I've just bought every single
PlayStation brand new we've got a TV
from the time of each one's release and
even the same game on all of them so
let's find out how much the gaming
experience has evolved over time it
might sound strange now but the original
PlayStation was actually a massive risk
for Sony because put simply Sony was a
nobody in 1994 the entire gaming Market
was just two companies Nintendo who hit
a home run with the creation of Mario
and had about 40% market share and
Seager who having created Sonic their
equivalent to Mario had taken the market
by form to achieve a share of 55% both
of these Titans were fighting tooth and
nail to try and make their mascot the
greatest 2D platformer of all time but
Sony realized something that now is the
perfect time for 3D yeah this is a real
sealed PlayStation 1 straight from 1994
and inside we've got the video adapter
in case your TV didn't have the right
connectors the AC adapter to plug into
the mains the controller which was of
course wired and the console hopefully
it turns on this is ancient
equipment that sound
that's basically the sound of a cathode
ray gun shooting electrons at the
display panel that's actually why
they're called CRT TVs power on the
original
PlayStation buttons kind of want to
experience opening the disc
drive it's actually making me kind of
sad that modern technology has no moving
Parts listen to this
no the controller is so light it kind of
feels like it's not even there and also
look at this no analog sticks there's
one thing Sony smashed its buttons this
is so nice now with only 2 MB of ram a
maximum resolution of 480p and no
internal storage the PS1 stats might
sound pitiful by modern standards I
literally had to Amazon a 128 kilobyte
storage card for it which is very weird
thing to do in 2022 but at the time when
it was released at today's equivalent of
$570 this was the most powerful console
money could buy so this is Gran Turismo
running on the PS1 and if you compare it
to Nintendo or sega's supposed 3D
offerings you'll quickly notice that
Sony is the only one capable of
rendering real 3D models with real
Reflections on the cars it looks insane
in comparison but wait till you see what
the next PlayStation can do Sony also
realized that they couldn't just be more
powerful their brand also had to be
different to Nintendo and AES and their
way of doing that was swapping the
controller letters for shapes and it
wasn't cuz Sony loved geometry the
shapes have significance for example the
Blue Cross and the red circle they
represent yes and no which even now to
this day is still what they're used for
in games Sony did also follow up the
original PlayStation with what's
referred to as the PlayStation slim but
if I'm being really honest we will be
here forever if we start on the
variations of each console so long story
short this company saw an opportunity
and they absolutely smashed it with the
first PlayStation they completely wiped
out Sega for good and practically pulled
Nintendo's pants down coming out of
nowhere with the PS1 becoming the first
console ever to pass 100 million units
sold so how did Sony top that well only
by releasing the bestselling console in
the history of consoles Sony's approach
to the PlayStation 2 released in 2000 at
about $485 in today's money so
significantly cheaper than the PS1 can
be summed up with one phrase if it ain't
broke don't fix it the PS2 is evolution
not Revolution and the unboxing
experience also mirrors that philosophy
you get an upgraded controller as well
as a similar AC cable and TV adapter to
last time oh this brings back so many
memories almost everything about the PS2
is a direct No Frills improvement over
its predecessor it comes with about 12
times the amount of raw processing power
depending on how you measure it 16 times
the amount of RAM and no less than 63
times the amount of storage on the
default memory card this had 8 mbes
remember back in the day consoles didn't
used to have these enormous hard drives
inside of them to be able to install
games onto the entire game would be fit
onto the game disc itself and so the
only extra storage you needed was just a
memory card for your save files which
you could then take out and Carry Your
saves to your friend's house with so if
we turn the PS2 on
oh this is my childhood so there's an
eject button up here that sounds amazing
you can barely read the actual text of
what these things are that difference is
crazy the difference versus the PS1 is
absolutely night and day the processing
power allows it to render many times the
amount of polygons on screen which
reduces the blocky look of the PS1 era
and the extra Ram allows for background
textures to just have way more going on
in them like even the Finish Line Banner
it now blows about in the wind and the
master stroke with the PS2 was how Sony
managed to through the design of the
console make it extremely clear that
this was a next gen bitter kit there's
been a few consoles in the past like
Nintendo's Wii U that look so similar to
their last gen counterparts that people
thought that they were just add-ons not
here the ps2's design is far more bulky
and angular with this grill that was
really meant to evoke the feeling of an
engine something capable of real power
that combined with some of the best
games of the generation led the
PlayStation to to break every record
ever set selling 158 million units you
had Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's
original Xbox also around at this time
but they didn't even sell a fifth as
much as the PS2 did and to keep up with
the increasing complexity of the games
Sony also upgraded the controller with
something they called dual shock which
is a combination of dual analog sticks
and built-in Rumble technology so you
can really feel the the texture of the
grass and if you're not a good driver
like me the texture of the wall son
wasn't kidding with the word Rumble the
PS2 was also technically the first time
you could play your games online but you
had to rely on the individual game
developers to create their own servers
as Sony didn't develop their own
infrastructure for online connectivity
until the PlayStation 3 arguably the
first Sony console to properly Herald in
the digital age this time round internet
was a focus hence he included ethernet
cable as well as the TV output cables
