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paulrage2 on 12 February 2013

No man. The first PlayStation will be always PSX.



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Burning Typhoon on 12 February 2013

The PSX was what sony was calling the PSOne... In case you forgot, it wasn't called PSOne until the new slim model came out. Before that, it had always been PSX. Even though, with the original console, sony eventually dropped the X, the name stuck, for whatever reason. Read this a while ago... No source..

But, since you want to be critical about it, there are two consoles called PSX... Obviously, the PS1 was being called PSX first, and no one had the DVR console. Just because there was a new obscure console with the name, doesn't mean the previous console wasn't called the same thing.

But, what's the big deal? Some people refer to the "Playstation 3" as simply "Playstation." Gonna get a fit for them neglecting the number?..



Mazty on 12 February 2013
Jumpin said:
phinch1 said:

Why do people call the Origional playstation the PSX......Type psx into google and see what comes up, It an actual console that was made inbetween the PS2 and PS3, it has the cross media bar to similar to the PS3, it was also sony's first console to have the cross media bar

 

it was released in Japan (and only in japan) in 2003 just before Christmas, its plays Playstation and Playstation 2 titles It has internal storage with  160GB HDD and a higher model with 250GB with memory stick reader (like the origional PS3 60GB) updatable firmware (like psp ps3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofHwP9J9Rw

So yeah, call it the Playstation, PS, PS1 PSOne........ but stop calling it the PSX Please.

Because it IS the PSX to everyone who had one before that little white model came out. It is what everyone referered to it as. That DVR thing is named after the common abbreviation of the original PSX. What can I say, I guess it's hard being a newb.

psx.ign.com - this site has been Round since the 90's.

I had a PS1 and it never, ever was the PSX. It was the PS. Adding the X is just unecessary and pointless. 

Calling the PS the PSX is like everyone calling the 360 the Xenon. It just reeks of pretention.



the2real4mafol on 12 February 2013

i just call it PS1, it was the first playstation after all



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Cthulhu on 12 February 2013

PSX refers to PS1 when it was in development



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Jumpin on 12 February 2013
Mazty said:
Jumpin said:
phinch1 said:

Why do people call the Origional playstation the PSX......Type psx into google and see what comes up, It an actual console that was made inbetween the PS2 and PS3, it has the cross media bar to similar to the PS3, it was also sony's first console to have the cross media bar

 

it was released in Japan (and only in japan) in 2003 just before Christmas, its plays Playstation and Playstation 2 titles It has internal storage with  160GB HDD and a higher model with 250GB with memory stick reader (like the origional PS3 60GB) updatable firmware (like psp ps3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofHwP9J9Rw

So yeah, call it the Playstation, PS, PS1 PSOne........ but stop calling it the PSX Please.

Because it IS the PSX to everyone who had one before that little white model came out. It is what everyone referered to it as. That DVR thing is named after the common abbreviation of the original PSX. What can I say, I guess it's hard being a newb.

psx.ign.com - this site has been Round since the 90's.

I had a PS1 and it never, ever was the PSX. It was the PS. Adding the X is just unecessary and pointless. 

Calling the PS the PSX is like everyone calling the 360 the Xenon. It just reeks of pretention.

It was called the PSX everywhere, I don't see how you could have possibly missed that.

psx.ign.com - was the largest gaming site on the Internet during the PSX era, and EVERY gaming website called it the PSX. There is no way you could have missed that.



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Mazty on 12 February 2013
Jumpin said:
Mazty said:
Jumpin said:
phinch1 said:

Why do people call the Origional playstation the PSX......Type psx into google and see what comes up, It an actual console that was made inbetween the PS2 and PS3, it has the cross media bar to similar to the PS3, it was also sony's first console to have the cross media bar

 

it was released in Japan (and only in japan) in 2003 just before Christmas, its plays Playstation and Playstation 2 titles It has internal storage with  160GB HDD and a higher model with 250GB with memory stick reader (like the origional PS3 60GB) updatable firmware (like psp ps3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofHwP9J9Rw

So yeah, call it the Playstation, PS, PS1 PSOne........ but stop calling it the PSX Please.

Because it IS the PSX to everyone who had one before that little white model came out. It is what everyone referered to it as. That DVR thing is named after the common abbreviation of the original PSX. What can I say, I guess it's hard being a newb.

psx.ign.com - this site has been Round since the 90's.

I had a PS1 and it never, ever was the PSX. It was the PS. Adding the X is just unecessary and pointless. 

Calling the PS the PSX is like everyone calling the 360 the Xenon. It just reeks of pretention.

It was called the PSX everywhere, I don't see how you could have possibly missed that.

psx.ign.com - was the largest gaming site on the Internet during the PSX era, and EVERY gaming website called it the PSX. There is no way you could have missed that.


Easy. I, y'know, called the product by it's name and so did my friends. 

The internet back in the mid-ninties....yeah I think a lot of people can be forgiven for not bothering with it back then. As I said, referring to the PS as the PSX is as pointless as calling the 360 the Xenon.



Dr.Grass on 12 February 2013
Metrium said:
PSX bugs me to. I have no idea where the X came from, it's PS1 for me, because PS for me refers to the entire Playstation brand.


Before PS2 came out, no-one called it the PS1. Incidentally, the PS2 was the first 'numbered' console.

Your argument falls flat.



Dr.Grass on 12 February 2013
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.

I still think it's just a states thing, I've never heard it called that here

 

I got the Official UK PS magazine here in South Africa and as such I've been aware of the usage of 'PSX' since 1997. Just because you don't know something doesn't mean everyone else doesn't.

Kinda makes it funny that you're getting your panties in a twist.

 

 



Corey on 12 February 2013

I call it the PS1.