Sony has unveiled a new version of its legendary PlayStation console—the PlayStation Classic. Much like Nintendo's recent release of its retro consoles, the PlayStation Classic comes packed with 20 games made famous on Sony's ground-breaking game console. Believe it or not, the PlayStation launched almost 25 years ago. Feeling old? The classic console will be released on December 3, just in time for Christmas. So far, Sony has only announced five of the 20 games included: Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 and Wild Arms. Again, in the same vein as Nintendo, the console will be significantly smaller (45 percent) than the original PS1 and will fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. Sony will release the PlayStation Classic at a price of $99.99 in the United States, £89.99 in the UK and €99.99 in Europe. December 3, the shipping date, is the same day Sony unveiled the original PlayStation back in 1994. There's more good news—the console will ship with two replica controllers. The power, reset and open disc buttons will be operational on the console. The open disc button will allow you to change games and the reset button suspends emulations. Sony has pledged that all the games will be available to play "in their original format." The only downside is Sony have (yet again) followed Nintendo's lead and decided not to include a power brick in the box. You'll have to supply that one yourself. In the box—along with the console and two controllers—you will get an HDMI cable and power cable (minus the brick, of course). Sony bragged the original PlayStation was the first home console to ship 100 million units worldwide and said long-time fans would "appreciate the nostalgia that comes with rediscovering the games they know and love." When Nintendo release the NES Classic Mini back in 2016, the high demand for the console was unexpected. Nintendo struggled to produce enough consoles to keep people happy and eventually froze orders. A year later, it released the SNES Classic Mini, along with 21 games. It was another hit for Nintendo. Rumors are now circulating Nintendo is planning an N64 Classic Mini, featuring hit games like Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64 and Super Smash Bros.<doc-sep>PlayStation Classic challenges Nintendo mini consoles with 20 PS1 games Today, Sony announced the PlayStation Classic, a new mini console that comes loaded with 20 PS1 games. With Nintendo’s success in selling the NES Classic and SNES Classic, this is something we should have seen coming, as the PlayStation 1 was home to many fondly remembered titles. The timing of this announcement is pretty perfect too, as the original PlayStation is turning 25 years old later this year. In fact, Sony has lined up a release date of December 3, 2018 for the PlayStation Classic – 25 years to the day after the first PlayStation launched in Japan. In a post to the PlayStation Blog today, Sony confirmed that the PlayStation Classic will come with 20 pre-loaded games, but it didn’t reveal a full list of included titles. It did, however, say that Final Fantasy 7, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms are all on the roster. The other 15 titles will be revealed at a later date, leaving us to guess what they could be in the meantime. We’ll probably see at least one entry each from the Tomb Raider and Twisted Metal series, and it’s possible that we’ll see games like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Metal Gear Solid assuming Sony can work out licensing for them. There were a lot of great games on the original PlayStation, so narrowing the Classic to just 20 seems like a difficult task. Sony says that the PlayStation Classic is about 45% smaller than the original PlayStation, keeping with the mini console theme that made the NES and SNES Classics so attractive to customers. It features HDMI out so you can play on modern TVs, and it’ll ship with two USB replicas of the original PlayStation Controller. Interestingly, the PlayStation Classic doesn’t ship with a USB AC Adapter despite the fact that it does come with a USB cable, so it sounds like you’ll need to use an adapter you already own to power the console. As previously stated, the PlayStation Classic will arrive on December 3, and it’ll cost $99.99. We’ll be keeping a eye out for more details as we get closer to that December release date – we’re particularly interested in seeing a full game list – so stay tuned for that.<doc-sep>
Earlier this year, Sony mentioned that it was thinking about creating a PlayStation Classic console in the vein of Nintendo's recently released NES and SNES minis, which were smaller but more powerful versions of the original systems with an attractive library of games pre-installed with newly upscaled resolutions. Well, it looks like Sony has finally put those thoughts into action with the official PlayStation Classic, which was announced today with a December 3, 2018 release date and launch RRP of £89.99/$99.99 in the UK and US respectively. The PlayStation Classic comes pre-installed with 20 original PS1 games, and announced titles so far including Tekken 3, Final Fantasy VII, Ridge Racer Type 4, Wild Arms, and Jumping Flash. More will likely be revealed in the coming days and weeks, but you can vote in our ongoing Twitter poll to express which classic PlayStation games you'd like to see making a return via Sony's revamped console. Read more The 30 best PS4 games 45% smaller than the PS1 and bearing a HDMI port for crystal clear, high-definition gaming, the Classic is packaged in a wonderfully retro box, which includes two original PlayStation controllers to plug into the ports where the system's memory cards would originally go (Remember those? Don't worry, a digital memory card is already built into the software). However, the only power option included is a USB-Universal cable, so you'll need to have your own AC adapter for actually plugging in and starting up the console from day one. Given what we know about the retail woes of the SNES and NES Mini (though that was partly a result of Nintendo's ridiculously limited supply), you're going to need to pre-order the PlayStation Classic ASAP if you intend to get your hands on one by this Christmas. Sony has told any eager customers to stay tuned to PlayStation's website for incoming details about how to buy the Classic, and its regional availability, so the only thing you can do right now is wait for more details to come in, before hitting that pre-order button with every disposable digit you have.