Sony entered the video game industry after Nintendo refused to use discs in the next Nintendo console. And thus the PlayStation was born. The PlayStation won the first true "Video Game Console War". The PlayStation was the console of the nineties. Square liked it so much they ported their Final Fantasy games to the PSOne and released the following three on it. Laying out the impressive relationship between Square and PlayStation.
The Next Big Thing
The PlayStation 2 quite literally was the next big thing. It was the first ever console to play DVDs. It was the first console to play games in Standard Definition instead of Low Definition. Like most things the jump from Analogue technology to Digital technology was a massive one. Final Fantasy X appears in this video. The PlayStation 2 won the second "Video Game Console War" easily. And become the highest selling video game console of all time.
For a bit of Square history. They released Final Fantasy X, X-2, XI and XII. Along with the Kingdom Hearts games. For their first couple of PS2 games the dubbing wasn't perfect. But with X-2 and KH2 it was much improved.
The Next Generation
The PlayStation 3 is the greatest video game console in terms of hardware (At time of writing). It was the first console to ever use Blu-ray Discs. And it remains to this day the only console to use normal Blu-ray Discs.
The Beginning
Sony entered the video game industry after Nintendo refused to use discs in the next Nintendo console. And thus the PlayStation was born. The PlayStation won the first true "Video Game Console War". The PlayStation was the console of the nineties. Square liked it so much they ported their Final Fantasy games to the PSOne and released the following three on it. Laying out the impressive relationship between Square and PlayStation.
The Next Big Thing
The PlayStation 2 quite literally was the next big thing. It was the first ever console to play DVDs. It was the first console to play games in Standard Definition instead of Low Definition. Like most things the jump from Analogue technology to Digital technology was a massive one. Final Fantasy X appears in this video. The PlayStation 2 won the second "Video Game Console War" easily. And become the highest selling video game console of all time.
For a bit of Square history. They released Final Fantasy X, X-2, XI and XII. Along with the Kingdom Hearts games. For their first couple of PS2 games the dubbing wasn't perfect. But with X-2 and KH2 it was much improved.
The Next Generation
The PlayStation 3 is the greatest video game console in terms of hardware (At time of writing). It was the first console to ever use Blu-ray Discs. And it remains to this day the only console to use normal Blu-ray Discs.