PlayStation
PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション, Hepburn:
Pureisutēshon, abbreviated as PS) is a gaming brand that consists of
four home video game consoles, as well as a media center, an online
service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as
multiple magazines. It is created and owned by
Sony
Sony Interactive
Entertainment since December 3, 1994, with the launch of the original
PlayStation
PlayStation in Japan.[1]
The original console in the series was the first video game console to
ship 100 million units, 9 years and 6 months after its initial
launch.[2] Its successor, the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. The
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console to date, having reached
over 155 million units sold as of December 28, 2012.[3] Sony's next
console, the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3, was released in 2006 and has sold over 80
million consoles worldwide as of November 2013.[4] Sony's latest
console, the
PlayStation
PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling 1 million
consoles in its first 24 hours on sale, becoming the fastest selling
console in history.[5]
The first handheld game console in the
PlayStation
PlayStation series, the
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable or PSP, sold a total of 80 million units
worldwide by November 2013.[6] Its successor, the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita,
which launched in
Japan
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Japan on December 17, 2011 and in most other major
territories in February 2012, had sold over 4 million units by January
2013.[7]
PlayStation TV
PlayStation TV is a microconsole and a non-portable variant
of the
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita handheld game console.[8] Other hardware
released as part of the
PlayStation
PlayStation series includes the PSX, a digital
video recorder which was integrated with the
PlayStation
PlayStation and
PlayStation
PlayStation 2, though it was short lived due to its high price and was
never released outside Japan, as well as a
Sony
Sony Bravia television set
which has an integrated
PlayStation
PlayStation 2. The main series of controllers
utilized by the
PlayStation
PlayStation series is the DualShock, which is a line
of vibration-feedback gamepad having sold 28 million controllers as of
June 28, 2008.[9]
The
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network is an online service with over 110 million
users worldwide (as of July 2013).[10] It comprises an online virtual
market, the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store, which allows the purchase and download
of games and various forms of multimedia, a subscription-based online
service known as
PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus and a social gaming networking
service called
PlayStation
PlayStation Home, which had over 41 million users
worldwide at the time of its closure in March 2015.[11] PlayStation
Mobile (formerly
PlayStation
PlayStation Suite) is a software framework that
provides
PlayStation
PlayStation content on mobile devices. Version 1.xx supports
both
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita,
PlayStation TV
PlayStation TV and certain devices that run the
Android operating system, whereas version 2.00 released in 2014 would
only target
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita and (optionally)
PlayStation
PlayStation TV.[12]
Content set to be released under the framework consist of only
original
PlayStation
PlayStation games currently.[13]
7th generation
PlayStation
PlayStation products also use the XrossMediaBar, which
is an award-winning graphical user interface.[14] A touch screen-based
user interface called
LiveArea
LiveArea was launched for the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita,
which integrates social networking elements into the interface.
Additionally, the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 and
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 consoles also
featured support for Linux-based operating systems;
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 and
OtherOS
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OtherOS respectively, though this has since been
discontinued. The series has also been known for its numerous
marketing campaigns, the latest of which being the "Greatness Awaits"
commercials in the United States.
The series also has a strong line-up of first-party titles due to Sony
Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, a group of fifteen
first-party developers owned by
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment which
are dedicated to developing first-party games for the series. In
addition, the series features various budget re-releases of titles by
Sony
Sony with different names for each region; these include the Greatest
Hits, Platinum, Essentials, Favorites and The Best ranges of titles.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Origins
1.2 Formation of
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment
2 Home consoles
2.1 PlayStation
2.1.1 PS one
2.2
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
2.2.1 Slimline model
2.3
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
2.3.1 Slim model
2.3.2 Super Slim model
2.4
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
2.4.1 Slim model
2.4.2 Pro model
2.5 Comparison
3 Handheld systems
3.1 PocketStation
3.2
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
3.2.1 PSP-2000 and PSP-3000 models
3.2.2 PSP Go model
3.2.3 PSP-E1000 model
3.3
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita
4 Other hardware
4.1 PSX (2003)
4.2 Television sets
4.3
Sony
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
4.4
Sony
Sony Tablets
4.5
PlayStation
PlayStation TV
4.6
PlayStation
PlayStation VR
5 Games
5.1 First party games
5.2 Re-releases
6 Online services
6.1
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 online service
6.2
PlayStation
PlayStation Network
6.3
PlayStation
PlayStation Store
6.4 Life with PlayStation
6.5
PlayStation
PlayStation Plus
6.6
PlayStation
PlayStation Blog
6.7
PlayStation
PlayStation App
6.8
PlayStation
PlayStation Mobile
6.9
PlayStation
PlayStation Now
6.10 Online social networking services
6.10.1
PlayStation
PlayStation Home
6.10.2 Room for
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
7 Software
7.1 XrossMediaBar
7.2 LiveArea
7.3
Linux
Linux operating systems
7.3.1
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
7.3.2
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
8 Controllers
8.1 Early
PlayStation
PlayStation controllers
8.2
DualShock
DualShock series and Sixaxis
8.3
PlayStation
PlayStation Move
9 Media
9.1 Magazines
9.2
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground
10 Marketing
10.1 Slogans
10.2 Notable advertising campaigns
10.2.1 It Only Does Everything
10.2.2
Netherlands
Netherlands Ceramic White PSP Commercials
10.2.3 All I want for Xmas is a PSP
11 Reception
12 References
13 External links
History
Origins
Original PS logo
PlayStation
PlayStation was the brainchild of Ken Kutaragi, a
Sony
Sony executive who
had just finished managing one of the company's hardware engineering
divisions at that time and would later be dubbed as "The Father of the
PlayStation".[15][16]
The console's origins date back to 1988 where it was originally a
joint project between
Nintendo
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Nintendo and
Sony
Sony to create a
CD-ROM
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CD-ROM for the
Super Famicom.[17] Although
Nintendo
Nintendo denied the existence of the Sony
deal as late as March 1991,[18]
Sony
Sony revealed a Super Famicom with a
built-in
CD-ROM
CD-ROM drive, that incorporated Green Book technology or
CD-i, called "Play Station" (also known as SNES-CD) at the Consumer
Electronics Show in June 1991. However, a day after the announcement
at CES,
Nintendo
Nintendo announced that it would be breaking its partnership
with Sony, opting to go with
Philips
Philips instead but using the same
technology.[19] The deal was broken by
Nintendo
Nintendo after they were unable
to come to an agreement on how revenue would be split between the two
companies.[19] The breaking of the partnership infuriated Sony
President Norio Ohga, who responded by appointing Kutaragi with the
responsibility of developing the
PlayStation
PlayStation project to rival
Nintendo.[19]
At that time, negotiations were still on-going between
Nintendo
Nintendo and
Sony, with
Nintendo
Nintendo offering
Sony
Sony a "non-gaming role" regarding their
new partnership with Philips. This proposal was swiftly rejected by
Kutaragi who was facing increasing criticism over his work with regard
to entering the video game industry from within Sony. Negotiations
officially ended in May 1992 and in order to decide the fate of the
PlayStation
PlayStation project, a meeting was held in June 1992, consisting of
Sony
Sony President Ohga,
PlayStation
PlayStation Head Kutaragi and several senior
members of Sony's board. At the meeting, Kutaragi unveiled a
proprietary CD-ROM-based system he had been working on which involved
playing video games with 3D graphics to the board. Eventually, Sony
President Ohga decided to retain the project after being reminded by
Kutaragi of the humiliation he suffered from Nintendo. Nevertheless,
due to strong opposition from a majority present at the meeting as
well as widespread internal opposition to the project by the older
generation of
Sony
Sony executives, Kutaragi and his team had to be shifted
from Sony's headquarters to
Sony
Sony Music, a completely separate
financial entity owned by Sony, so as to retain the project and
maintain relationships with
Philips
Philips for the MMCD development project
(which helped lead to the creation of the DVD).[19]
According to SCE's producer Ryoji Akagawa and chairman Shigeo
Maruyama, there was uncertainty over whether the console should
primarily focus on 2D sprite graphics or 3D polygon graphics. It was
only after witnessing the success of Sega's Virtua Fighter in Japanese
arcades that "the direction of the
PlayStation
PlayStation became instantly clear"
and 3D polygon graphics became the console's primary focus.[20]
Formation of
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment
At
Sony
Sony Music Entertainment, Kutaragi worked closely with Shigeo
Maruyama, the CEO of
Sony
Sony Music, and with Akira Sato to form Sony
Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) on November 16, 1993.[21] A
building block of SCEI was its initial partnership with
Sony
Sony Music
which helped SCEI attract creative talent to the company as well as
assist SCEI in manufacturing, marketing and producing discs, something
that
Sony
Sony Music had been doing with Music Discs. The final two key
members of SCEI were Terry Tokunaka, the President of SCEI from Sony's
headquarters, and Olaf Olafsson. Olafsson was CEO and president of New
York-based
Sony
Sony Interactive Entertainment[22] which was the mother
company for the 1994-founded
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment of America
(SCEA).
