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Remembering Previous PlayStation Dev Kits

BY JOHN SANTINA: Some love the idea of the PS5 adopting the unique v-shape of its developer kit, while others dread the thought of making space under their TVs for it.

We’ve put together images of all previous PlayStation development kits to show the difference between the systems being used by developers and those that consumers ended up with.

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Jin_Sakai2343d ago (Edited 2343d ago )

The reason PS5 Dev Kits are V shaped is so they can be stacked during stress test and the cooling vents push hot air out the sides.

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cannon88002343d ago

Maybe that way it takes up less space?

2pacalypsenow2343d ago (Edited 2343d ago )

“The reason it's large and v-shaped is to make them more easily stackable for devs who are running multiple stress tests. “

S2Killinit2342d ago

Ah “multiple”, got it. I was just asking.

isarai2342d ago

They are often stacked, hell look at the pic posted above on the right, theres two dev kits stacked right there.

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UnholyLight2342d ago

I was just about to ask about this! Cool to get some insight into it. I don't know why we take so much stock into the devkit design. Like the article showed, almost never does the final product look ANYTHING like the Devkit except for the PS2. I did not know that about the PS2 and the design!

jcblade2343d ago

I remember wanting the PS2 dev kit so bad back in the day - I couldn't get my head around that it was just for devs and that there were no games to play on it. Idiot.

knifefight2343d ago

We all think stuff like that at some point. Back in like 1996, I thought that my school friend getting a CD burner meant we could all make copies of each other's games forever and ever.

lnfiniteLoop2343d ago

you could you just needed the right burner and a chipped machine... lol

nowitzki20042343d ago (Edited 2343d ago )

Back then we had much less information on how these things worked, had to read the right magazines or something lol. Today just google

Wasabi2343d ago (Edited 2343d ago )

Does anyone remember the Net Yaroze?

NY was a PlayStation dev kit available for sale to the public, aesthetically it looked like a standard PlayStation except it was black rather than light grey in colour, it was supplied with cables to connect to PC and development/debugging discs so users could develop and debug software they had written.

I remember my friend had one, I had the standard light grey model, I was very envious of his Net Yaroze mainly because it looked so damn cool in black.

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KeenBean3452343d ago

I always wanted one and still do, wish we got the same amount of colour variants for the ps1 that the ps2 got.

DarkZane2343d ago

Wow, none of them actually look like their final design.

Imortus_san2342d ago

I had a PSP Kit for a couple of months, bought it in the flee market, then sold it for some nice cash to crazy collectors.

MajorLazer2342d ago (Edited 2342d ago )

Nice. How much did you sell it for, if you don't mind me asking

Imortus_san2342d ago

Sold it for 500€, right about the time PS4 hit the stores.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio2d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing2d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster922d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit2d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing2d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster922d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Games Done Quick is coming to Europe for the first time with 3 days of Gamescom speedruns

The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.

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Steam Controller (2026) review

Second time's the charm.

cl19833d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Seams like a nice controller

Reaper22_2d ago

Two analog sticks acrossvftom each other is a no go.When will everyone learn.