The Sony PlayStation video game was born 25 years ago from the mercy of a commercial dispute. Initially, the Japanese electronics giant Sony did not want to fall under the pressures of producing its own video game platform, and instead planned to cooperate with Nintendo Once considered a crowned queen on the throne of video games in the world, games that use the game's track controllers on a TV screen known as "Console".

However, the agreement between the two companies was not implemented, which changed the course of the history of the video game industry.

The cooperation efforts between the two companies had begun with the invention of the CD-ROMs, which led to a revolution in video games along with a host of other industries.

Since the production of these cylinders is less expensive than the previous cartridge on which the games were stored, it replaced them.

In 1988, the two Japanese companies agreed to cooperate in developing an addition to the gaming device known as the "Super Entertainment System" of Nintendo, an agreement that guaranteed Sony full control over the playing programs in CDs.

Nintendo executives may have believed that Sony wanted to develop encyclopedias or similar programs rather than competing video games, according to American author David Schiff in a research on the industry titled "The Game Is Over: How Nintendo Wiped Out an American Industry, Seizing Your Dollars and Slavery Your children? "

pressure
It may also be that Hiroshi Yamoshi, president of Nintendo, has been pressured to believe that collaborating with Sony is the only way for his company to lay hands on the cool new technology.

However, with the start of the collaboration, Yamushi overcame a feeling that he had conceded a lot, and that Sony could freely produce video games for his new game machine without Nintendo gaining any money from it.

The deal failed after efforts to renegotiate its terms, and Yamoshi, behind Sony's back, sought to sign an agreement to produce CDs with Philips instead.

The climax of the story, however, is that Sony seriously decided to enter video game activity itself, in direct competition with Nintendo, which was then unopposed.

The engineer, Ken Kutaragi, was assigned to implement the project, and today he is considered the true father of PlayStation.

This game was first launched in Japan on December 3, 1994 with features that were then amazing in the game console with 3D graphics technology.

To increase the intensity in a local market already busy with competition, Sony decided to allocate a huge marketing budget and reduce the price significantly.

The PlayStation game was launched in the American market in late 1995 at a price of $ 299, which is much cheaper than the "Sega Sathorn" game, and the Nintendo update brought Sony under pressure and pushed it down the price the following year.

Decisions
However, technical decisions made by Sony helped her to gain an advantage in the market, especially with the introduction of better graphics technologies and increase the storage capacity of the game.

What is more, the game's developers have found a drive to produce a cheaper computer software on CDs, and they also feel happy to have an alternative to the Nintendo platform, which is notorious for its bad reputation on its strict rules.

The PlayStation soon sold more than a hundred million devices worldwide, and the game achieved impressive success.

The next PlayStation 2 version was produced for over ten years, and ultimately cemented Sony's position as a giant in the video game industry.

However, the PlayStation 3 feature declined due to its high price, compared to Nintendo’s "Wii" game, which had skilled movement control, and the fourth version of PlayStation again sold more than a hundred million devices.

However, video game consoles are now facing the most serious challenge in their career, with the giant Sony celebrating the quarter of a century of launching the first version of the "PlayStation" game.

Experts believe that the success of the launch of the Play Station 5 next year is completely guaranteed, but in reality this version may be the last offering of the PlayStation devices.

Transformation
The reason for this is that the video game industry is heading to a different transformation, which is mainly the transition to playing games not through devices but rather through the high-speed Internet, which is received on television screens in homes, mobile phones or computers.

Major companies competing in the video game market, such as Microsoft and Google, are also facing challenges in this regard, such as reducing the time required to download and interact with the game, and these two companies have made great efforts in achieving this revolution in video games.

For its part, Sony expects to switch to video games via the Internet quietly. In addition to the internet broadcast service that it provides for its game known as "PlayStation Now," the company suddenly announced that it is cooperating with its archrival, the game "Xbox" produced by Microsoft, in providing video games broadcast services through the Internet.

In this regard, PlayStation Chief Jim Ryan told CNN that "the world of video game consoles will not disappear within three weeks or three years, yet a world will come in place of it where the number of gaming devices will suddenly decline ".

Since Sony is convinced that there is still a market for the next generation of video game consoles, the company is expected to launch "PlayStation 5" at the end of 2020.

However, with the advanced features also for the next generation of the game, it is not yet clear whether the devices of this game will withstand for another quarter of a century in front of the practical advantages of video games through the Internet!