The
PlayStation
PlayStation project, SCEI's first official project, was finally
given the green light by
Sony
Sony executives in 1993 after a few years of
development. Also in 1993, Phil Harrison, who would later become
President of
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, was
recruited into SCEI to attract developers and publishers to produce
games for their new
PlayStation
PlayStation platform.[19]
Computer Gaming World
Computer Gaming World in March 1994 reported a rumor that the "Sony
PS-X" would be released in
Japan
Japan "before the end of this year and will
retail for less than $400".[23] After a demonstration of Sony's
distribution plan as well as tech demos of its new console to game
publishers and developers in a hotel in
Tokyo
Tokyo in 1994, numerous
developers began to approach PlayStation. Two of whom later became
major partners were
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts in the West and
Namco
Namco in Japan.
One of the factors which attracted developers to the platform was the
use of a 3D-capable, CD-ROM-based console which was much cheaper and
easier to manufacture for in comparison to Nintendo's rival console,
which used cartridge systems. The project eventually hit Japanese
stores in December 1994 and gained massive sales due to its lower
price point than its competitor, the
Sega
Sega Saturn. Popularity of the
console spread after its release worldwide in
North America
North America and
Europe.[19]
Home consoles
PlayStation
The original PlayStation
The redesigned PS one
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation (console)
The original PlayStation, released in
Japan
Japan on December 3, 1994, was
the first of the ubiquitous
PlayStation
PlayStation series of console and
hand-held game devices. It has included successor consoles and
upgrades including the
Net Yaroze
Net Yaroze (a special black
PlayStation
PlayStation with
tools and instructions to program
PlayStation
PlayStation games and applications),
"PS one" (a smaller version of the original) and the
PocketStation
PocketStation (a
handheld which enhances
PlayStation
PlayStation games and also acts as a memory
card). It was part of the fifth generation of video game consoles
competing against the
Sega
Sega Saturn and the
Nintendo
Nintendo 64. By December
2003, the
PlayStation
PlayStation and PS one had shipped a combined total of
102.49 million units,[24] eventually becoming the first video game
console to sell 120 million units.[2]
PS one
Main article: PS one
Released on July 7, 2000,[25] concurrently with its successor the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2, the PS one was a considerably smaller, redesigned
version of the original
PlayStation
PlayStation video game console.[26] The PS one
went on to outsell all other consoles, including its successor,
throughout the remainder of the year.[26] It featured two main changes
from its predecessor, the first being a cosmetic change to the console
and the second being the home menu's Graphical User Interface; a
variation of the GUI previously used only on PAL consoles up to that
point.
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Original PlayStation 2 console (left) and slimline
PlayStation 2 console with 8 MB Memory Card and
DualShock 2 controller (right)
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Released in 2000, 15 months after the
Dreamcast
Dreamcast and a year before its
other competitors, the Xbox and the
Nintendo
Nintendo GameCube, the PlayStation
2 is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, and is
backwards-compatible with most original
PlayStation
PlayStation games. Like its
predecessor, it has received a slimmer redesign. It is the most
successful home console in the world,[27] having sold over 155 million
units as of December 28, 2012.[3] On November 29, 2005, the PS2 became
the fastest game console to reach 100 million units shipped,
accomplishing the feat within 5 years and 9 months from its launch.
This achievement occurred faster than its predecessor, the
PlayStation, which took "9 years and 6 months since launch" to reach
the same figure.[2]
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 shipments in
Japan
Japan ended on December
28, 2012.[28] The Guardian reported on January 4, 2013 that PS2
production had ended worldwide, but studies showed that many people
all around the world still own one even if it is no longer in use.
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 has been ranked as the best selling console of all time
as of 2015.[29]
Slimline model
Main article:
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 Slimline
Released in 2004, four years after the launch of the original
PlayStation
PlayStation 2, the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 Slimline was the first major redesign
of the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2. Compared to its predecessor, the Slimline was
smaller, thinner, quieter and also included a built-in
Ethernet
Ethernet port
(in some markets it also has an integrated modem). In 2007,
Sony
Sony began
shipping a revision of the Slimline which was lighter than the
original Slimline together with a lighter AC adapter.[30] In 2008,
Sony
Sony released yet another revision of the Slimline which had an
overhauled internal design incorporating the power supply into the
console itself like the original
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 resulting in a further
reduced total weight of the console.[31]
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
Original (left) and slim (right)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 consoles with the
DualShock
DualShock 3 controller
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
Released on November 17, 2006 in North America, the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 is a
seventh generation game console from Sony. It competes with the
Microsoft
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 and the
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii. The PS3 is the first console
in the series to introduce the use of motion-sensing technology
through its
Sixaxis
Sixaxis wireless controller. The console also incorporates
a
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc player and features high-definition resolution. The PS3
was originally offered with either a 20 GB or 60 GB hard
drive, but over the years its capacity increased in increments
available up to 500 GB. The
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 has sold over 80
million consoles worldwide as of November 2013.[4]
Slim model
Main article:
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 Slim
Like its predecessors, the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 was re-released in 2009 as a
"slim" model. The redesigned model is 33% smaller, 36% lighter, and
consumes 34% to 45% less power than previous models.[32][33] In
addition, it features a redesigned cooling system and a smaller Cell
processor which was moved to a
45nm
45nm manufacturing process.[34] It sold
in excess of a million units within its first 3 weeks on sale.[35] The
redesign also features support for CEC (more commonly referred to by
its manufacturer brandings of BraviaSync, VIERA Link, EasyLink and
others) which allows control of the console over
HDMI
HDMI by using the
remote control as the controller. The PS3 slim also runs quieter and
is cooler than previous models due to its 45 nm Cell. The PS3
Slim no longer has the "main power" switch (similar to
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
slim), like the previous PS3 models, which was located at the back of
the console.[32] It was officially released on September 1, 2009 in
North America
North America and
Europe
Europe and on September 3, 2009 in Japan, Australia
and New Zealand.[32][36][37]
Super Slim model
Main article:
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 Super Slim
In 2012,
Sony
Sony revealed a new "Super Slim"
PlayStation
PlayStation 3. The new
console, with a completely redesigned case which has a sliding door
covering the disc drive (which has been moved to the top of the
console), is 4.3 pounds, almost three pounds lighter than the previous
"slim" model. The console comes with either 12GB flash memory or a
250GB, 500GB hard drive. Several bundles which include a Super Slim
PS3 and a selection of games are available.
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
The
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 with the
DualShock
DualShock 4 controller.
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
The
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 (PS4) is the latest video game console from Sony
Computer Entertainment announced at a press conference on February 20,
2013. In the meeting,
Sony
Sony revealed some hardware specifications of
the new console.[38][39] The eighth-generation system, launched in the
fourth quarter of 2013, introduced the x86 architecture to the
PlayStation
PlayStation series. According to lead system architect, Mark Cerny,
development on the
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 began as early as 2008.[40]
PlayStation
PlayStation
Europe
Europe CEO Jim Ryan emphasized in 2011 that
Sony
Sony wanted to
avoid launching the next-generation console behind the
competition.[41]
Among the new applications and services,
Sony
Sony introduced the
PlayStation
PlayStation App, allowing PS4 owners to turn smartphones and tablets
into a second screen to enhance gameplay.[42] The company also plans
to debut
PlayStation Now
PlayStation Now game streaming service, powered by technology
from Gaikai.[43][44] By incorporating a share button on the new
controller and making it possible to view in-game content being
streamed live from friends,
Sony
Sony plans to place more focus on social
gameplay as well.[42] The
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 was first released in North
America on November 15, 2013.
