Video games were not always the most consumed form of media on the planet. There was a time, not that long ago, where playing video games was just for the nerds. "Why don't you go out and do something?", was a common phrase many of us heard time and time again. However, once PlayStation began it's dominance in the mid to late 90's slowly but surely the tides of gaming be nerdy were turning. Soon playing video games would become main stream. This once nerdy niche not only became acceptable, but it became the cool thing to do.
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TimeStamps:
00:00 - 5:35 Intro what are we playing now
5:36 - 13:24 How PlayStation came to be
13:25 - 16:57 PlayStation dominates Japan
16:58 - 26:21 PlayStation Sports games
26:22 - 35:13 Fighting Games
35:14 - 50:14 RPGs
50:15 - 1:21:19 Notable PS1 Games
1:21:20 - 1:35:39 Accessories, Tech and Outro
Intro/Outro Art & Graphics by: Bernardo DelCast
Intro/Outro Music by: 8 Bit Universe
Song: Orange Juice
Discover more of their music at: YouTube.com/8bituniverse
Source for Graph and Japanese Console statics: https://www.isc.hbs.edu/Documents/resources/courses/moc-course-at-harvard/pdf/student-projects/Final%20paper%20-%20Japan%20gaming%20cluster%20vfinal.pdf
Paper Written by: Tatsuya Hasegawa, Takeru Ito, Ryu Kawano, Koichi Kibata and Ken Nonomura
