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Zadoc
05-14-2005, 11:31 PM
Why is the Playstation commonly referred to as the "PSX?"
Rumor: Everyone knows that Nintendo hooked up with Sony to create a CD add-on to the SNES, whuch was to be the big N's answer to the Sega CD. Nintendo ended up giving Sony the cold shoulder thus creating their own worst enemy and the rest is history.
The rumor is that the "X" is PSX stand for "extreme." The rumor states that since the Playstation was originally in development for Nintendo, that Nintendo held the copyright in the name "Playstation," so the official name for the Playstation was "Playstation Extreme," hence the term PSX.
I've heard this for years, but it sounds kind of strange.
Who knows the real answer?
Gemini-Phoenix
05-15-2005, 02:56 AM
PSX was the original concept name given to the console, a little like how Dolphin was what the Cube was formerly known as during development.
PSX probably stands for PlayStation X or something, but they must have dropped the "X"
I have no idea why Sony decided to call the newer console PSX though, after the original console is more commonly referred to as the PSX
DeputyMoniker
05-15-2005, 11:13 AM
PSX was the original concept name given to the console, a little like how Dolphin was what the Cube was formerly known as during development.
PSX probably stands for PlayStation X or something, but they must have dropped the "X"
I have no idea why Sony decided to call the newer console PSX though, after the original console is more commonly referred to as the PSX
The Nintendo/Sony name for the Playstation was "Play Station". (2 words)
Perhaps PSX came before Play Station but I don't remember anything about that. Besides, TLA's didn't become popular until the mid 90's when the internet made people sick of spelling words out.
digitalpress
05-15-2005, 12:38 PM
"PS" is too short and too vague, and at the time there was no reason to think there would be a PS2.
Same reason we don't call GameCube "GC". It's GCN. Easier to identify and separate from other common abbreviations this way.
This, incidentally, it theory. :)
robotriot
05-15-2005, 12:40 PM
I call it GC all the time ... Gamecube Nintendo just sounds weird :P
Damaramu
05-15-2005, 01:04 PM
Agreed. Shouldn't it be NGC? As in Nintendo Gamecube?
GCN always puzzled me. Oh well. :? :rocker:
DeputyMoniker
05-15-2005, 02:14 PM
Agreed. Shouldn't it be NGC? As in Nintendo Gamecube?
GCN always puzzled me. Oh well. :? :rocker:
Yeah, Joe. WTF? Make some phone calls, dude.
jajaja
05-15-2005, 02:18 PM
I call it GC all the time ... Gamecube Nintendo just sounds weird :P
GC can also be Gameboy Color :)
robotriot
05-15-2005, 02:25 PM
That's GBC, just like GBA :P
Ed Oscuro
05-15-2005, 02:29 PM
"PS" is too short and too vague, and at the time there was no reason to think there would be a PS2.
Or a PSX! I still try to hold out and call it the PSX; I'm a fan of the original "pizza box on cinder blocks" design of the original and hate, hate, hate the PSOne design and moniker.
purelunatic
05-15-2005, 02:47 PM
the x does seem to stand for extreme, why they changed it, i don't know. but i do agree with the fact that gamecube nintendo is pretty dumb, why not just call it nintendo gamecube, it just makes sense.
digitalpress
05-15-2005, 03:04 PM
why not just call it nintendo gamecube, it just makes sense.
Because then it doesn't "sort" properly.
RetroYoungen
05-15-2005, 03:05 PM
the x does seem to stand for extreme, why they changed it, i don't know. but i do agree with the fact that gamecube nintendo is pretty dumb, why not just call it nintendo gamecube, it just makes sense.
It does make more sense, though I always got confused calling it that because I've typed in NGPC so many times (Neo Geo Pocket Color).
But PSX, maybe someone also had the idea that it was some sort of a project X, and added the X at the end because PS seemed to vague...? Just a thought.
davidbrit2
05-15-2005, 03:35 PM
why not just call it nintendo gamecube, it just makes sense.
Because then it doesn't "sort" properly.
This just in! The NES has officially been renamed the ESN! ;-) I'mma go play my MSS now...
drwily008
05-15-2005, 03:51 PM
Up until like a month before Playstation came out the called it PSX in the magazines.
Hell, the Giant Eagle (grocery store w/rentals) by my Mom's house in Ohio still has signs for the "PSX RENTALS" and the "Ultra 64 Rentals".
I'd love to get ahold of those even though they are not "Official".
DeputyMoniker
05-15-2005, 03:52 PM
Up until like a month before Playstation came out the called it PSX in the magazines.
Hell, the Giant Eagle (grocery store w/rentals) by my Mom's house in Ohio still has signs for the "PSX RENTALS" and the "Ultra 64 Rentals".
I'd love to get ahold of those even though they are not "Official".
Ultra 64??
Can we see some pictures of that?
drwily008
05-15-2005, 03:57 PM
Ultra 64??
Can we see some pictures of that?
I don't even live there now, I really wish I could. Alas I'm in sunny Florida and those signs are in frigid Ohio.
They were pretty bland looking though as far as I can remember.
jajaja
05-15-2005, 03:58 PM
To get the right answer (hopefully), send an e-mail to Sony :)
Richter
05-15-2005, 04:00 PM
about GCN (and also AGB)
isnt it because the JP sentence structure is different than English? something about adjectives coming after the noun
?_?
davidbrit2
05-15-2005, 04:56 PM
about GCN (and also AGB)
isnt it because the JP sentence structure is different than English? something about adjectives coming after the noun
?_?
Nope, adjectives come before the noun in Japanese, just like English. Though there could possibly be some other language subtlety that might account for it.
klausien
05-15-2005, 06:43 PM
about GCN (and also AGB)
isnt it because the JP sentence structure is different than English? something about adjectives coming after the noun
?_?
Nope, adjectives come before the noun in Japanese, just like English. Though there could possibly be some other language subtlety that might account for it.
It might be the surname rule in some form.
Gamecube Nintendo
Morimoto Shigeru
slurpeepoop
05-15-2005, 11:37 PM
I was always under the impression that it stood for "Play Station eXperimental/Xperimental" back when it was still undergoing the transformation to a standalone system.
Bluteg
05-16-2005, 02:21 AM
I still refer to Playstation titles as PSX games and I always will. PSX was the codename for the Playstation I believe.
I don't see a sort problem with NGC as it would fit right after N64. Makes sense to me anyway.
GobopopRevisited
05-16-2005, 02:38 AM
I heard Nintendo went with GCN because there is a big Japanese company that use NGC... or something like that.
goatdan
05-16-2005, 04:19 PM
The moniker "PSX" was what Sony used during development of the system as a title for it. Much like the Nintendo Ultra 64 (which the arcade game Cruisn' USA says it is powered by), the Sega Katana (Dreamcast), the Nintendo Dolphin (GameCube) and the Xbox. Most of these names die off after the real name is revealed and it is pretty different. Since the PSX was named the Playstation, it just sorta stuck.
rbudrick
05-16-2005, 05:54 PM
Agreed. Shouldn't it be NGC? As in Nintendo Gamecube?
GCN always puzzled me. Oh well
Well it should be the Color Gameboy, and the Advance(d) Gameboy but it isn't.
I just sort of figured it was kinda like how the military classifies it's items :beans, baked; boogers, green; etc.
I dunno...you'd think soemone at NOA would said something. Maybe they did, and never spoke another word???? :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: :snipersmile:
-Rob