Shrygue
April 27th, 2009, 20:44
via Edge Online (http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-playstation)
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This is a story that isn’t just about the design of an object made from silicon, plastic and metal. Nor is it just the story of the corporate politics that allowed the project to commence. It’s also the story of sales forces and distribution systems, of marketing strategies and product evangelists, of a confluence of social, economic and technological circumstances that allowed it to thrive. It’s about the vision behind the piece of hardware that pushed videogames into 3D and a veteran yet wide-eyed technology corporation into an industry that it would transform.
Full article at Edge Online (http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-playstation)
http://www.edge-online.com/files/imagecache/article_content_360x270/moplay1.png
This is a story that isn’t just about the design of an object made from silicon, plastic and metal. Nor is it just the story of the corporate politics that allowed the project to commence. It’s also the story of sales forces and distribution systems, of marketing strategies and product evangelists, of a confluence of social, economic and technological circumstances that allowed it to thrive. It’s about the vision behind the piece of hardware that pushed videogames into 3D and a veteran yet wide-eyed technology corporation into an industry that it would transform.
Full article at Edge Online (http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-playstation)