you. It must have been really difficult growing up with a PSOne as the only console, it even left you with psychological scars that led you to choose to keep a PS Classic and sell the other three much better machines you owned.

[@christophermcbride2522]

@@theplayer2319 I had a PS2 later on.... I loved the Nintendo Classics, but I didn't make time to play them

[@wombat5252]

@@christophermcbride2522 I wanted to get the PS1 mini classic but only 20 games? I mean...come on lol. I grew up with the original PS1 and I remember playing tons of battle arena toshendin and MGS and twisted metal and Xtreme sports. I have a PS3 that can play PS1 and PS2 games but it sadly doesn't power up anymore.

[@christophermcbride2522]

@@wombat5252 I only have a Playstation Classic and a PSTV. My PSC has backups of my PS1 and PSP games from my PSTV

[@budgiecat9039]

@@wombat5252 Here what it should have also had: Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy Tactics Gran Turismo 2 Crasj Bandcoot Street Fighter Alpha 3 Alundra Tomb Raider Legend of Dragoon Colony Wars Brave Fencer Musashi Soul Blade Tales of Destiny Tenchu Legend of Legaia Marvel vs Capcom Resident Evil 2 Dino Crisis Bust a Groove Fear Effect Crash Team Racing There. Total of 40 games

[@jasonshiers5771]

I love my PS1 classic , I got all the True Blue USB sticks and there banging , I must have close to 1500 games to choose from.

[@graemenicol6377]

Same here however if wasn't for the true blue mini sticks it would be next to useless and I probably wouldn't even use it without them.

[@GhostNappa2k10]

Thats the issue, though. It shouldn't require you having to put games on yourself to make it worthwhile.

[@jasonshiers5771]

@@GhostNappa2k10 , you don’t have to with these , just plug in the USB stick and they come pre loaded.

[@bobbybabinjr.4388]

As much as ive looked i cant find some games even on crackmethweedoverdose ect. Wheres my mk 4 & special forces. Wheres silent hill. It just seems like im going to regret buying 200$ worth of interchangable thumb drives that are too long asthetically anyway. I feel like its super immoral to put money in some companys pocket that found some way to monopolize that demand. I need a person a one on one deal where i pay someone for a favor. Said favor being throwing some games on a drive for me.

[@jasonshiers5771]

@@bobbybabinjr.4388 , you could always buy a PS original and get it chipped.

[@Ranger1985.]

I asked for one of these for Christmas this year since they still sell them. I am very excited and looking forward to it. I think the games lineup looks great. PS1 was a huge part of my childhood. I think nostalgia is a major factor. I have a lot of minis including the Genesis, SNES, Turbo and Neo Geo, and I've got to say the SNES is my least favorite. But, the SNES wasn't a big part of my childhood; the Genesis was. It's all perspective with this sort of thing.

[@johnnyfulton4755]

Have you liked the PS Classic since you got it?

[@juniorsanchez7441]

Amazing video and breakdown! 👍🏼 new sub!

[@kingshad0w]

And once you hack it, its actually the ultimate emulation station!

[@hexapusink]

I agree with everything stated in the video however... With a USB stick and some help from the retro-gaming community, you can turn your PS Classic into a multisystem emulator. I know this was not its intended purpose but it's a great alternative to buying something like a raspberry pi or more expensive hardware.

[@markianclark9645]

Hexapus Ink...exactly...true blue USB sticks with silly drug use names...what more could you want...i bought one...increased the library to well over a 100 games...of course being NOT in America...unlike the US here in good old England...we didn't have any unsold PSX minis so they never got reduced in price and instead many got scalped to half again or double..rather like the short supply NES /SNES minis...i had to wait another 2 years or so to pick one up on eBay second hand and very worn box for around the original retail price...had i run to amazon on pre order id've got a brand new one on release...but i don't do that...i finally got one...and i'm pleased with it and no complaints...i still replay a KZbin video in my mind by Retrocution where he dissects these Sony minis...cuts the boards and fits RaspberryPis in the cases soldered to the chopped up Sony PCB's...which he claims is better emulation than Sonys in a better case than a NESPi or something...kind of hybrid...seemed a shame to mod them but he got them for like 20 dollars each so what did he care...its an upgrade...

