There is a general appreciation that Sony and Nintendo are cornering the market with nostalgia, and sadly that’s not the case. If anything, the biggest names in the industry right now are coming in very late to the party by offering licensed products that allowed gamers and new ones to relive the glory days of the 4th and 5th generation of gaming. Nintendo was the one to try their hands at it first, and they took an embarrassing hit when they failed to capitalize on the frenzy that was triggered by the announcement of the NES classic. Now Sony joins the party, but it may a little too late for them.

The Product and What it represents

The PlayStation Classic is merely a small version of the original PlayStation, released by Sony in 1995. The main objective of the project is to capitalize on the nostalgia of regular consumers with a tight selection of twenty of the console’s best sellers of its day, much in the same fashion as the mini (more…)