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1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 21 | WHAT IF?
The Nintendo Play Station: A Retrospective
Cover Story: As Nintendo and Sony prepare to announce the Play Station 4 at E3, we remember the console that set the stage for modern gaming.
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s we gear up for E3 2012, the biggest announcement expected to come out of the L.A. Convention Center this year is the latest generation of gaming’s console goliath, the Play Station 4. Based on early reports from trusted third-party developers and info leaks from Chinese parts suppliers, the PS4 seems a given — and with its arrival, the continued dominance of the games industry by joint Sony/Nintendo venture Taido should be a lock as well.
With the PS4 right around the corner, now is as good a time as any to look back at the history of the Play Station family and how two Japanese giants teamed up to put an entire medium in a 20-year hammerlock.