[@faulknersealock5575]

For one of the very first successful ventures into at home 3D gaming I wouldn't say it failed just ups and downs and gave game developers a good idea of what to expect for game design moving into the next Gen systems

[@Cheeseburgermafia]

Jumping Flash and Battle Arena Toshinden are the two games I remember most strongly from early Playstation. A mall in New England, with a Sears on one end. They had console demo stations and were selling videogames back then. It was like that PS was an arcade with just one machine, and that game was Battle Arena Toshinden. A mere demo of Battle Arena Toshinden, the first entry in a 3D fighting series that didn't do very well over the years. We played the demo all day, every day. There was almost always more than 4 kids waiting their turn vs the winner. The old ladies that worked in the store didn't seem to mind us but gave us space when we got loud and cheered at newly discovered special moves or combos. An SNES was nearby, loaded with a demo of Killer Instinct. While KI was kicking Tekken 2's butt in the actual arcade in that mall, the console version didn't attract as many eyes.

[@drivingmemad7640]

I bought 5 of them at £30 each, autobleemed them and gifted them to friends and family. A fantastic device once you've done that, and with 2 USB original style controllers that are pretty good for what they are, it was an absolute bargain!

[@lucasrem]

Wrong, IT'S REPLACED !!!!!! kids need that PS5 now why is he not understanding ? PS/1, Buy it as a cheap fun toy ? Only if it's cheap, kids buy it! Why the Hell you need 5, collector ?? Museum ???

[@drivingmemad7640]

@@lucasrem ...what!?

[@angelfire1987]

@@drivingmemad7640 Raiden.. you’ve been talking to an AI..

[@drivingmemad7640]

@@angelfire1987 I appreciate that reference :)

[@angelfire1987]

@@drivingmemad7640 haha. The virus is taking over GW

[@Sly88Frye]

Now suddenly I'm starting to wonder if Nintendo was waiting to see what would happen with Sony's Playstation classic before making a decision on making an N64 classic. Most likely no they probably just had no intention of ever making one in the first place. From what I remember it's for sure one of the things that you did bring up though that some of the games included were just not the classics that people wanted. I actually did not know that crash bandicoot and Spyro the dragon won't even there. If there's any game that may have been universally liked on Playstation I think it was crash bandicoot so wow! From what I recall basically what seemed to have happened is that Sony didn't plan this out very well. I recall Rich from review Tech USA suggesting that what likely happened is that Sony was getting ready to release the product but they waited too long to get the rights for a variety of games that they should have put on the console and as the result they had to put some last minute additions to the console just to get out on the market by the release date. If that is what happened it honestly would not surprise me because my goodness they were tone deaf with this

[@adamcunningham2511]

What went wrong?? Probably the most iconic console of all time !!. Absolutely incredible machine and incredible games. Remember getting it for my 10th birthday I had tomb raider , gta 1 resident evil , final fantasy 7 & metal gear solid . Wow good times I will never forget

[@taym510Oak]

Facts

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

I love the various mini consoles. I have the NES, SNES, both of the Genesis minis, and the TurboGrafx 16 mini, and my wife and I still play them all. I even built a basic but nice shelf for them. I wanted to like the PS Classic, but the decision not to include the DualShock controller and the poor emulation were the biggest turnoffs for me. I would have traded in Jumping Flash, Mr. Driller, Cool Boarders 2, Battle Arena Toshinden, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Twisted Metal, and Destruction Derby for, say, Castlevania: SotN, Street Fighter Alpha, Silent Hill, Twisted Metal II, and Tomb Raider or Tomb Raider II.

[@shaneaf310]

Being a council estate family, we got the PS1 a good for years after its release, probably fairly close to the PS2 being released (if not shortly after), as we got a nice deal from a family member or something like that; I never played the thing much being that my siblings cared more about it and were generally the first to rush towards it and all that, but, I recall the OG resident evil as being my fave game of all time, followed by gran turismo, which maybe wasn't a fave game of mine but had the experience, and then there's the desert storm franchise which I often got roped into playing, we'd start off the game and every match we'd often trade weapons, etc. The PS1 mini looked interesting, but, to be fair, until it was hacked I saw little interest in the thing, the game library was just too small for such an era; I only really played 4/5 of the games in the list, I do wanna go back and play them, but, the # of games I wanna play vs the price of the mini console seems, well, stupid. Would it cost more to just get a PS2 and the games I'd want to play? yea, sure. But, it would also give me access to be able to expand that library. Ofc, none of this stuff is in production anymore, so it's not like there's much of a moral quandary to not just use emulation instead.

[@xXMapleVodkaXx]

I got a PS Classic on sale for around 30 bucks, and while yeah it was largely disappointing and wasn't worth it until I hacked it, I do commend Sony's attention to detail on certain things. Such as designating the PS Classic "SCPH-1000R" as a continuation of the original's serial code and the controllers bundled with it being practically 1 to 1 replicas of the originals minus the USB plugs, down to the numbers on the cords. Nostalgia like that they pulled off beautifully. Was that attention to detail worth the 40 bucks I spent for the PS Classic and a USB drive to hack it? Not really, no. I also read somewhere that Sony's proprietary emulation software that runs on it is actually less powerful than fucking Bleem, which is hilarious in so many ways.