Slim model
Main article:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 Slim
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 Slim (officially marketed simply as
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 or
PS4) was unveiled on September 7, 2016. It is a revision of the
original PS4 hardware with a streamlined form factor. The new casing
is 40% smaller, and carries a rounded body with a matte finish on the
top of the console rather than a two-tone finish. The two
USB
USB ports on
the front have a larger gap between them, and the optical audio port
was also removed.[168] It ships with a minor update to the
DualShock
DualShock 4
controller, with the light bar visible through the top of the touchpad
and dark matte grey coloured exterior instead of a partially shiny
black. The PS4 Slim was released on September 15, 2016, with a 500 GB
model at the same price point as the original PS4 model.[169] Its
model number is CUH-2000.[170]
Pro model
Main article:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 Pro
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 Pro or PS4 Pro for short (originally announced under the
codename Neo)[35] was unveiled on September 7, 2016. Its model number
is CUH-7000.[170] It is an updated version of the
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 with
improved hardware, including an upgraded GPU with 4.2 teraflops of
processing power, and higher CPU clock. It is designed primarily to
enable selected games to be playable at 4K resolution, and improved
quality for
PlayStation
PlayStation VR. All games are backwards and forward
compatible between PS4 and PS4 Pro, but games with optimizations will
have improved graphics performance on PS4 Pro. Although capable of
streaming 4K video from online sources, PS4 Pro does not support Ultra
HD Blu-ray.[171] [172] [173] Additionally the PS4 Pro is the only PS4
model which can remote play at 1080p. The other models are limited to
720p.[174]
Comparison
PlayStation
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
Console
Launch price
¥39,800[1]
US$299[45]
£299[46]
¥39,800[1]
US$299[45]
£299[46]
¥49,980 (20 GB)[1]
US$499 (20 GB), US$599 (60 GB)[45]
£425 (60 GB)[47]
€599 (60 GB)[46]
¥38,980
US$399
€399
£349
Release date
JP: December 3, 1994[48]
NA: September 9, 1995[45]
EU: September 29, 1995[46]
AU: November 15, 1995[49]
PS one model
EU: 2000
JP: July 7, 2000
NA: September 19, 2000
JP: March 4, 2000[1]
NA: October 26, 2000[45][50]
EU: November 24, 2000[46]
AU: November 30, 2000
Slimline model
EU: October 29, 2004
JP: November 3, 2004
NA: November 2004
AU: November 2004
JP: November 11, 2006[1]
NA: November 17, 2006[45]
EU: March 23, 2007[46]
More...
Slim model
JP: August 27, 2009[1]
NA: September 1, 2009[45]
EU: September 1, 2009[46]
Super Slim model
NA: September 25, 2012[45]
EU: September 28, 2012[46]
JP: October 4, 2012[1]
NA: November 15, 2013[52]
EU: November 29, 2013[51]
AU: November 29, 2013[51]
JP: February 22, 2014[53]
Units sold
102.49 million shipped, including 28.15 million PS one units (as of
March 31, 2007)[24]
>155 million (as of December 28, 2012)[3]
>84 million (as of November 2014)[4]
>50 million (As of 6 December 2016[update])[54]
Best-selling game
Gran Turismo; 10.85 million shipped (as of April 30, 2008)[55][56]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; 17.33 million shipped (as of March 26,
2008)[55]
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto V; over 15 million shipped (as of December 7, 2013)
Uncharted
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End; 8.7 million shipped (as of December 21,
2016)[57]
Media
CD-ROM
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM
BD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, SACD (1st and 2nd Gen Only)[58]
Blu-ray, DVD
Blu-ray
Blu-ray 6x CAV,
DVD
DVD 8x CAV
Included accessories and extras
RFU Adapter
Controller (
PlayStation Controller
PlayStation Controller or DualShock, depending on
production date)
DualShock
DualShock 2 Controller
Composite AV cable
Internal hard drive (20, 40, 60, 80, 120, 160, 250, 320 or
500 GB, depending on model)
Wireless
DualShock
DualShock 3 /
Sixaxis
Sixaxis Controller
Composite AV cable
Ethernet
Ethernet cable
USB
USB cable
Internal hard drive (500GB/1TB)[59][60]
Wireless
DualShock
DualShock 4 Controller
Mono Headset
Power Cable
HDMI
HDMI Cable
USB
USB Cable
Accessories (retail)
PlayStation
PlayStation Controller
Dual Analog
Dual Analog Controller
DualShock
Multitap
Multitap (up to 4 players)
Fishing reel controllers (Bass Landing and Reel Fishing)
GunCon
Jogcon
Konami Justifier
BeatMania controller
NeGcon
PocketStation
Flightstick
Memory Card
S-Video
S-Video cable
Euro-AV Cable (RGB-SCART)
DualShock
DualShock 2
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 HDD
Internal hard drive supported by
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 Expansion Bay (model
30000 and 50000 only)
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 Headset
EyeToy
Driving Force Steering Wheels with Force Feedback
Onimusha 3
Onimusha 3 katana controller
Resident Evil 4 chainsaw controller
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
DVD
DVD remote control
Network adapter
Built-in for slim case model (PSTwo, model 70000)
Memory Card (8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB,
128 MB) (for PlayStation 2)
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero SG Controller
'Buzz' Controllers (with all versions of Buzz)
Light gun (
GunCon
GunCon 2)
Multitap
Multitap (multi-controller adaptor)
Component AV cable
S-Video
S-Video cable
Euro-AV Cable (RGB-SCART)
Microphones (with
Karaoke Revolution
Karaoke Revolution and
SingStar
SingStar games)
USB
USB Mouse & Keyboard
PlayStation
PlayStation Move
PlayStation
PlayStation Eye
DualShock
DualShock 3 Wireless Controller
DualShock
DualShock 4 Wireless Controller
Blu-ray
Blu-ray Remote ControlVideo Cable
Component AV Cable
D-Terminal
D-Terminal AV cable
HDMI
HDMI Cable
PlayTV
Torne
Various rhythm game controllers for Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Band Hero,
Rock Band
Rock Band and
Singstar
Singstar games
Microphones
Guitar and Bass Guitar controllers
Drum controllers
Turntable controllers (DJ Hero/
DJ Hero
DJ Hero 2)
Keyboard controller (
Rock Band
Rock Band 3)
Light Gun (
GunCon
GunCon 3)
DualShock
DualShock 4 Wireless controller
PlayStation
PlayStation Camera
HDMI
HDMI cable
CPU
R3000A 32bit RISC chip @ 33.7 MHz - Manufactured by LSI
Corporation
300 MHz MIPS "Emotion Engine"
Cell Broadband Engine (3.2 GHz Power Architecture-based PPE with
eight 3.2 GHz SPE)
8-Core 1.6 GHz AMD "Jaguar"
GPU
16.47 million colors
Resolution: 256x224 - 640x480 Sprite/BG drawing Adjustable frame
buffer No line restriction Unlimited CLUTs (Color Look-Up Tables)
4,000 8x8 pixel sprites with individual scaling and rotation
Simultaneous backgrounds (Parallax scrolling) 620,000 polygons/sec
147 MHz "Graphics Synthesizer"; fill rate 2.352 gigapixel/sec;
1.1 gigapixel w. 1 texture(diffuse); 588 megapixel/sec w. 2 textures
(2 diffuse maps or 1 diffuse map and 1 other(0 around 74 mill, 1
around 40 mill, 2 around 20 mill); 2 textures per pass
Capable of multi-pass rendering;
Connected to VU1 on CPU (a vector only for visual style coding things
with 3.2Gflops) to deliver enhanced shader graphics and other enhanced
graphics
550 MHz RSX "Reality Synthesizer" (based on
Nvidia
Nvidia G70
architecture)
Custom AMD Radeon
18 Compute Units (1152 shaders) @ 800 MHz[61]
Online service
N/A
Non-unified service
PlayStation
PlayStation Network
PlayStation
PlayStation Store
Internet browser
A/V chat via
PlayStation Eye
PlayStation Eye or PS2 EyeToy, voice chat via headset
PlayStation
PlayStation Network
Backward compatibility
N/A
PlayStation
20GB & 60GB: All
PlayStation
PlayStation and
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 titles
Original 80GB: All PS1 titles, most PS2 titles.[62]
All other models (model code CECHGxx and later): Support for PS1
titles only.