and a USB mini cable to charge the
further upgraded now wireless controller
I probably don't need to tell you but
the PS3 was also the boldest console
Sony had ever made look at this beef
Cake Plus do you recognize that text
yeah that's the Spider-Man font cuz Sony
owns the Spider-Man IP and they thought
it would help them to sell more consoles
it did not the good news is that the PS3
took some notes from the PS2 in the ramp
everything up Department the bad news is
that this time that also included the
price to try and make the PS3 feel like
a completely new era in gaming Sony had
a special custom cell processor designed
just for it but this was really
expensive pushing the launch price of
this console all the way up to
$869 in today's money supremely pricey
especially given the console's creaky
plastic exterior but oh boy was this
thing powerful as a matter of fact as an
overall system it was about 35 times
more powerful than the PS2 making it 384
times more powerful than the PS1 these
are ridiculous numbers in fact the PS3
was so Advanced that it was actually
used to build supercomputers incl a
truly genius move by Stanford University
researchers who developed an app called
folding at home which allowed PS3 users
to dedicate a portion of their
supercomputing power to Aid with complex
protein folding calculations used to
learn more about how to prevent diseases
like Alzheimer's it was also pretty good
at games so I never actually owned a PS3
at launch but I remember how I felt when
my friend got on for the first time it
really felt like a machine from the
future like I remember being just giddy
with excitement that something of this
power actually existed you also notice
they've actually started putting
attention into how the discs look at
this point and the dis loading mechanism
that's all inside the console now
there's no tray that comes in and out
this console is not quiet or cool for
that matter it's like an oven back here
and it's only on the home screen you can
kind of see that this is the point where
the console became much more than just a
place to play video games it's the first
time there's a proper home screen that
you would actually want to spend time in
this literally used to be one of the
coolest things in the world to me the
fact that you could change your home
screen color oh yeah the friends tab I
spent a lot of time there you think at
that point that you can't make the same
generational leap again but this is it
and also you can actually feel the
mechanics of the game becoming more
sophisticated as well there's more
physics involved one problem that PS3
owners did used to have though was that
because the onoff button was capacitive
their pets would often turn their
consoles off don't get any
ideas so now we have the PS3 Grand
Turismo next to the PS2 next to the PS1
I can't wait to complete this line but
already the leap is phenomenal the first
key difference being resolution while
the PS1 is outputting the game at 512x
240 the PS2 is pushing over three times
more pixels at 852 x 480 and the PS3 was
running at two times that at 1280 by 720
or in other words for the very first
time true high definition gaming this is
basically the difference between you
going into the settings on this video
and swapping between 240p 480p and 720p
massive but it's not just more pixels
it's also much more complex game effects
one of the most impressive things about
the PlayStation 3 was its ability to
also handle almost lifelike lighting
shadows and Reflections not to mention
vast sprawling backgrounds something
else I'm noticing is is how much nicer
the controller is it's wireless it's
weightier cuz it's now got an inbuilt
battery and also has motion sensors
built into it and also compared to the
ps2's controller the triggers just have
much more travel they call this the six
axis controller because as well as all
the buttons it could also pick up how
you move the controller itself and
translate that into the game even though
it was the home to god tier games like
Grand Theft Auto 5 and the last of us
even though it was where Sony launched
their free online Playstation network
service even though it also doubled as a
media machine with full Blue-ray disc
compatibility Sony really screwed up
that pricing it ended up selling 84
million units barely half of the PS2 and
was slightly outsold by Microsoft's Xbox
360 Sony was on the back foot again they
needed to do something special
thankfully Microsoft did their job for
them when the PlayStation 4 launched up
against the Xbox One in 2013 Microsoft
screwed up their marketing so badly that
Sony could have re-released the
PlayStation 3 and probably still won the
fact that Microsoft forced users to also
buy the connect camera with the console
forced users to be always online and
focused almost completely on how the
next gen Xbox would work as a TV box
rather than a games console it made it
almost too easy for team blue Sony even
took to the stage to rip apart the Xbox
One's deliberate inability to play
borrowed games this is how you share
your games on PS4
thanks and it was pretty much game over
at that point now when you add to this
that the PS4 was also insanely
well-designed it starts to make sense
why it completely popped off like check
out the new dual shock 4 controller it
incorporates the dual shock Tech from
the PS2 controller and the Sixaxis
motion sensing from the PS3 controller
and it makes both aspects much more
refined the analog sticks are now also
further apart and they're concave for
better grip there's a new share button
which reflects the shift to social
gaming plus we've not also got an RGB
LED light on the front as an identifier
for which player you are a speaker in
the controller itself for a directional
sound experience and even a 2-in
touchpad in the middle for menu
navigation I remember the moment that I
got to hold one of these for the first
time and I was just sat there like an
idiot like turning it over and over in
my hands for 10 minutes straight
thinking holy cow this is real the PS4
is about 10 times more powerful than the
PS3 making it the numbers are getting
kind of out of hand at this point about
3,800 times as powerful as the PS1 it
had 8 GB of RAM which is 32 times the
PS3 and 4,096 times the original
PlayStation and not to mention that
because the PS4 is based off a less
custom more standard pc- like
