10 shocking facts you never knew about PlayStation

Facts you never knew about PlayStation: Sony’s PlayStation has a long history of rivalries (Nintendo, Microsoft), successes (rebooting the video gaming industry and helping it become a powerhouse industry worth over $100 billion in revenue per year), and more. But with all the ups-and-downs, such as the successes of the PlayStation 1 and PS2, or the unmitigated financial failure of the PS3 ($3.5 billion lost because of outrageous R&D costs and a high price-tag), there are some interesting things that some fans might not know about the console’s history.

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The Sony PlayStation was first introduced at the end of 1994 in Japan as the brainchild of Ken Kutaragi, who wanted to rival other popular gaming consoles at the time. The PlayStation became the first video game console to ship 100 million units, and the PS2 is the best-selling home console of all time.

With numbers like that, industry-leaders start to notice, and video gaming has since become one of the most financially lucrative industries in entertainment. That’s all fine, and most people know all of that, but here are 10 facts about the PlayStation that you might not know.yStation would have sold had they gone with one of these other logos.

6. The Playstation Button Controls Had a Purpose

The PlayStation’s distinct controller was designed by Sony’s Teiyu Goto, and became a hallmark in video game controller designs, with its sleek, futuristic look. But rather than have to remember letters like ‘A’ and ‘B,’ he wanted users to remember symbols instead. The four symbols he opted for were chosen to consider each button’s function.

The triangle represented a player’s perspective; the square symbolized an option menu or map; and the ‘X’ and ‘O’ represented “no” and “yes” symbols, respectively. Eventually, American developers scrapped the symbols’ functions because American audiences were used to the lowest button being the ‘ok’ button, but many Japanese games still use the ‘O’ to mean ‘yes,’ or ‘ok,’ and the ‘X’ to mean ‘no,’ or ‘cancel.’