Amaya Toman Ngesonto eledlule, sibone ukwethulwa kwekhonsoli yegeyimu ye-PlayStation 5. I-"Five" ngokuklama kwayo nemisebenzi ihluke kakhulu esizukulwaneni sokuqala, abantu abaningi abasayibheka njengempumelelo emhlabeni wemboni yemidlalo. Esihlokweni sanamuhla, ake sikhumbule kafushane isingeniso neziqalo zesizukulwane sokuqala sale khonsoli ethandwayo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Pavel Jelic Ngisho nangaphambi kokufika kwe-PlayStation yesizukulwane sokuqala, kwakukhona ikakhulukazi ama-cartridge game consoles atholakala emakethe. Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwalawa ma-cartridges kwakunzima kakhulu ngesikhathi nangemali, futhi amandla namakhono ama-cartridges ayengasenelisi izidingo ezikhulayo zabadlali kanye nemisebenzi ethuthukisiwe yemidlalo emisha. Kancane kancane, imidlalo yaqala ukukhishwa kaningi kuma-compact disc, anikeza izinketho eziningi ezengeziwe mayelana nohlangothi lwemidiya lwemidlalo futhi yahlangabezana nezidingo zevolumu yedatha edingeka kakhulu.
I-Sony ibilokhu ithuthukisa ikhonsoli yayo yokudlala iminyaka eminingi, futhi inikezele isigaba esizinikele ekuthuthukisweni kwayo. I-PlayStation yesizukulwane sokuqala yaqala ukudayiswa eJapan ngoDisemba 3, 1994, kanti abadlali baseNyakatho Melika naseYurophu nabo bayitholile ngoSepthemba wonyaka olandelayo. Ikhonsoli yavele yaba i-hit, yasibekela ngisho ne-Super Nintendo ne-Sega Saturn eqhudelanayo ngaleso sikhathi. E-Japan, ikwazile ukuthengisa amayunithi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-100 ngosuku lokuqala lokuthengisa, i-PlayStation futhi yaba i-console yegeyimu yokuqala ukuthengiswa kwayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kudlule ingqophamlando yamayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-100 athengisiwe.
Igalari yezithombe
Abadlali bangadlala iziqu ezifana ne-WipEout, i-Ridge Racer noma i-Tekken ku-PlayStation yokuqala, kamuva kwafika i-Crash Bandicoot nemidlalo ehlukahlukene yomjaho nezemidlalo. I-console ayikwazanga ukudlala ama-discs wegeyimu kuphela, kodwa nama-CD omculo, futhi kamuva - ngosizo lwe-adaptha efanelekile - nama-CD wevidiyo. Akubona abathengi kuphela ababejabule nge-PlayStation yokuqala, kodwa futhi ochwepheshe nezintatheli, abancoma, isibonelo, ikhwalithi yephrosesa yomsindo noma ihluzo. I-PlayStation bekufanele imele ibhalansi phakathi kokusebenza kwekhwalithi, ukusetshenziswa kalula kanye nenani elithengekayo, okwakuyinselelo kumklami uKen Kutaragi, ngamazwi akhe. Intengo ka-$299, ikhonsoli ithole impendulo enentshiseko ezithamelini emcimbini wokwethulwa.
Ngo-2000, u-Sony wakhipha i-PlayStation 2, ukuthengiswa kwayo okufinyelele ezigidini ezingu-155 phakathi neminyaka edlule, ngawo lowo nyaka kwakhululwa i-PlayStation One. Eminyakeni eyisithupha ngemva kokukhululwa kwesizukulwane sesibili kwafika i-PlayStation 3, ngo-2013 i-PlayStation 4 futhi kulo nyaka i-PlayStation 5. I-console evela ku-Sony ibhekwa ngabaningi njengedivayisi eyashintsha kakhulu umhlaba wokudlala.
Izinsiza: Imidlalopot, Sony (nge-Wayback Machine), I-Lifewire
