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konnichiwa Otesaga Amano no new Honda nan desu kedo Mott Joe ah sorry new home not back yoga mighty man so step cut I got places a little over 22 years ago Japan saw the release of the original PlayStation and in celebration of many a gamers love for all things old being made new color wear has made a limited run of ps4 pros redesigned in the image of their great-grandfather now those have used so many fans with an eye for collector's editions will recall that Sony made a batch of their own original ps4 styled after the original for their 20th anniversary which was awesome but their main goal with those was to just bring back all the color schemes and throw them over a new system whereas these pros have a bit more interesting attention to detail to begin with obviously the system is gray like the original but you'll also notice that the middle bar of the ps4 triple-decker sandwich is a darker gray based off of the buttons on the original PlayStation which were a different tone dad a bit of accenting so the colors right which is a good start but it's all the little extra touches that make this thing so cool for instance the two front USB ports are now labeled one and two in the same font as the controller port of the original and you also notice that the Sony and ps4 etchings on the front are done in light blue and light green which match the colorings of the power button and open buttons text from the original system the abscess coolest thing about this redesign Oh to me is how they handle the logo if you look at a regular PlayStation 4 pro the PlayStation logo up top is going to be facing sideways relative to the front of the system because what isn't our mode that makes sense but on the original PlayStation 1 which you're always going to have sideways the logo is facing the front of the system so they actually did this PlayStation 4 pros logo to be facing this way and I don't know what exact method they used I don't know if they sanded it down and put this decal on top or if they filled it in and paint it over and put it on but it recreates that original look which is just really an amazing attention to detail now taking a look at the controller you'll see that Colbert did things a little differently compared to how Sony approached their 20th anniversary design the same basic idea is here it's a great finish like the original system but they even redid the touchpad the entire esthetic plus since this is using the newly redesigned dual shock it's actually closer because it has these gray sticks and buttons as opposed to pure black like you'll see on the 20th anniversary design another thing too is that it still uses the basic PlayStation button which is black rather than using the colored and symbol but this is actually more accurate to original ps1 controllers when you look at those it's just a great place tation logo not the colorful one you know looking at the system I can't help but think about how all of this was made possible thanks to Nintendo basically being jerks a long time ago and how much time has changed the console war released back on December 3rd 1994 the original playstation was the new gaming console in town going up against the likes of Nintendo and Sega and a handful of other companies struggling on the side like Atari and Neo Geo now this wasn't the original plan originally Sony was working with Nintendo on a CD based game expansion before the Super Nintendo at least that was the plan at literally the last second CES 1991 Nintendo announced that they would instead be partnering with Philips which was not only a shock to Sony but also planted the seeds for this monstrosity and stain on the Legend of Zelda franchise how about a kiss for luck you've got to be kidding quarter ha Sony instead went on to making their own console not only was the original PlayStation a success but a successor the ps2 dominated generation and sales and is to this day the most sold console of all time and that's really what makes this redesign and paint job so special it'd be so much easier to just leave it at recoloring the system's body and top logo the color where when really all outs of adding all these nice little touches that create more of the style of the original system beyond simply matching colors not that there's anything wrong with how Sony handled their own 20th anniversary system it's just that with this design you can really tell how it was handled with the love and care of true fans