No native backwards compatibility. Cloud based backwards compatibility
via
PlayStation
PlayStation Now.[63] Emulated
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 titles available from
the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store.
System software
proprietary OS
proprietary OS, Linux
DVD
DVD Playback Kit
XrossMediaBar
.svg/200px-XrossMediaBar_(logo).svg.png)
XrossMediaBar (XMB)
Orbis OS[64]
System software
features
Audio CD playback
Audio CD playback
DVD
DVD Playback
Operating Systems
Operating Systems can be installed and run via a hypervisor (feature
unavailable with Slim Model[65])
Audio CD playback
Audio file playback (ATRAC3, AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA)
Video file playback (MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264-AVC, DivX)
Blu-ray
Blu-ray playback
DVD
DVD playback
Image editing
Image editing and slideshows (JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP)
Mouse and keyboard support
Folding@Home
Folding@Home client with visualizations from the RSX
Blu-ray
Blu-ray playback
DVD
DVD playback
Audio playback from inserted
USB
USB flash drive
Consumer programmability
Requires the
Net Yaroze
Net Yaroze kit
Yabasic
Yabasic software,
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Development on console via free
Linux
Linux platform or PC.
TBA
Handheld systems
PocketStation
Main article: PocketStation
PocketStation
The
PocketStation
PocketStation was a miniature game console created by SCE as a
peripheral for the original PlayStation.[66] Released exclusively in
Japan
Japan on December 23, 1999,[67] it featured a monochrome LCD, a
speaker, a real-time clock and infrared communication capability. It
could also be used as a standard
PlayStation
PlayStation memory card by connecting
it to a
PlayStation
PlayStation memory card slot.[66] It was extremely popular in
Japan
Japan and
Sony
Sony originally had plans to release it in the United States
but the plan was ultimately scrapped due to various manufacturing and
supply-and-demand problems.[68][69]
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
The original
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable (PSP-1000)
The
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable (PSP) was Sony's first handheld console to
compete with Nintendo's DS console. The original model (PSP-1000) was
released in December 2004 and March 2005,[70] The console is the first
to utilize a new proprietary optical storage medium known as Universal
Media Disc (UMD), which can store both games and movies.[71][72] It
contains 32 MB of internal flash memory storage, expandable via
Memory Stick PRO Duo
Memory Stick PRO Duo cards.[73] It has a similar control layout to the
PS3 with its
PlayStation
PlayStation logo button and its ('Triangle'),
('Circle/O'), ('Cross/X') and ('Square') buttons in their
white-colored forms.
PSP-2000 and PSP-3000 models
Main articles:
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable § PSP-2000, and PlayStation
Portable § PSP-3000
The PSP-2000 (also known as the Slim & Lite in PAL territories)
was the first major hardware revision of the
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable,
released in September 2007. The 2000 series was 33% lighter and 19%
slimmer than the original
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable.[74][75] The capacity
of the battery was also reduced by ⅓ but the run time remained the
same as the previous model due to lower power consumption. Older model
batteries will still work and they extend the amount of playing
time.[76] The PSP Slim & Lite has a new gloss finish. Its serial
port was also modified in order to accommodate a new video-out feature
(while rendering older PSP remote controls incompatible). On a
PSP-2000, PSP games will only output to external monitors or TVs in
progressive scan mode, so that televisions incapable of supporting
progressive scan will not display PSP games; non-game video will
output in either progressive or interlaced mode.
USB
USB charging was also
made possible.[77] Buttons are also reportedly more responsive on the
PSP-2000.[78] In 2008,
Sony
Sony released a second hardware revision called
the PSP-3000 which included several features that were not present in
the PSP-2000, such as a built-in microphone and upgraded screen, as
well as the ability to output PSP games in interlaced mode.
PSP Go model
Main article:
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable § PSP Go
Piano Black PSP Go (open position)
Released in October 2009, the PSP Go is the biggest redesign of the
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable to date. Unlike previous PSP models, the PSP Go
does not feature a UMD drive but instead has 16 GB of internal
flash memory to store games, videos and other media.[79] This can be
extended by up to 32GB with the use of a
Memory Stick Micro
Memory Stick Micro (M2) flash
card. Also unlike previous PSP models, the PSP Go's rechargeable
battery is not removable or replaceable by the user. The unit is 43%
lighter and 56% smaller than the original PSP-1000,[80] and 16%
lighter and 35% smaller than the PSP-3000.[81] It has a 3.8"
480 × 272 LCD[82] (compared to the larger 4.3"
480 × 272 pixel LCD on previous PSP models).[83] The screen
slides up to reveal the main controls. The overall shape and sliding
mechanism are similar to that of Sony's mylo COM-2 internet
device.[84] The PSP Go is being produced and sold concurrently with
its predecessor the PSP-3000 although it will not replace it.[80] All
games on the PSP Go must be purchased and downloaded from the
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store as the handheld is not compatible with the original
PSP's physical media, the Universal Media Disc. The handheld also
features connectivity with the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3's controllers the Sixaxis
and
DualShock
DualShock 3 via
Bluetooth
Bluetooth connection.[81]
PSP-E1000 model
Main article:
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable § PSP-E1000
The PSP-E1000 is a budget-focused PSP model which, unlike previous PSP
models, does not feature
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or stereo speakers (replaced by a
single mono speaker)[85] and has a matte "charcoal black" finish
similar to the slim
PlayStation
PlayStation 3.[86] The E1000 was announced at
Gamescom 2011 and available across the
PAL region
PAL region for an RRP of
€99.99.[86]
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita
The
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita
Released in
Japan
Japan on December 17, 2011 and
North America
North America on February
22, 2012,[87] the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita[88] was previously codenamed Next
Generation Portable (NGP). It was officially unveiled by
Sony
Sony on
January 27, 2011 at the
PlayStation
PlayStation Meeting 2011.[89] The original
model of the handheld, the PCH-1000 series features a 5-inch OLED
touchscreen,[90] two analog sticks, a rear touchpad,
Sixaxis
Sixaxis motion
sensing and a 4 core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor.
The new PCH-2000 series system is a lighter redesign of the device
that was announced at the SCEJA Press Conference in September 2013
prior to the
Tokyo
Tokyo Game Show. This model is 20% thinner and 15%
lighter compared to the original model, has an additional hour of
battery life, an LCD instead of OLED, includes a micro
USB
USB Type B
port, 1GB of internal storage memory. It was released in
Japan
Japan on
October 10, 2013 in six colors: white, black, pink, yellow, blue, and
olive green, and in
North America
North America on May 6, 2014.[91]
Other hardware
PSX (2003)
Main article: PSX (DVR)
The PSX
Released solely in
Japan
Japan in 2003, the
Sony
Sony PSX was a fully integrated
DVR and
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 video game console. It was the first Sony
product to utilize the
XrossMediaBar
XrossMediaBar (XMB)[92] and can be linked with
a
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable to transfer videos and music via USB.[93] It
also features software for video, photo and audio editing.[92] PSX
supports online game compatibility using an internal broadband
adapter. Games that utilize the
PS2 HDD
PS2 HDD (for example, Final Fantasy
XI) are supported as well.[94] It was the first product released by
Sony
Sony under the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand that did not include a controller
with the device itself.[95]
Television sets
Released in 2010, the
Sony
Sony
BRAVIA
BRAVIA KDL22PX300 is a 22-inch 720p
television which incorporates a
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 console, along with 4
HDMI
HDMI ports.[96]
A 24-inch 1080p
PlayStation
PlayStation branded 3D television, officially called
the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3D Display, was released in late 2011. A feature of
this 3D television is SimulView. During multiplayer games, each player
will only see their respective screen (in full HD) appear on the
television through their respective 3D glasses, instead of seeing a
split screen (e.g. player 1 will only see player 1's screen displayed
through their 3D glasses).
Sony
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Main article: Xperia Play
The
Xperia Play
Xperia Play is an Android-powered smartphone with a slide-up
gamepad resembling the PSP Go developed by
Sony
Sony Ericsson aimed at
gamers, and is the first to be
PlayStation
PlayStation Certified. Also can
download
PlayStation
PlayStation Suite App.
