phinch1 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
PSX was the only abbreviation for the Playstation back when there was no PS2.
The PSX was not a console between the PS2 and 3, it was a DVR enabled PS2 released only in Japan. Everyone outside of Japan doesn't need to remember the PSX, it wasn't a world wide product.
There was no PS1, there was a PS and a PSone, but no PS1. PS-X was the internal development name for the PS and predated the PSone.
SCEA actually wanted to release the Playstation with the name PSX because they didn't like the name Playstation. I agree with them, to me it sounds like a Playschool toy for babies.
But anyway, we call it PSX because back in the 32bit days the vast majority called it PSX and the name stuck. Back then you either typed Playstation or PSX. All the magazines did it and so did those of us with dial up and a forum to post on.
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I still think it's just a states thing, I've never heard it called that here
1) of course it was, how was it not? it wasnt a Playstation, it wasnt a PS2
2) Because it didn't launch anywhere else you want to deney its existance?
3)Exactly, internal development, you wont call the ps4 the orbis when it's released
4) Well tough titties its japans console and they can call it what the hell they wan't and they did.......... Playstation (not PSX)
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It's a PS2 not a PS2.5. You can consider it a DVR witha PS2 stuffed in it or a PS2 with a DVR stuffed in, but either way it's just a DVR enabled PS2 not a seperate console like the PSX, PS2, PS3, PSP, and PSV.
Lots of products only release in Japan and most people don't give much thought to them. The rest of the world can pretty much pretend that it never happened.
It started as a interntal development name but it spread so far into print media that it permiated our culture and became the most common nickname for the Playstation. You don't have to like it, but it's true. The vast majority called it PSX and it stuck. Deal with it. Nobody is going to call the PS4 Orbis because it wouldn't be an abbreviation of Playstation 4. But if it turns out to be called Playstation Orbis, we might all call it Orbis as much as we call it PSO.
SCEA didn't like it so they probably pushed PSX to American media.
