Gadgetory

the classic system craze is still going on strong and one of the biggest ones to look out for this year that people really hyped up for is the PlayStation Classic I know I was excited for it cuz to this day the ps1 is still one of my favorite consoles with an amazing library to pull from but now that the console is here it's kind of underwhelming don't get me wrong it has its strengths but it has its problems too and something that really highlights this fact to me is that on the same day this came out for around the same price I got something that I think celebrates my love a PlayStation much better these shoes I get it this is kind of a bizarre ID and it's not something you can really do a one-to-one comparison with but trust me there is a logic and argument to all of this but first let's take a look at both these starting with the classic and a first glance the PlayStation classic is exactly what you would expect is just a little tiny miniature PlayStation and I think that they did a really good job on that as far as just the build quality goes this is a cool little looking replica obviously it's not an exact match the ports are different HDMI USB for the controllers but it looks like a little tiny PlayStation I appreciate that there's even some cool little details about it too like the open button is pressed below and it doesn't actually pop up in the lid so you might be wondering well what exactly does that do well when you're playing games that have multiple discs like Final Fantasy 7 this is the button you have to hit in order to change discs which on the one hand sounds kind of annoying but it happens rarely enough that I think it's just a cool little detail and I appreciate that sadly though once you put the system up that's kind of where these details in yes does kind of recreate the way the PS one's menu looked when you're doing things like messing with the memory cards but it's just very bare-bones and basic looking and there's not a lot to it you're picking between different games and there's a couple little basic settings you can just but that's really it something that I really appreciate about the NES and SNES classics is they felt like something that was a bit of a labor of love there's lots of little fun details and things that really reached out to fans they gave you choices for things you could add Scanlan's you could create borders and different backdrops to make up to the fact that it's a four by three game none of that is really present here all the games are in four by three with just a black border around everything and then when you look at the list of games available on it the whole thing is just kind of well awkward I wouldn't necessarily say that any of the games on there are bad although some of them have certainly aged much better than others but when you look at the list of choices and what's not here there's a lot of games that just don't seem like they necessarily belong especially you're only sticking to 20 games I mean for instance Metal Gear Solid at 5-7 awesome makes perfect sense should be on here but at the same time you have stuff like battle orient Toshi de and a Ridge Racer Ridge Racer but you don't have Grenier is MOU or castlemania city the night or even Crash Bandicoot the fact that this is a PlayStation classic and doesn't feature a game that basically was the mascot of the system is insane to me there is a part of me that still thinks that if you were I'd era hard fan this is still a pretty cool collectible because let's be honest when it comes to a lot of these classic systems people pick them up and they play them for maybe a week two weeks go back on occasion but at the end of the day it's basically a cool little collectible paperweight you know I think if you're a die-hard fan and you really just want to collect this because you just love everything playstation then cool go ahead and grab it but if you want to actually re-experience and play these old games this just doesn't really capture that feeling right you know compared to what Nintendo is done with the NES and SNES Classic editions I think this is something that kind of meets the bare minimum requirements it has the game on it it looks like a little system but there's just not any other real love behind as for the shoes well these are the PG 2.5 playstation shoes from Nike and we actually covered the older version of these that came out earlier this year just the regular PG 2s and it's really interesting the shift in design aesthetic they went between these see the original PG 2's were focused on being the sort of celebration of PlayStation 4 specifically so the aesthetic was much more focused on this black design with some cuts of blue here and there and they used the four button colors from the PlayStation controller as little accents on the other hand with the 2.5 s there's been this decision to go with a much more retro design going for the gray of the original PlayStation kind of lining up with what we're talking about with the PlayStation Classic and the accent colors are actually different it's not the four button colors but instead it's the four colours that are present in the original PlayStation logo which some of them are similar in the same but you'll also get that kind of orangish yellow and a more kind of hot pink salmon color as opposed to the pink and orange of the buttons there's also of course just the general design changes from the PG 2 s 2 2 point 5s and one of the ways that impacts the issue specifically is the print design of the for PlayStation controller symbols is a lot more heavily present which I really like well I wouldn't say either shoe designs bad looking or anything I definitely think the 2.5 is just this really cool celebration of old-school stuff like the twos were cool and you know the recent they're more the kind of modern look Morna comes just having that like retro love that's what I think of when you think about how you feel about Nold system it's not what the current trend is is where it started from though it is worth noting that just like with the twos this does have the light of effects which are a little more reminiscent of the ps4 where you get that nice kind of glowing blue that you can't have in a solid color or this kind of pulsing effect which is really neat although I probably shouldn't have it on very often this is a really interesting form of cross promotion because there's a lot of different stuff it's a brand adapter for video game consoles and things but this is one where I feel like I mean you take it with you and it's something a little nicer than just a t-shirt or a hat or beanie shoes have a lot more going into them and there's an interesting history behind the different times that PlayStation has collaborated in this way in fact way back in 2006 was actually their first home was Nike which was an Air Force One and it's something they've been really heavy on this last year with the 2.5 the PG 2s I talked about earlier and then even more recently at least from the PG twos was a Air Force Dillon they did during e3 that we also got our hands on which are also very pretty but once again still focused on that ps4 aesthetic the point I'm trying to make here is that while these are two very different products all is really the reason why they're being marketed and why people want to pick them up is the same you're a PlayStation fan that wants to pick something up that represents your retro love of the system and the shoes just do a better job of that I mean the PlayStation Classic is an awesome idea and if it were done right I would definitely pick it over the shoes but the weights designed right now it's just the bare minimum it's just kind of something that was made to capture this kind of craze and nothing beyond that whereas the shoes or something that a lot of thought and design went into and there's just a lot more loving care and crafts involved when you look at them in terms of these differences it's just night and day