[@AluccardX]

Loved the video. It's always awesome to see AstroBot get some love. It's may be my favorite thing Sony has done. I'm sad there's not a new one for PSVR2.

[@Qorelin]

What's the track playing in the background. I was grooving the whole time.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

The hill I will die upon is that the videogame industry chased the novelty of 3D far too soon, and I do think the point this video makes about "teething troubles" perfectly encapsulates that. We could have had games that look like Symphony of the Night, Guilty Gear, and even something that used a bit of 3D like Xenogears, but instead...well, we're left with this.

[@jordanscherr6699]

I think the lack of the big games was probably one of the biggest letdowns. I know the PlayStation had a wider net, but major titles definingly existed. If they're not there, it does kinda defeat the point. Edit: And you're absolutely right, 32bit was rough. You have to reach the PS2/Cube/Xbox era to see polygonal games at their best. There was still experimentation, but at least seasoned Devs had figured out what worked.

[@StarmenRock]

Where?

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@StarmenRock Typo. I re-phrased it.

[@StarmenRock]

@@jordanscherr6699 but i seriously wanna know where tho. I wanna go

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@StarmenRock Most of the games named in this retrospect qualify. Crash Bandicoot and Spyro are standouts, but there are a few more. Look up "top PSX games" lists on KZbin, and you'll readily find them. You do have to look a little bit though. Fear Factor 1 and 2 - Retro Helix might not immediately come forefront. Think searching for the highest quality ones, and after a few videos you'll have found the majority. (Triple is right though, it IS a wider net.)

[@Maibuwolf]

I suspect the reason for lack of top tier games came to to license issue. As stated in the video most of of the early playstation franchises are dead and have been for a very long time. This makes it likely that sony no longer has the rights to most of them and would have had to pay up large sums of money to have a decent library of games. Nintendo still had the rights for nearly all of their classic hits. Sega may have crashed and burned in the console market but they kept making games and likely still have the rights to a large portion of the classic hits too. Sony had to real reason to hand on to the rights for a bunch of dead franchises.

[@BennyLlama39]

I have to admit it-- the instant I heard the intro music, I thought of GrayStillPlays saying, "Full Liquor Bar!" 😀

[@Disthron]

16:27 OMG I had forgotten about this... totally agree, huge muck up!

[@Alex-nr4xb]

#4 on the 32-bit is a really good point that I hadn't realized in gaming at all. 8 and 16-bit's top down style is just entirely different from modern games so it can appeal differently, whereas 32-bit is just a worse version of today's 3D gamestyle.

[@TroyC68]

Playstation One, made its niche here, by being the ONLY console at the time you could chip, and burn games for... Noone I know bought a PS1, so the nostalgia just don't happen, and the ones that did buy them all have hundreds of games with their old systems still... That and you can find emulators for your PC that play all these, made ALL the "mini" platforms pretty much useless to me... Last thing I want is 5 consoles and 10 controllers hooked up on my TV, when 1 PC can do them all ... PS2 is when Playstation really hit its stride with regular people.... PS one was disliked because of loading discs every room change, when Nintendo was a cartridge with minimal loading... This is why the Retro nostalgia never took over.... Not including Spyro, Crash and other huge titles was for sure a contributing factor... Put out a retro PS2 with some classic titles and they will fly off the shelves...

[@jonathanquesada5275]

Starting the video talking about disasters and showing footage of Just Couse 4 makes absolute sense to me! PD: I loved JC3, still playing it to this day.

[@madazza]

My library had the PS1 when it was released but only had the demo disc installed! Still people were lining up to play ridge racer. Good times

[@Blahsheep]

I think if they did a PS2 classic instead it would have sold better.

[@GhostNappa2k10]

Depends, really. If they did, they'd have to put actual effort into it. And a better game selection than the PS1 Classic. But, considered how badly thr PS1 Classic flopped, I don't see a PS2 one happening.

[@Blahsheep]

@@GhostNappa2k10 yeah I don't see it happening either. I'm sure they would have if it sold well. I honestly didn't recognize many of the titles on the classic. So for me it wasn't worth it. I think they would have had to add way more games to it to appease more people. I can't believe driver 1 or 2 wasn't on there.

[@depressedpersiantowtruckman]

Not if they half assed it like they half-assed this.... They should have never released this, it's an embarrassment to the Sony PlayStation name.