architecture it was way easier for
developers to work with it and fully
extract that power you know this kind of
reminds me of the really really early
days of this channel I remember when the
PS4 launched we had about 10,000
subscribers I know that cuz we used to
cover tons of gaming content at the time
but I would stick to handheld because I
would never dream of spending this much
on one console I know this section is
all about the PS4 but all I can hear is
this PS3 so this actually quite exciting
this is the first time you can turn the
console on with the controller so this
is very much a refined version of the
PS3's home screen much more blocky in
style oh my god listen to
it it's louder than the PS3 there was me
thinking this was going to be a nice
Sleek quiet machine I only half blame
Sony this room that we're in is
basically a sauna right now boots up the
game you can also tell the text is way
sharper and more readable now you can
actually now pick the exact time of day
of your race and it will affect the
weather conditions accordingly you can
feel such a visceral difference the
density of the crowd the the light
coming rarely from the Sun all right so
I've actually filled up a bag with ice
just to cool it down cuz this is getting
ridiculous I'm going to lay it on top of
the ice pack in my mind this is what a
modern racing game looks like the game
almost has like an atmosphere that the
other ones lack excuse my driving I can
actually also notice a bit of realistic
damage on my car so upgraded physics too
what do you do with this much power then
well I mean just for starters a further
doubling of the resolution to now 1080P
or full HD the PS4 could happily fill a
40-in TV and not look like it was being
stretched and it also just gave
developers the head room to be creative
to build not just detailed backgrounds
but fully open worlds to execute their
Visions in their entirety plus they
could now add pretty much any visual
effect they could think of dirt
particles motion blur realistic fog and
it's in these details where you really
feel the difference versus the PS3 so
when you combine all of this with the
fact that the PlayStation 4 also
launched at a much friendlier $500 in
today's money it's not surprising that
it went on to sell 120 million units
more than doubling Microsoft's competing
Xbox one it's kind of hard to imagine
how this masterpiece can actually now be
seen as a relic of the past but the PS5
firmly pushes it aside cementing itself
as the wildest most futuristic
PlayStation to ever exist and Sony has
really run with this idea of futurism
everything from the controller to the
console to the headset they launch
alongside it it all shares this two-tone
Ultra minimalistic Space Age design
philosophy and I freaking love it The
Moment I Saw the PS5 get announced I
shrieked like what gamer doesn't want a
console that looks like a literal alien
Starship and I mean it makes the Xbox
series X that it's competing against
look like a prude by comparison there is
also this strangely shaped stand which
actually very cleverly can support the
console either horizont Al or vertically
but do the internals keep up absolutely
the PlayStation 5 dunks on its
predecessor it has two times the Ram at
16 GB and its core Graphics processing
unit is about eight times more powerful
and that's not even factoring in its
Solid State Storage that's at least 50
times faster than the PlayStation 4's
hard drive and this is the fun part
about compounding multiples when
compared to the original PS1 the PS5 is
approximately 30,000 times more powerful
you can make a bridge of PlayStation
ones spanning an entire city and it
still wouldn't be able to outperform a
single PS5 let's see how the PS5
Compares love these LEDs on the inside
such a classy touch this is such a fun
video as well hey if you want to see me
make a comparison of every Nintendo
console ever and a sub to the channel
would be historic oh my God I'm I'm
blinded adjust HDR oh that is actually
one of the new features here just like
insane levels of contrast I know we're
only on the homepage right now but this
screen the one thing you really notice
about the PS5 UI is everything is very
Visual and full screen wow the amount of
buildings you can see you can see
individual settlements over here in the
background okay just look at the
difference in color between this screen
and this screen a lot of that is just
the new high dynamic range I can hear
Applause coming through the speaker in
the controller you can even see the
clouds in the sky reflected on the body
of my car and moving in real time oh my
God it's so rumbly okay this is a huge
upgrade even from the PS4 not only is
the resolution now full 4K four times
higher than 1080p but the PS5 is also
capable of realtime rate tracing meaning
that instead of pre-baking the light
Reflections into a scene like most video
games have done till now this console
can simulate the real physical behavior
of light in real time and how it affects
every single Pixel on screen and I can
also feel not just the general Rumble
from my engine thanks to dual shock but
also the physical sensation of putting
pressure on the pedal thanks to the new
adaptive triggers in this controller
that can adjust their tension on on the
fly every PlayStation console together
in one frame what a sight imagine what
the ps6 is going to look like now a
slick as the PS5 does look there is one
way to make it even Slicker these are
dark plates and not only do they make
your console matte black but they add
vents to allow more air to pass through
they reduce the temperature on the
inside of the console and they also trim
the corners to make it more compact much
needed with the size of this thing but
it's not just a customization for the
sides of the console you can also pick
up a middle skin to cover up those
unavoidable scuffs on the glossy piano
black plastic I've gone for matte black
all the way around but you can also get
retro gray which is color matched to the
original PlayStation 1 or just classic
white and if that's still not enough
customization dark plates have one more
trick light scripts these are basically
light filters that you put on top of the
existing lights that your PS5 has to
change the color of them to whatever you
want it to be link below to check out
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