Tokyo, seven in the morning. Thousands of people are on vigil outside electronics stores across the country for a long time. They set up tents right on the sidewalks and cook food on the street, many coming from other countries. Very soon, everyone will be able to touch the future for just $599. People who are happy in line do not know only one thing - how much they are being deceived.
20 years ago, on this day, the PlayStation 3 was released, one of the strangest consoles in history. The brainchild of a dark Japanese genius, it was supposed to become a miracle of technology and create a revolution, but it ended up spawning memes about "soap" and "no games".
Today, together with our colleagues from Mash Silver, we will go back to the 2000s and find out how one small console almost killed a huge corporation. The answer to the eternal question "So there are games on the PS3? "- in our long reading.
Everyone, wipe the soap from your eyes!