When did people start calling the ps1 psx?

This is a psx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_%28DVR%29

The PSX was a PS2 and DVR never released outside of Japan. So why do so many people insist on calling the PS1 PSX?

PSX was the codename for the original PS and was widely used back then. So some people still use that.

They don't insist on anything, psx is just what people referred to it as when it launched. Saturn, PSX, N64. PSone didn't exist, at least the name, until the god ugly.....

They don't insist on anything, psx is just what people referred to it as when it launched. Saturn, PSX, N64. PSone didn't exist, at least the name, until the god ugly.....

Heirren

really? I thought the PSOne was qutie a decent looking system.

or at least there are certainly uglier systems out there (the US SNES being one)

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They don't insist on anything, psx is just what people referred to it as when it launched. Saturn, PSX, N64. PSone didn't exist, at least the name, until the god ugly.....

Darkman2007

really? I thought the PSOne was qutie a decent looking system.

or at least there are certainly uglier systems out there (the US SNES being one)

The US snes is one of my favorites, actually.

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[QUOTE="Heirren"]

They don't insist on anything, psx is just what people referred to it as when it launched. Saturn, PSX, N64. PSone didn't exist, at least the name, until the god ugly.....

Heirren

really? I thought the PSOne was qutie a decent looking system.

or at least there are certainly uglier systems out there (the US SNES being one)

The US snes is one of my favorites, actually.

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

really? I thought the PSOne was qutie a decent looking system.

or at least there are certainly uglier systems out there (the US SNES being one)

Darkman2007

The US snes is one of my favorites, actually.

That doesn't mean it is poorly designed. Good use of shape, imo. Plus, I like the original psx design, which is very derivative of the US snes--just a more circular version, which goes along with the introduction of the disc based format(and yes I'm aware it wasn't the first disc based system, but it really did bring it to the limelight.)

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The US snes is one of my favorites, actually.

Heirren

That doesn't mean it is poorly designed. Good use of shape, imo. Plus, I like the original psx design, which is very derivative of the US snes--just a more circular version, which goes along with the introduction of the disc based format(and yes I'm aware it wasn't the first disc based system, but it really did bring it to the limelight.)

original grey PS1Darkman2007

Which really does resemble the US snes.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] original grey PS1Heirren

Which really does resemble the US snes.

I can't see the resemblence , if anything ,its more like the JPN/PAL SNES

though if youre judging by colour scheme its closer to the JP Saturn

despite it looking odd in this pic, its actually a slightly darker grey than the PS1

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] original grey PS1Darkman2007

Which really does resemble the US snes.

I can't see the resemblence , if anything ,its more like the JPN/PAL SNES

though if youre judging by colour scheme its closer to the JP Saturn

despite it looking odd in this pic, its actually a slightly darker grey than the PS1

No way! C'mon man, the psx resembles the US snes VERY much so. It's undeniable!

I do like the Saturn design, btw. Original Genesis and Dreamcast were nice too.

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[QUOTE="Heirren"]

Which really does resemble the US snes.

Heirren

I can't see the resemblence , if anything ,its more like the JPN/PAL SNES

though if youre judging by colour scheme its closer to the JP Saturn

despite it looking odd in this pic, its actually a slightly darker grey than the PS1

No way! C'mon man, the psx resembles the US snes VERY much so. It's undeniable!

I do like the Saturn design, btw. Original Genesis and Dreamcast were nice too.

we will have to agree to disagree then , I really can't see any resemblence.

as for the DC, it looks nice though it suffers from the same issue the SNES does, the plastic has a tendency to yellow .

the white Saturn also had that probelm , but to a lesser extent (seems to be the type of plastic they used)

I always called it the PSX personally.

Maybe as early as when the playstation was still the SNES Play-Station CD. Nintendo had just thrown Sony to the curb. Sony then continued work on the then secret PSX project. Then on December 3rd 1994. The rest is history.

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] original grey PS1Darkman2007

Which really does resemble the US snes.

I can't see the resemblence , if anything ,its more like the JPN/PAL SNES

though if youre judging by colour scheme its closer to the JP Saturn

despite it looking odd in this pic, its actually a slightly darker grey than the PS1

Not at all. Look at the US snes, extend the sides by just a bit, and put a round thing in the center of the unit. Aesthetically it is very similar, shape/space wise.

I think you have the question backwards. It should read "When did people start calling the PSX the PS1?"

PSX was the codename used for the Playstation at first. A few websites (yeah, they existed back then, lol) and gaming magazines started using the name and it caught on. So much so that there was even a monthly magazine called PSX that focused on Playstation only. Now this was a different magazine than the Official U.S. Playstation Magazine that came with demo discs and was fully endorsed by Sony.

People didn't even start calling Playstation PS1 until PS2 came out, simply to differentiate between the two since most of us called PS1 by the name Playstation back in the day.

I think you have the question backwards. It should read "When did people start calling the PSX the PS1?"

PSX was the codename used for the Playstation at first. A few websites (yeah, they existed back then, lol) and gaming magazines started using the name and it caught on. So much so that there was even a monthly magazine called PSX that focused on Playstation only. Now this was a different magazine than the Official U.S. Playstation Magazine that came with demo discs and was fully endorsed by Sony.

People didn't even start calling Playstation PS1 until PS2 came out, simply to differentiate between the two since most of us called PS1 by the name Playstation back in the day.

Emerald_Warrior

Hmm...wasn't it PS(M)? Or was there another one with 'X' as well?

