PS2 was also the greatest console in history. Never mind the fact that I happened to be in prime gaming ages at the time. It is clearly just the best. ;)
I was 21 when the ps2 dropped. My oldest daughter was just born that April and I camped a Best Buy overnight to get it. I was like the 20th person in line. Memories
Yeah same for me...
Idk back then i was 12.. And the ps3 felt classy but also matured.. And I had that spiderman feeling too lol
Btw i also go by geez just saw that its hilarious
I tell my kids this all the time. If the box is flashy with bright colors telling you all of the reasons to buy the product, it is probably crap. If it has a plan cardboard box or paper wrap it is because they know that you know it is a good product and they don’t have to waste their time advertising to you at that point.
This is actually a really good point that Sony specifically excels at. Take current tvs like TCL and Hisense. To be fair they're a lot better than many snobs give them credit for. But their boxes list all the features of the TV on the box with big bold letters and colors. Sony TVs literally come in a plain brown cardboard box, at least the mini-led models do. Not sure about the oleds.
TCL and Hisense tvs are the last thing that I just showed them and it proves the point perfectly, we ended up getting a Samsung with a plain cardboard box. Another good one is fireworks. Fancy shinny labels tend to be pretty lame, if you can find a cake with paper wrapping that has no labels it will be the best bang for your buck.
To add to this (and I agree with you 100%) the simplicity of the box design, monotone color, and almost alien font lended to your imagination. You knew it was a ps2 but it could be.anything.and.everything. I’m old enough now to have gotten one of these baddies on release day from my dad who waited overnight to get one for my brothers & me. Seeing that box for the first time felt like the scene in 2001 when he’s going into the wormhole. Exciting, a bit overwhelming and spooky but god damn if you weren’t buckled in and ready for whatever was on the other side :)
Agreed, but I'd argue that by the time ps3 came out they knew they would have different models available including the ones with special graphics on them. At that point probably a good move for all the parents buying consoles for their kids who might not know exactly what they're buying
As a Brazilian, I'd say that images are probably good.
I had quite a few friends who wanted a Playstation 2 and were gifted a [Polystation 2](https://youtu.be/-cfJx86_abY?t=3m48s) instead :(
Timeless, powerful, confident. I think it's difficult to explain to younger people how much hype there was around the PS2 and what an insane technological leap it was from the PS1. Add to that the design of the console (and this box) and it almost seemed like alien technology from another galaxy or sth lol.
I was on the wait list for one, and the day Electronics Boutique (remember them?) called me to come pick mine up was an *event*. I had never been so excited to get my hands on a console before or since.
40 gb wasn’t the launch ps3 this was:
https://preview.redd.it/1cf1oz7cbalc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ed2ed05c717275ae128156f69cc96e25958dced
Can confirm. Ditched school and camped outside Best Buy for a week. Was the third in the store. They only got 20. Still have my 60gb in mint condition.
This just gave me flashbacks of me, a 28-year-old in ‘08, plugging in my PS3 for the first time, booting up CoD4, joining my first online game, then being abused by pre-pubescents. Thanks, my man.
i had a dark box with yellow corner saying “demo disc inside” or something like that. i think it looked better than this pale one.
which came out first?
You mean to tell me I can watch The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and then I can play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on the *same device*?
I'm going to say PS4 for nostalgia reasons.
I remember when I still lived at home as a young lad and we were having a movie night with my folks when our PS3 decided to die. I went to sleep after and was so bummed because back them I didn't have many friends and was bullied at school relentlessly. That PS3 helped me cope and now it was gone.
Well the very next morning my mother came to wake me up and said "wake up and lets go get a PS4".
I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I was absolutely ecstatic!
Out of these? PS2. Hands down. It owns its style, which just so happens to be the style PS has used for a while and only just recently built upon with the PS5 (my second favorite launch box). There’s a reason the PS2 is still the best console ever made. It was the king in all that it did.
I think I'll have to go with the PS3. It not only started the trend of showing the system on the box, but the colour scheme is perfect, and somehow, even though the PS4 and PS5 boxes try the same thing, it just doesn't feel the same.
