A playstation is a console built and designed to play video games. These consoles can also double as a theatre by playing movies from discs, running streaming services, browsers and more. Modern playstations can even be used as a VR device to provide immersive gaming.
Playstation is one of the biggest names in gaming, delivering high-powered hardware and exclusive titles to millions of dedicated gamers around the world. Their current flagship system, the PlayStation 5, set records at launch with a fast uptake and even stock shortages – but it’s not without its faults.
After a failed venture with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the early 1990s, Sony decided to market its own console. It dominated its generation, shipping 100 million units and spawning an enormous range of games including the likes of Final Fantasy, Crash Bandicoot and Tekken.
The PS4’s sleeker design and lack of DRM restrictions on preowned software helped it take a big lead over Microsoft’s Xbox One, with exclusives including Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War wowing fans. Its simpler architecture and more affordable price also helped give it the edge over its 64-bit rivals.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X share similar GPU performance with customized RDNA 2 processors, supporting the use of hardware-accelerated ray tracing in some games. Both support 4K resolution and frame rates of up to 120 fps for ultra-smooth gameplay.