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I think you have the question backwards. It should read "When did people start calling the PSX the PS1?"

PSX was the codename used for the Playstation at first. A few websites (yeah, they existed back then, lol) and gaming magazines started using the name and it caught on. So much so that there was even a monthly magazine called PSX that focused on Playstation only. Now this was a different magazine than the Official U.S. Playstation Magazine that came with demo discs and was fully endorsed by Sony.

People didn't even start calling Playstation PS1 until PS2 came out, simply to differentiate between the two since most of us called PS1 by the name Playstation back in the day.

Heirren

Hmm...wasn't it PS(M)? Or was there another one with 'X' as well?

PSX:

And note the date: August/September 1996.

This is a psx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_%28DVR%29

The PSX was a PS2 and DVR never released outside of Japan. So why do so many people insist on calling the PS1 PSX?

lordoftheleft

PSX has never been a official designation of the PS1 and is nothing more than slang, regardless of whether it was its code name or not. People don't call dreamcast Katana or the gamecube dolphin. It was called the PlayStation back than and PS1 now to differentiate itself from the other PlayStation's.

PSX has never been a official designation of the PS1 and is nothing more than slang, regardless of whether it was its code name or not. People don't call dreamcast Katana or the gamecube dolphin. It was called the PlayStation back than and PS1 now to differentiate itself from the other PlayStation's.

lordoftheleft

Actually even publications called it the PSX back then. Besides, the "real" PSX never left Japan so it's a little irrelevant.

lol snes model 2 is not boxey just so you know also that was the style back then you had the old tube tvs , well the snes goes well with it ,

so ya back then we didnt care for flashy things, and i still dont

lol snes model 2 is not boxey just so you know also that was the style back then you had the old tube tvs , well the snes goes well with it ,

so ya back then we didnt care for flashy things, and i still dont

mariokart64fan

What? People didn't care about flashy things then? ROFL! Just because technology has moved ahead and things seem flashier nowadays, doesn't mean the same wasn't true then. It's just that the technology wasn't as good then as it is now. People had surround sound systems, people had big-screen TVs, and SNESs costed $150, which with the rate inflation is about even with consoles today. And if people didn't like flashy, then why did the Neo Geo do as well as it did? A $600 system that stayed alive for an astonishing 14 years.

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lol snes model 2 is not boxey just so you know also that was the style back then you had the old tube tvs , well the snes goes well with it ,

so ya back then we didnt care for flashy things, and i still dont

Emerald_Warrior

What? People didn't care about flashy things then? ROFL! Just because technology has moved ahead and things seem flashier nowadays, doesn't mean the same wasn't true then. It's just that the technology wasn't as good then as it is now. People had surround sound systems, people had big-screen TVs, and SNESs costed $150, which with the rate inflation is about even with consoles today. And if people didn't like flashy, then why did the Neo Geo do as well as it did? A $600 system that stayed alive for an astonishing 14 years.

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[QUOTE="mariokart64fan"]

lol snes model 2 is not boxey just so you know also that was the style back then you had the old tube tvs , well the snes goes well with it ,

so ya back then we didnt care for flashy things, and i still dont

Darkman2007

What? People didn't care about flashy things then? ROFL! Just because technology has moved ahead and things seem flashier nowadays, doesn't mean the same wasn't true then. It's just that the technology wasn't as good then as it is now. People had surround sound systems, people had big-screen TVs, and SNESs costed $150, which with the rate inflation is about even with consoles today. And if people didn't like flashy, then why did the Neo Geo do as well as it did? A $600 system that stayed alive for an astonishing 14 years.

No doubt it didn't do as well as Sega Genesis or SNES. It's not even a comparison. But a console being alive for 14 years is an accomplishment no matter what. Especially compared to flash in the pans like Jaguar, CD-i, and 3DO.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

What? People didn't care about flashy things then? ROFL! Just because technology has moved ahead and things seem flashier nowadays, doesn't mean the same wasn't true then. It's just that the technology wasn't as good then as it is now. People had surround sound systems, people had big-screen TVs, and SNESs costed $150, which with the rate inflation is about even with consoles today. And if people didn't like flashy, then why did the Neo Geo do as well as it did? A $600 system that stayed alive for an astonishing 14 years.

Emerald_Warrior

No doubt it didn't do as well as Sega Genesis or SNES. It's not even a comparison. But a console being alive for 14 years is an accomplishment no matter what. Especially compared to flash in the pans like Jaguar, CD-i, and 3DO.

i'm pretty sure magazines like Game informer called it (the Sony Playstation) PSX before the PS2 game out. because just calling it PS made no sense and calling it PS1 wouldnt make sense until there is PS2. Thats like calling a movie "Transformers 1" before there is even a 2nd movie announced. Then you have the competition for the playstation: N64, SAT, GEN, SNES, NES,..... see how each is 3 or 4 letters? adding an X to the end of stuff was cool back then, so PSX made sense.

edit: oh and the fact that the "PSx" never left japan really , so its not like MOST people would be confused about what you were talking about if you called a Playstation a psx.

i think people just say it to sound cool or because they are too ignorant to know....

They don't insist on anything, psx is just what people referred to it as when it launched. Saturn, PSX, N64. PSone didn't exist, at least the name, until the god ugly.....

Heirren

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] original grey PS1Darkman2007

Which really does resemble the US snes.

I can't see the resemblence , if anything ,its more like the JPN/PAL SNES

though if youre judging by colour scheme its closer to the JP Saturn

despite it looking odd in this pic, its actually a slightly darker grey than the PS1