Sony
Sony Tablets
Sony
Sony Tablets are
PlayStation Certified
PlayStation Certified Android tablets, released in
2011, 2012, and 2013. They offer connectivity with
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
controllers, and integrate with the
PlayStation
PlayStation network using a
proprietary application. The following models were released between
2011 and 2013: S,
Sony
Sony Tablet S,
Sony
Sony Tablet P, Xperia Tablet S and
Xperia Tablet Z.
PlayStation
PlayStation TV
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation TV
PlayStation
PlayStation TV, known in
Asia
Asia as
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita TV, is a
microconsole and a non-portable variant of the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita
handheld. It was announced on September 9, 2013 at a
Sony
Sony Computer
Entertainment
Japan
Japan presentation. Instead of featuring a display
screen, the console connects to a television via HDMI. Users can play
using a
DualShock
DualShock 3 controller, although due to the difference in
features between the controller and the handheld, certain games are
not compatible with PS TV, such as those that are dependent on the
system's touch-screen, rear touchpad, microphone or camera. The device
is said to be compatible with over 100 Vita games, as well as various
digital
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable,
PlayStation
PlayStation and PC Engine titles. The
system supports
Remote Play
Remote Play compatibility with the
PlayStation
PlayStation 4,
allowing players to stream games from the PS4 to a separate TV
connected to PS TV, and also allows users to stream content from video
services such as Hulu and Niconico, as well as access the PlayStation
Store. The system was released in
Japan
Japan on November 14, 2013, in North
America on October 14, 2014, and in
Europe
Europe and
Australasia
Australasia on November
14, 2014.[97]
PlayStation
PlayStation VR
PlayStation VR is a virtual reality device that is produced by Sony
Computer Entertainment. It features a 5.7 inch 1920x1080 resolution
OLED display, and operates at 120fps which can eliminate blur and
produce a smooth image; the device also has a low latency of less than
18ms.[98] Additionally, it produces two sets of images, one being
visible on a TV and one for the headset, and includes 3D audio
technology so the player can hear from all angles. The
PlayStation
PlayStation VR
was released in October 2016.[99]
Games
Main articles: List of
PlayStation
PlayStation games, List of
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 games,
List of
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 games, List of
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 games, List of
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move games, List of
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable games, List of
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita games, List of
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store games, and List of
PlayStation Mobile
PlayStation Mobile games
Each console has a variety of games. Most games released on the
original
PlayStation
PlayStation are backwards compatible and can be played
directly on its successors, the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2, PSX and
PlayStation
PlayStation 3.
Some of these games can also be played on the
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable but
they must be purchased and downloaded from a list of PS one Classics
from the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store. Games released on the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 can
currently only be played on the original console as well as the PSX
and the early models of the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 which are backwards
compatible. The
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 has two types of games, those released
on
Blu-ray
Blu-ray Discs and downloadable games from the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store.
The
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable consists of numerous games available on both
its physical media, the
Universal Media Disc
Universal Media Disc and the Digital Download
from the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store. However, some games are only available on
the UMD while others are only available on the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store. The
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita consists of games available on both its physical
media, the
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita card and digital download from the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store.
First party games
Main article:
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios is a group of video game
developers owned by
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment. It is dedicated to
developing video games exclusively for the
PlayStation
PlayStation series of
consoles. The series has produced several best-selling franchises such
as the Gran Turismo series of racing video games as well as critically
acclaimed titles such as the
Uncharted
Uncharted series. Other notable
franchises include God of War,
Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal and more recently,
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet (series), InFAMOUS, and MotorStorm.
Re-releases
Main articles: Greatest Hits, Platinum Range, The Best, PS one
Classics, Classics HD, and
PlayStation
PlayStation Mobile
Greatest Hits (North America), Platinum Range (PAL territories) and
The Best (
Japan
Japan and Asia) are video games for the
Sony
Sony PlayStation,
PlayStation
PlayStation 2,
PlayStation
PlayStation 3, and
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable consoles that
have been officially re-released at a lower price by Sony. Each region
has its own qualifications to enter the re-release program. Initially,
during the
PlayStation
PlayStation era, a game had to sell at least 150,000 copies
(later 250,000)[100] and be on the market for at least a year[101] to
enter the Greatest Hits range. During the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 era, the
requirements increased with the minimum number of copies sold
increasing to 400,000 and the game had to be on the market for at
least 9 months.[100] For the
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable, games had to be on
the market for at least 9 months with 250,000 copies or more
sold.[102] Currently, a
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 game must be on the market for
10 months and sell at least 500,000 copies to meet the Greatest Hits
criteria.[103] PS one Classics were games that were released
originally on the
PlayStation
PlayStation and have been re-released on the
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store for the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 and
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable.
Classics HD are compilations of
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 games that have been
remastered for the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 on a single disc with additional
features such as upscaled graphics,
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move support, 3D
support and
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network trophies.
PlayStation Mobile
PlayStation Mobile (formerly
PlayStation
PlayStation Suite) is a cross-platform, cross-device software
framework aimed at providing
PlayStation
PlayStation content, currently original
PlayStation
PlayStation games, across several devices including PlayStation
Certified Android devices as well as the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita.
Online services
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 online service
Main article:
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 online functionality
Online gaming on
PlayStation
PlayStation consoles first started in July 2001 with
the release of
PlayStation
PlayStation 2's unnamed online service in Japan. Later
in August 2002 saw its release in North America, followed by the
European release in June 2003. This service was shut down on March 31,
2016.
PlayStation
PlayStation Network
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Network
Released in 2006, the
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network is an online service[104]
focusing on online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery. The
service is provided and run by
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment for use
with the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3, and was later implemented on the PlayStation
Portable,
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita and
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 video game consoles.[105]
The service currently has over 110 million users worldwide (as of July
2013).[10] The
Sony
Sony Entertainment Network provides other features for
users like
PlayStation
PlayStation Home,
PlayStation
PlayStation Store, and Trophies.
PlayStation
PlayStation Store
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Store
The
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store is an online virtual market available to users
of the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3,
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 and
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable game
consoles via the
PlayStation
PlayStation Network. The store uses both physical
currency and
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network Cards. The
PlayStation
PlayStation Store's gaming
content is updated every Tuesday and offers a range of downloadable
content both for purchase and available free of charge. Available
content includes full games, add-on content, playable demos, themes
and game and movie trailers. The service is accessible through an icon
on the XMB on the PS3 and PSP. The PS3 store can also be accessed on
the PSP via a
Remote Play
Remote Play connection to the PS3. The PSP store is also
available via the PC application, Media Go. As of September 24, 2009,
there have been over 600 million downloads from the
PlayStation
PlayStation Store
worldwide.[106]
Video content such as films and television shows are also available
from the
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store on the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 and PSP and will be
made available on some new
Sony
Sony
BRAVIA
BRAVIA televisions, VAIO laptop
computers and
Sony
Sony
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc players from February 2010.[107]
Life with PlayStation
Main article: Life with PlayStation
Life with
PlayStation
PlayStation was a
Folding@home
Folding@home application available for
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 which connected to Stanford University’s Folding@home
distributed computer network and allowed the user to donate their
console's spare processing cycles to the project.[108]
Folding@home
Folding@home is
supported by
Stanford University
Stanford University and volunteers make a contribution to
society by donating computing power to this project. Research made by
the project may eventually contribute to the creation of vital cures.
The
Folding@home
Folding@home client was developed by
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment
in collaboration with Stanford University.[109] Life with PlayStation
also consisted of a 3D virtual view of the Earth and contained current
weather and news information of various cities and countries from
around the world, as well as a
World Heritage
World Heritage channel which offered
information about historical sites, and the United Village channel
which is a project designed to share information about communities and
cultures worldwide.[110][111] As of
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 system software
update version 4.30 on October 24, 2012, the Life With PlayStation
project has ended.