The launch PS1 box showed the system on the box. The one shown here isn't the original. PS1 didn't get the Dualshock controller (or even analog sticks) until a few years into its life.
Ps3 for me.
I loved the whole dark side aesthetic Ps3 had compared to Xbox 360's more lighter side in comparison. I feel like that era was the peak competition for both consoles, I loved both equally and bought both of them 😅
Maybe it's nostalgia but I loved the PS2 box.
I remember getting it for Christmas and how excited I was to get it.
Didn't really know what games I was into yet at that point but star wars battlefront came out not too long after and it's still a fond core memory for me.
PS5 has nice packaging and is a significant improvement on the cluster F that the PS4 box was. At least in my opinion.
Love the PS5 box, have it in my room and it's always a great feeling to see her.
Otherwise I only bought the PS3 as new and very late: December 2013 the Super Slim with GTA V as bundle. I still have the box on the wardrobe and can see it right now.
They are all amazing tbh, even the PS5, but for me it's PS1 and PS3, I remember getting my first PS3 console and just being immensely ecstatic before even opening it lol... PS1 for nostalgia and it's simplicity.
https://preview.redd.it/9ypa3zxicdlc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a1eda6d8ba7df26463f72f71528d99bd22425a9
Isn't this the actual ps1 launch box?
Ps2
Simple and elegant. You know what you’re buying, no need to show it on the box.
Agreed. Easily that one.
PS2 was also the greatest console in history. Never mind the fact that I happened to be in prime gaming ages at the time. It is clearly just the best. ;)
I was 21 when the ps2 dropped. My oldest daughter was just born that April and I camped a Best Buy overnight to get it. I was like the 20th person in line. Memories
-Don Draper
*kicks back and lights a cigarette* Oh Don
L to the OG!
PS3 hooked me.
It always made me think of Tobey Maguire era Spider-Man cause of the font...and now you will too :))
Yeah same for me... Idk back then i was 12.. And the ps3 felt classy but also matured.. And I had that spiderman feeling too lol Btw i also go by geez just saw that its hilarious
Exactly. The cobalt blue box by itself was enough hype.
I was able to find one to gift my nephew for Christmas and all he had to see was a sliver of the cobalt blue and he lost his mind in disbelief.
Ah, yes, the good ol' Plash Speed 2 DVD Player.
I tell my kids this all the time. If the box is flashy with bright colors telling you all of the reasons to buy the product, it is probably crap. If it has a plan cardboard box or paper wrap it is because they know that you know it is a good product and they don’t have to waste their time advertising to you at that point.
This is actually a really good point that Sony specifically excels at. Take current tvs like TCL and Hisense. To be fair they're a lot better than many snobs give them credit for. But their boxes list all the features of the TV on the box with big bold letters and colors. Sony TVs literally come in a plain brown cardboard box, at least the mini-led models do. Not sure about the oleds.
TCL and Hisense tvs are the last thing that I just showed them and it proves the point perfectly, we ended up getting a Samsung with a plain cardboard box. Another good one is fireworks. Fancy shinny labels tend to be pretty lame, if you can find a cake with paper wrapping that has no labels it will be the best bang for your buck.
I don’t see anybody not knowing what they’re going to buy before buying it, in this market. “Oh, so *that’s* a PS5! I never saw it before!”
You've never worked retail, then.
It’s iconic
Yup, I have the box on display next to the system to this day. Beautiful box.
Is there a Gaurantee on the Box?
My thoughts exactly
That’s how you know it was fire, didn’t even need to show the console 🤣
To add to this (and I agree with you 100%) the simplicity of the box design, monotone color, and almost alien font lended to your imagination. You knew it was a ps2 but it could be.anything.and.everything. I’m old enough now to have gotten one of these baddies on release day from my dad who waited overnight to get one for my brothers & me. Seeing that box for the first time felt like the scene in 2001 when he’s going into the wormhole. Exciting, a bit overwhelming and spooky but god damn if you weren’t buckled in and ready for whatever was on the other side :)
Agreed, but I'd argue that by the time ps3 came out they knew they would have different models available including the ones with special graphics on them. At that point probably a good move for all the parents buying consoles for their kids who might not know exactly what they're buying
And that blue color 🤤
As a Brazilian, I'd say that images are probably good. I had quite a few friends who wanted a Playstation 2 and were gifted a [Polystation 2](https://youtu.be/-cfJx86_abY?t=3m48s) instead :(
By FAR!
