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Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: on January 02, 2001, 01:45:30 PM

Ok, Ok.  I know they say there is no such thing of a stupid question but this is my first time owning a Playstation at the age of 26.  I recently purchased a PS2 and it rocks!  

After surfing ebay to buy some games, I see PS2 & PSX.  Is it the same stuff or what?  I know the difference from the PS & the PS@ but what gives.  Please don\'t consider me a goof ball.  Thanks Ace!

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: on January 02, 2001, 01:51:50 PM

Most of the PS2 games will be DVD format the rest will be CD-ROM (I think the origional PS was ROM format. Dont quote me)

Anybody correct me if im wrong. Im not completely sure

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on January 02, 2001, 02:22:10 PM

PSX1 games don´t work in PS2 and viceversa

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: on January 02, 2001, 02:27:15 PM

NO!


My question is:


What is PSX?


I know what PS2 is, that is what I purchased.  I just need to know if PSX is just another abbreviation for PS2.

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: Deadly Hamster on January 02, 2001, 02:51:59 PM

PSX is ps1 , and ADAN ps1 games dont work in ps2 !? well then how can i play smackdown 2 on my ps2 , unless psx isnt ps1 and i have been wrong this whole time .

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 02, 2001, 03:37:12 PM

PSX/PSONE/PS are all the same thing. The original PS.

PS2 is the Playstation 2.

You can play your PS games on your PS2.

:)

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: on January 03, 2001, 09:50:49 AM

Well, I see that I\'m not getting my question across very well.


I know what PS2 is.  And I know I can play the regular playstation games in my new PS2.  


My question is:  What does the abberviation PSX stand for?

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: tHe GaMe on January 03, 2001, 09:58:52 AM

It stands for Playstation = PSX

The X is just there, like Malcolm X

Title: PS2 & PSX Is it the same type of game or what?
Post by: Samwise on January 03, 2001, 10:14:01 AM

PSX = PS = PSone = PlayStation
PS2 = PlayStation 2

PSX is just the codename for PlayStation before it was released. It has stuck with it ever since, so many people just write PSX instead of PS.

Title: PS-X was Sony\'s original project name for the Playstation.
Post by: GmanJoe on January 03, 2001, 10:16:44 AM

Similar to Honda\'s project car, NSX. They were going to name it something else but decided to keep the project name.

And like the Playstation :

Prior to the Playstation\'s debut several years ago, people working on the PSX Project called the console by its project name: PSX, and was later quoted by magazines.

The name stuck. But as fate would have it, X can also mean "number". And now that Sony is going to keep the Playstation name, you can say X marks the beginning. PS2 is the current platform, PS3 is the next....and so on. PSX just turned out to be the appropriate name for the next generation of Sony\'s consoles.

[Edited by GmanJoe on 01-03-2001 at 01:19 PM]