PlayStation
PlayStation Plus
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Plus
PlayStation
PlayStation Plus, a subscription-based service on the PlayStation
Network, compliments the standard PSN services.[112] It enables an
auto-download feature which allows the console to automatically
download game patches and system software updates. Subscribers also
gain early or exclusive access to some betas, game demos, premium
downloadable content (such as full game trials of retail games like
Infamous and LittleBigPlanet) and other
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store items, as
well as a free subscription to Qore. Other downloadable items include
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store discounts and free
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network games, PS one
Classics,
PlayStation
PlayStation Minis, themes and avatars.[113]
PlayStation
PlayStation Blog
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Blog
PlayStation Blog
PlayStation Blog is an online
PlayStation
PlayStation focused gaming blog which is
part of the
PlayStation
PlayStation Network. It was launched on June 11, 2007[114]
and since its launch, has featured in numerous interviews with
third-party companies such as Square Enix.[115] It also has posts from
high-ranking
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment executives such as Jack
Tretton, former President and Chief Executive Officer of
Sony
Sony Computer
Entertainment, and Shawn Layden, current President, SIEA, and
Chairman, SIE Worldwide Studios.[116][117] A sub-site of the blog
called
PlayStation Blog
PlayStation Blog Share was launched on March 17, 2010 and
allowed readers of the blog as well as users of the
PlayStation
PlayStation Blog
to submit ideas to the
PlayStation
PlayStation team about anything
PlayStation-related and vote on the ideas of other
submissions.[118][119]
PlayStation
PlayStation App
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation App
The
PlayStation App
PlayStation App is an application that was released on January 11,
2011 in several European countries for iOS (version 4 and above) and
for Android (version 1.6 and above),[120] and has been installed more
than 3.6 million times as of March 2, 2014.[121] It allows users to
view their trophies, see which of their PSN friends are online and
read up to date information about PlayStation.[120] It does not
feature any gaming functionality.[120]
PlayStation
PlayStation Mobile
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Mobile
The
PlayStation Mobile
PlayStation Mobile (formerly
PlayStation
PlayStation Suite) is a software
framework that will be used to provide downloadable PlayStation
content to devices running Android 2.3 and above as well as the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita. The framework will be cross-platform and
cross-device, which is what
Sony
Sony calls "hardware-neutral". It was set
to release before the end of calendar year 2011. In addition, Android
devices that have been certified to be able to play back PlayStation
Suite content smoothly will be certified with the PlayStation
Certified certification.[13]
PlayStation
PlayStation Now
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Now
PlayStation Now
PlayStation Now (PS Now) is a Gaikai-based video game streaming
service used to provide
PlayStation
PlayStation gaming content to
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
(PS3),
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 (PS4),
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita,
PlayStation TV
PlayStation TV and
BRAVIA
BRAVIA televisions.[122] The service currently allows users to pay for
access to a selection of original
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 titles on either a
per-game basis or via a subscription.
PlayStation Now
PlayStation Now was announced on
January 7, 2014 at the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show. At CES, Sony
presented demos of The Last of Us, God of War: Ascension, Puppeteer
and Beyond: Two Souls, playable through PS Now on Bravia TVs and
PlayStation
PlayStation Vitas.
PlayStation Now
PlayStation Now was launched in Open Beta in the
United States
United States and
Canada
Canada on PS4 on July 31, 2014, on PS3 on September
18, 2014, on PS Vita and PS TV on October 14, 2014, with support for
select 2014 Bravia TVs coming later in the year.[123]
Online social networking services
PlayStation
PlayStation Home
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home is a community-based social gaming networking service
for the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 on the
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network (PSN). It is
available directly from the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 XrossMediaBar. Membership is
free, and only requires a PSN account. Home has been in development
since early 2005 and started an open public beta test on December 11,
2008.[124] Home allows users to create a custom avatar, which can be
made to suit the user's preference.[125] Users can decorate their
avatar's personal apartment ("HomeSpace") with default, bought, or won
items. They can travel throughout the Home world (except cross
region), which is constantly updated by
Sony
Sony and partners. Each part
of the world is known as a space. Public spaces can just be for
display, fun, or for meeting people. Home features many mini-games
which can be single player or multiplayer. Users can shop for new
items to express themselves more through their avatars or
HomeSpace.[126] Home features video screens in many places for
advertising, but the main video content is shown at the theatre for
entertainment. Home plays host to a variety of special events which
range from prize-giving events to entertaining events. Users can also
use Home to connect with friends and customize content.[124] Xi, a
once notable feature of Home, is the world's first console based
Alternate Reality Game that took place in secret areas in Home and was
created by nDreams.[127][128]
Room for
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
Main article: Room for
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
"Room" (officially spelled as R∞M with capital letters and the
infinity symbol in place of the "oo") was being beta tested in Japan
from October 2009 to April 2010. Development of Room has been halted
on April 15, 2010 due to negative feedback from the community.[129]
Announced at TGS 2009, it was supposed to be a similar service to the
PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home and was being developed for the PSP.[130] Launching
directly from the
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network section of the XMB was also to
be enabled. Just like in Home, PSP owners would have been able to
invite other PSP owners into their rooms to "enjoy real time
communication."[131] A closed beta test had begun in Q4 2009 in
Japan.[132]
Software
See also:
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 system software and
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
system software
XrossMediaBar
Main article: XrossMediaBar
The XrossMediaBar, originally used on the PSX, is a graphical user
interface currently used for the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation
Portable, as well as a variety of other
Sony
Sony devices. The interface
features icons that are spread horizontally across the screen.
Navigation moves the icons instead of a cursor. These icons are used
as categories to organize the options available to the user. When an
icon is selected on the horizontal bar, several more appear
vertically, above and below it (selectable by the up and down
directions on a directional pad).[133] The XMB can also be accessed
in-game albeit with restrictions, it allows players to access certain
areas of the XMB menu from within the game and is only available for
the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3.[134] Although the capacity to play users' own music
in-game was added with this update, the feature is dependent on game
developers who must either enable the feature in their games or update
existing games.[135]
LiveArea
Main article: LiveArea
LiveArea, designed to be used on the
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita, is a graphical
user interface set to incorporate various social networking features
via the
PlayStation
PlayStation Network. It has been designed specifically as a
touchscreen user interface for users.[136]
Linux
Linux operating systems
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Main article:
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
In 2002,
Sony
Sony released the first useful and fully functioning
operating system for a video game console, after the Net Yaroze
experiment for the original PlayStation. The kit, which included an
internal hard disk drive and the necessary software tools, turned the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 into a full-fledged computer system running Linux. Users
can utilize a network adapter to connect the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 to the
internet, a monitor cable adaptor to connect the
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2 to
computer monitors as well as a
USB
USB Keyboard and Mouse which can be
used to control
Linux
Linux on the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2.[137][138]
Linux
Linux for
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
Main article: OtherOS
The
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 (excluding
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 Slim) also supports running
Linux
Linux OS on firmware versions prior to 3.21 without the need for
buying additional hardware purchase. Yellow Dog
Linux
Linux provides an
official distribution that can be downloaded, and other distributions
such as Fedora, Gentoo and Ubuntu have been successfully installed and
operated on the console.[34] The use of
Linux
Linux on the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
allowed users to access 6 of the 7 Synergistic Processing Elements;
Sony
Sony implemented a hypervisor restricting access to the RSX. The
feature to install a second operating system on a
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 was
removed in a firmware update released in 2010.[139]
Controllers
Early
PlayStation
PlayStation controllers
A
PlayStation
PlayStation Controller.
Main articles:
PlayStation
PlayStation Controller,
PlayStation
PlayStation Analog Joystick,
and
Dual Analog
Dual Analog Controller
Released in 1994, the
PlayStation
PlayStation control pad was the first controller
made for the original PlayStation. It featured a basic design of a
D-pad, 4 main select buttons ( ('Green Triangle'), ('Red Circle/Red
O')), ('Blue Cross/Blue X') and ('Pink Square'),[140] and start and
select buttons on the face. 'Shoulder buttons' are also featured on
the top [L1, L2, R1, R2] (named by the side [L=Left, R=Right] and 1
and 2 [top and bottom]). In 1996,
Sony
Sony released the
PlayStation
PlayStation Analog
Joystick for use with flight simulation games.[141] The original
digital controller was then replaced by the
Dual Analog
Dual Analog in 1997, which
added two analog sticks based on the same potentiometer technology as
the Analog Joystick.[142] This controller was then also succeeded by
the
DualShock
DualShock controller.
DualShock
DualShock series and Sixaxis
Main articles:
DualShock
DualShock and Sixaxis
A
DualShock
DualShock 3 controller
Released in 1998, the
DualShock
DualShock controller for the PlayStation
succeeded its predecessor, the Dual Analog, and would go on to become
the longest running series of controllers for the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand.