[@TheOdsd1977]

Ricky Gervais would embarrass you in 4 seconds and have 3 to spare. XD

[@xanderlurks]

That Ricky Gervais Jab was so spot on lol

[@andrewclifton185]

Great video - as a guy who was lucky enough to be old enough and experience the nes snes and ps one all in the real time and still own all of my original consoles I still but the bullet and got the classic versions. The best part about the classic versions is that I can let my young kids lose with them and not have to worry about damage - for example my nes is all boxed up and supreme for when my son is old enough to respect it But with the classic they can enjoy just that - the classics - how true tho that I purchased the Sony one on Amazon at a £17.99 deal about 3 or 4 years ago and have literally never opened it

[@TheThorns]

Atari and Sega did not jump on the bandwagon as they released theirs prior to the mini NES. Atari actually did this years prior.

[@kieransp2010]

The start of this new series will push you guys/girls/others over 500k subscribers! Especially with Ben's voiceover

[@56postoffice]

Great content. *RIP-* Philip J Reed.

[@Deano3225]

A friend of mine bought this and I was quite excited to give it a go. My favourite game in the line up was Rainbow 6, which I played on my brothers ps1. Even then it had analog sticks, and I was so disappointed that the version I was using played WORSE than the original times I had played it! I enjoyed it, but got so frustrated with controls that were a total regression. I also would have liked colony wars titles and demolition derby but that's a smaller issue. You only play tekken 3 so many times before you wonder why you paid a lot of money just for tekken 3.

[@louisvictor3473]

Very interesting bit about the presentation of retro game, and lack of real nostalgia for the 32 bit era. In particular, the rest of the video is also good. When I miss 32 bit titles, at least visually, two things immediately pop into my head: specific games for their non console specific content really (story and characters, box/concept art), and the original CGI videos that it allowed... which just became standard, thus the feeling of seeing something so mastefuly crafted like FFVII's opening scene for the first is nostalgic... I could just as well play a PC port or emulation, or just watch the cinematics on YT. But more importantly, it is one of those things you had to be there for. Showing that to a kid who grew up mostly or entirely after the 2000s just doesn't have the same feeling. I think that era is honestly only memorable as the begining of the current "realistic" style. It is all part of the same genre, albeit earlier (and by today's standards uglier visually and less refined gameplay/technically), hence little appeal to younger people. To make things worse, even the hardware isn't unique either (only point I disagree with the vid really, we do feel some nostalgia for the hardware too). Again, nintendo controllers, all unique to their consoles, it feels like a different experience to play with each of them. Same for sega. The Playstation ones are more or less the same since dual shock, even the PS5 (way too new and unavailable anyway) is only marginally aesthetically more x-boxy and different, but really it doesn't feel much different to play with it (same general blue print). So visually and physically, the PSOne feels like just part of the same era we currently live in - so just get an emulator and a controller that is still prodcued today en mass.

[@moegreene2496]

I had two PS1 classics. Both of them stopped recognizing the controller that came with it. That was the end for me. At least I got to finally beat Syphon Filter 1 and RE1.

[@Nickodemus93]

As others have said I bought one at Dollar General for $20 and modded it. I run PSP games on it (GTA Vice city stories, Silent Hill Orgins) and DS games like Pokémon. Runs Gameboy, GBA, Sega genesis, NES, obviously whatever PS1 game. No luck running N64, Dreamcast, Saturn but its been done according to the community. Can map multiple controllers to it, lots of trial and error to get what you want to work right. It actually turned into a fun little hobby.

[@codyboyle8336]

Great vid. Keep up the good work.

[@jacktorrance3522]

I hacked mine super easily with a kernel and Autobleem and now I have nearly the entire PS library plus games from NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Gameboy etc etc etc etc etc. This machine is a beast.

[@AntonLouko]

Got mine as a gift. Modded it and love it. 🙂

[@Nigel222]

I keep thinking I'm hearing parts of the lost woods playing in the background of this video and I'm not sure if its there or not

[@PeteOliva]

Great video, but I COMPLETELY disagree with your point No. 6. I think there are PLENTY of people who love this era and have a hunger to return to play games in this era. I think the clunkiness of the graphics and the aesthetic in general is quite appealing and I love to revisit here. Going by the groups I'm in online, there's A LOT of people like me.

[@zeroshinkai957]

Same, I love me some retro gaming...

[@joed5150]

The number of people that love this Era PALE in comparison to the 8 and 16 bit era's. Just look at all the beloved indie games that where their inspiration from those two era's on their sleeves

[@Coonotafoo]

The PlayStation Classic does have one major upside though, they are ridiculously easy to mod. No mod chips, no soldering, pretty much all you need is the PS Classic, a USB thumb drive, and a computer, as well as about 30 minutes to an hour of your time. Afterwards, you'll have yourself a okay-ish, and I do mean "ish", emulator.