In addition to the inputs of the original, digital, controller (, , ,
, L1, L2, R1, R2, Start, Select and a D-pad), the
DualShock
DualShock featured
two analog sticks in a similar fashion to the previous Dual Analog
controller, which can also be depressed to activate the L3 and R3
buttons.[143]
The
DualShock
DualShock series consists of four controllers: the
DualShock
DualShock which
was the fourth controller released for the PlayStation; the DualShock
2, the only standard controller released for the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2, and
the
DualShock
DualShock 3, the second and current controller released for the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3, and the
DualShock
DualShock 4, which went through a massive
redesign and is the default input of the
PlayStation
PlayStation 4, and upon
release was compatible with the PS3 originally only via
USB
USB and
eventually with a firmware update,
Bluetooth
Bluetooth connectivity was enabled.
The
Sixaxis
Sixaxis was the first official controller for the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3,
and is based on the same design as the
DualShock
DualShock series (but lacking
the vibration motors of the
DualShock
DualShock series of controllers).
Like the Dual Analog, the
DualShock
DualShock and
DualShock
DualShock 2 feature an
"Analog" button between the analog sticks that toggles the analog
sticks on and off (for use with games which support only the digital
input of the original controller). On the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
Sixaxis
Sixaxis and
DualShock
DualShock 3 controllers, the analog sticks are always enabled.
Beginning with the Sixaxis, a '
PlayStation
PlayStation button' (which featured the
incorporated PS logo and is similar in function to the Xbox 360
"Guide" button) was included on controllers. The
PlayStation
PlayStation button
replaces the "Analog" button of the
DualShock
DualShock and
DualShock
DualShock 2
controllers. Pressing the PS button on the PS3 brings up the XMB,
while holding it down brings up system options (such as quit the game,
change controller settings, turn off the system, and turn off the
controller).[144]
PlayStation
PlayStation Move
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Move
A
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move controller
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move is a motion-sensing game controller platform for the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 video game console by
Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
Based on the handheld motion controller wand,
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move uses
the
PlayStation Eye
PlayStation Eye webcam to track the wand's position and the
inertial sensors in the wand to detect its motion. First revealed on
June 2, 2009,
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move was launched in Q3/Q4 2010. Hardware
available at launch included the main
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move motion
controller and an optional
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move sub-controller.[145]
Although
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move is implemented on the existing
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
console,
Sony
Sony states that it is treating Move's debut as its own major
"platform launch", planning an aggressive marketing campaign to
support it. In addition to selling the controllers individually,[146]
Sony
Sony also plans to provide several different bundle options for
PlayStation Move
PlayStation Move hardware; including a starter kit with a PS Eye, a
Move motion controller, and a demo/sampler disc, priced under
US$100;[147] a full console pack with a PS3 console,
DualShock
DualShock 3
gamepad, PS Eye, and Move motion controller; and bundles of a Move
motion controller with select games.[146]
Media
Magazines
The
PlayStation
PlayStation brand has a wide series of magazines, from across
different continents, covering
PlayStation
PlayStation related articles and
stories. Many of these magazines work closely with
Sony
Sony and thus often
come with demo discs for
PlayStation
PlayStation games. Currently there are three
magazines still in circulation namely PlayStation: The Official
Magazine,[148]
PlayStation
PlayStation Official Magazine,[149] Official
PlayStation
PlayStation Magazine (Australia).[150] However, over the years, many
PlayStation
PlayStation magazines have spawned while a few have also become
defunct, these include the Official U.S.
PlayStation
PlayStation Magazine,[151]
Official UK
PlayStation
PlayStation Magazine,[152] Official UK
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Magazine.[153]
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground
Main article:
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground was a non-traditional magazine that Sony
Computer Entertainment America produced and published between Spring
1997 to Spring 2001. Subscribers received two
PlayStation
PlayStation CDs, along
with a booklet and colorful packaging every quarter.[154] The CDs
contained interviews, cheats, programmers moves, game demos and
one-of-a-kind Memory Card saves. Several issues showed how a game was
created from basic design to final product. Since the CDs could only
be run on a PlayStation, it proved a useful marketing tool which
spawned a line of
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground JamPacks Demo CDs and which
contained highlights from recent issues of
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground,
along with seemingly as many game demos that could be packed on a
single CD. Unlike
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground these were available in most
stores for $4.95, were published twice a year in Summer and Winter and
usually spotlighted newly released or coming soon games. By 2001, Sony
had decided to phase out Underground to focus on the JamPacks with the
release of the
PlayStation
PlayStation 2.
PlayStation
PlayStation Underground CDs are mainly
in the hands of collectors these days.[155]
Marketing
Promotion of the
PlayStation
PlayStation at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo
Electronic Entertainment Expo 2003
The
PlayStation
PlayStation has been known for several advertising campaigns.
Slogans
Advertising slogans used for each
PlayStation
PlayStation console iteration:
PlayStation
"eNoS Lives" (The first letter 'E' was printed in red to denote the
word, ready. Enos stood for Ready, Ninth of September)[19]
"U R Not e" (The letter 'E' was printed in red to denote the word,
ready, as in You Are Not Ready)[19]
"Do Not Underestimate The Power of PlayStation." (From the S.A.P.S. -
Society Against PlayStation — series of adverts)[156]
"Playstation" (Seen on several
PlayStation
PlayStation systems and games
commercials)[citation needed]
PS one
"Wherever, Whenever, Forever."[157]
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
"The Beginning."[158]
"Live In Yur Wrld, Ply In urs." (The
PlayStation
PlayStation face button icons
were used to denote certain letters: Live In Your World, Play In
Ours)[158]
"(Welcome to the) Third Place."[158]
"Fun, Anyone?"[158]
"The ultimate just got better –
PlayStation
PlayStation 9 – teleport yours
today."[158]
PlayStation
PlayStation Portable
"PSP Hellz Yeah" (PSP-1000 Series)
"Dude, Get Your Own..." (PSP-2000 Series)[159]
"Everywhere Just Got Better" (PSP-3000 Series and PSPgo)[160]
"It's GO Time" (PSPgo)[161]
"Your Whole World In Your Hands" (UK &
Europe
Europe Territories)[162]
"Step Your Game Up" (US Territory, PSP-3000 Series and PSPgo)[163]
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
"The Wait Is Over"
"Welcome Chang3" (the number three is used to denote an 'e' and was
printed in red)[164]
"This is Living."[165]
"Play B3yond" (the number three is used to denote an 'e' and was
printed in red)[158]
"It Only Does Everything" (US Commercials) (PS3 Slim)[166]
"The Game Is Just The Start. Start PS3." (EU countries)[167]
"Long Live Play" (PS3 Slim)
"Never Stop Playing" (PS3 Slim)
"Greatness Awaits" (PS3 SuperSlim)
PlayStation
PlayStation Move
"This Changes Everything".[168]
"Move Into The Action"[169]
PlayStation
PlayStation Network
"Download, Play, Connect."
PlayStation
PlayStation Vita
"Never Stop Playing."
"The World is in Play." (EU only)
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
"See the Future"
"Push the boundaries of Play"[170]
"Greatness Awaits"
"This is 4 the Players"
"Where the Greatest Play"[171]
Notable advertising campaigns
It Only Does Everything
Main article: Kevin Butler (character)
The most notable of recent
PlayStation
PlayStation commercials is the series of
"It Only Does Everything" commercials featuring a fictional character
called Kevin Butler who is a Vice President at PlayStation. These
commercials usually advertise the
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3 and its games through
a series of comedic answers to "Dear PlayStation" queries.[166] These
commercials garnered popularity among gamers, though its debut
commercial received criticism from the Nigerian government due to a
reference to the common 419 scams originating in Nigeria.
Sony
Sony issued
an apology and a new version of the advert with the offending line
changed was produced.[172]
A spin-off of the campaign has been created for the PlayStation
Portable which features similar campaign commercials called the "Step
Your Game Up" campaign featuring a fictional teenage character named
Marcus Rivers acting in a similar fashion to Kevin Butler but
answering the "Dear PlayStation" queries about the PSP.[163]
Netherlands
Netherlands Ceramic White PSP Commercials
In July 2006, an advertising campaign in the
Netherlands
Netherlands was released
in which a white model dressed entirely in white and a black model
dressed entirely in black was used to compare Sony's new Ceramic White
PSP and the original Piano Black PSP. This series of ads depicted both
models fighting with each other[173] and drew criticism from the media
for being racist, though
Sony
Sony maintains that the ad did not feature
any racist message.[174]
All I want for Xmas is a PSP
In November 2006, a marketing company employed by Sony's American
division created a website entitled "All I want for Xmas is a PSP",
designed to promote the PSP virally. The site contained a blog which
was purportedly written by "Charlie", a teenage boy attempting to get
his friend Jeremy's parents to buy him a PSP, and providing a "music
video" of either Charlie or Jeremy "rapping" about the PSP. Visitors
to the website quickly recognized that the website was registered to a
marketing company, exposing the campaign on sites such as
YouTube
YouTube and
digg.
Sony
Sony was forced to admit that the site was in fact a marketing
campaign and in an interview with next-gen.biz,
Sony
Sony admitted that the
idea was "poorly executed".[175]
Reception
In 2005, Australian newspaper
The Age
The Age wrote an article about the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand. Among the numerous interviews conducted with
various people in the industry was an interview with Dr Jeffrey Brand,
associate professor in communication and media at
Bond University
Bond University who
said, "
PlayStation
PlayStation re-ignited our imagination with video games". Game
designers
Yoshiki Okamoto called the brand "revolutionary —
PlayStation
PlayStation has changed gaming, distribution, sales, image and more",
while Evan Wells of
Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog said "
PlayStation
PlayStation is responsible for
making playing games cool."[176]
In 2009,
ViTrue, Inc.
ViTrue, Inc. listed the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand as number 13 on
their "The Vitrue 100: Top Social Brands of 2009". The ranking was
based on various aspects mainly dealing with popular social media
sites in aspects such as Social Networking, Video Sharing, Photo
Sharing and Blogs.[177]
In 2010,
Gizmodo
Gizmodo stated that the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand was one of the last
Sony
Sony products to completely stand apart from its competitors, stating
that "If you ask the average person on the street what their favorite
Sony
Sony product is, more often than not you'll hear PlayStation".[178] As
of April 2012, the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand is the "most followed" brand on
social networking site, Facebook, with over 22 million fans and
followers in total which is more than any other brand in the
entertainment industry. A study by Greenlight's Entertainment Retail
has also shown that the
PlayStation
PlayStation brand is the most interactive
making 634 posts and tweets on social networking sites
Facebook
Facebook and
Twitter.[179]
In July 2014,
Sony
Sony boasted in a company release video that the
PlayStation
PlayStation 3,
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 and
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation Vita sold a combined
total of 100 million units.[180] It was announced at
Tokyo
Tokyo Game Show
on September 1, 2014, that
PlayStation
PlayStation home game consoles claim 78%
market share of all home consoles in Japan.[181]
As of 2015[update],
PlayStation
PlayStation is the strongest selling console brand
worldwide.[182]
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Flagship
Columbia Records
RCA Records
Epic Records
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RCA Records Nashville
Provident Label Group
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Portrait Records
RCA Red Seal Records
Okeh Records
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Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Epic Records
Epic Records Japan
Ki/oon Music
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Ariola Japan
BMG Japan
mora
Sacra Music
Aniplex
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Aniplex of America
A-1 Pictures
Music On! TV
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RED Distribution
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Other Labels
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Phonogenic Records
Ultra Music
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Legacy Recordings
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Robbins Entertainment
Syco Music
Syco Music (50%)
Sony
Sony Music Australia
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Sony Music UK
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Sony Music India
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Sony Music Latin
Vevo
Volcano Entertainment
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Key personnel
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Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
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Television
U.S. production
Adelaide Productions
Sony
Sony Crackle
The Minisode Network
Culver Entertainment
Embassy Row
TriStar Television
U.S. distribution
Funimation
Funimation (95%)
International production
2waytraffic
Left Bank Pictures
Playmaker Media
Stellify Media
Teleset
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Sony Pictures Television TV channels and VOD platforms
O = online VOD platform
Americas
US networks
Sony
Sony Movie Channel
GSN (58% joint venture with AT&T Entertainment Group)
getTV
Cine Sony
Sony
Sony CrackleO
Defunct
3net
3net (joint venture with Discovery and IMAX)
Fearnet
Fearnet (joint venture with
Comcast
Comcast and Lions Gate Entertainment)
Canada
Sony
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AXN
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AXN Movies (rebranded)
Latin America
Canal Sony
AXN
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Locomotion
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Sports
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Acquisition pending
TEN Sports Pakistan
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TEN Cricket International
Music
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Japan
Animax
Animax PlusO
AXN
AXN
AXN Mystery
AXN
AXN PlusO
Star Channel (25% joint venture with News Corporation, Tohokushinsha
Film, and Itochu)
South Korea
Animax (50% joint venture with KT SkyLife)
Animax PlusO
AXN
AXN (50% joint venture with IHQ)
Taiwan
AXN
Animax
Animax HD
south-east
Asia
Animax
AXN
Gem
south-east
Asia
Asia (50% joint venture with Nippon Television Network
Corporation)
Vietnam
Sony
Sony Channel
Sony
Sony One
Defunct
AXN
AXN Beyond
BeTV
Europe,
Middle
East,
Africa
(EMEA)
Germany
AnimaxO
AXN
Sony
Sony Channel
Defunct
Animax (linear television)
Italy
Cine Sony
Pop
Defunct
AXN
AXN
AXN Sci Fi
The
Netherlands
Film1
Film1
Film1 Action
Film1
Film1 Drama
Film1
Film1 Family
Film1
Film1 Premiere
Defunct
Film1
Film1 Festival
Film1
Film1 Sundance
Portugal
AXN
AXN
AXN Black
AXN
AXN White
Defunct
Animax
Russia
Sony
Sony Channel
Sony
Sony Turbo
Sony
Sony Sci-Fi
Spain
AXN
AXN
AXN SyncO
AXN
AXN White
Defunct
Animax
Turkey
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Sony Channel
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Sony Çocuk
Planet Mutfak
Planet Türk
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Including
CSC Media Group television channels
Entertainment channels
Movies4Men
Sony
Sony Crime Channel
Sony
Sony Crime Channel 2
Sony
Sony Movie Channel
truTV
CSC
True Entertainment
True Movies
Music channels
CSC
Chart Show TV
Chart Show Hits
Scuzz
Starz TV
The Vault
Children's channels
CSC
Pop
Pop Max
Tiny Pop
Former channels
More Than Movies
Movies4Men
Movies4Men 2
Sony
Sony Channel
CSC
The Amp
AnimeCentral
Bliss
BuzMuzik
Chart Shop TV
Flaunt
Flava
MinX
NME TV
Pop Girl
Pop Plus
Showcase TV
True Crime
True Drama
True Movies
True Movies 2
Miscellaneous
Sony
Sony Pictures Television
animaxtv.co.uk (VOD)
Baltics
Sony
Sony Channel
Sony
Sony Turbo
Central and
Eastern
Europe
(CEE)
AXN
Adria
Hungary
AXN
AXN NowO
AXN
AXN Black
AXN
AXN Spin
AXN
AXN White
Sony
Sony Max
Sony
Sony Movie Channel
Viasat
Viasat Hungary
Viasat
Viasat 3
Viasat
Viasat 6
Defunct
Animax
AXN
AXN Crime
Middle East
AXN
AXN Middle East
Arabic
English
Defunct
AXN
AXN Israel
Africa
Sony
Sony Channel
Sony
Sony MAX
True Movies
Defunct
Animax
Other
Sony
Sony Pictures Digital
Sony
Sony Pictures Mobile
Sony
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan
Sony
Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
Sony
Sony Pictures Studios
Madison Gate Records
Defunct
Columbia Pictures
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Columbia Pictures Television
Columbia TriStar Television
Merv Griffin Enterprises
ELP Communications
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PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network (
PlayStation
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PlayStation
PlayStation Now
PlayStation
PlayStation Store
PlayStation
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PlayStation Vue)
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Sony Crackle
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Other businesses
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Sony Network Communications
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Sony Professional Solutions
M3 (39.4%)
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Vaio
Vaio (4.9%)
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