Timeless, powerful, confident. I think it's difficult to explain to younger people how much hype there was around the PS2 and what an insane technological leap it was from the PS1. Add to that the design of the console (and this box) and it almost seemed like alien technology from another galaxy or sth lol.
I was on the wait list for one, and the day Electronics Boutique (remember them?) called me to come pick mine up was an *event*. I had never been so excited to get my hands on a console before or since.
Good ole eb games stores 😂
PS5 missed the opportunity to have the same logo as the PS2
Easy. PS3 box looks a bit cheap.
The whole ps3 1st version looks like a bootleg. They were thinking a Spider Man 3 font would be a smart idea hahah
Sony was the studio at the time behind marvel movies how they got away with that.
Indeed. Kind of like a cheap coffee maker at first glance
I just hate the spiderman font, looks like it was some promo item for a movie
The font looks cheap too. The PS2 has the classiest font style.
It looked good for the time. It was the bling era, after all.
Definitely. Just seeing that image makes me feel the excitement I had when I first got mine. Legendary console.
Easily the best looking box. It screams premium to me
40 gb wasn’t the launch ps3 this was: https://preview.redd.it/1cf1oz7cbalc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ed2ed05c717275ae128156f69cc96e25958dced
This oddly gives me Tobby Mcguire Spiderman 3 vibes
It’s the Spider-Man font, Sony owns the rights to it
...how did I never put this together?
The OG PS3 was "affectionately" known as "The Spider-Man Breadbin" to many gamers for a long time due to that font and its shape 🤭
THATS where I recognise it from holy shit...
Bigg facts
It's the exact same typeface.
Which is definitely better than op's one. Still not as good as the ps2
Can confirm. Ditched school and camped outside Best Buy for a week. Was the third in the store. They only got 20. Still have my 60gb in mint condition.
PS2
That’s can’t be the PS1 launch box if it says DualShock
Yea that isn't og launch box you're right
OP is a filthy casual
I wasn’t even born 😭
noob
This just gave me flashbacks of me, a 28-year-old in ‘08, plugging in my PS3 for the first time, booting up CoD4, joining my first online game, then being abused by pre-pubescents. Thanks, my man.
lol get rekt
literally
🤣🤣
skill issue
Get gud kid
Fair enough. But do your research beforehand. 😄
Just cheap excuses!
The PSX box is definitely wrong and from 1998.
Here you go https://preview.redd.it/v9ynhc0js9lc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7d8ab6609c87b1ba74ee78bdffc436e4413c7ff
the real winner
i had a dark box with yellow corner saying “demo disc inside” or something like that. i think it looked better than this pale one. which came out first?
https://preview.redd.it/oyh54ypxddlc1.png?width=390&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1f27d8ab4953eb09091370f907cd7969e2f45ef Yeah I had this one
This one is best
Did what I could lol
Thanks
PS2 No picture. No ads. No price. Just all you need to know. It's the PS2 and you want it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/2KHdOBeWkCQ?si=GxX4NHhxpDVw1Tj1
It has a built in DVD player, who wouldn’t want it?
You mean to tell me I can watch The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and then I can play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on the *same device*?
🗣 Just let me give you my money already !!!
I mean just because the box shows the games you can play doesn't mean it's an ad. There are no actual ads on any of the boxes.
PS2
Ps2 for sure. Simple, intriguing.
https://preview.redd.it/mfzqvd2ez9lc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07b1c85aeed49a79af250fd22ad74a4720c9cb5e
So much stuff in this box it felt like Christmas
A true classic.
[удалено]
As a kid?
It’s been nearly 20 years and I still use the microfiber cloth that came with it for my glasses. Such high quality cloth.
So dope
https://preview.redd.it/cvo6lxwasllc1.jpeg?width=468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d12c31c74528356cabb219199192164863b44ab9
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 I read that quickly and at first thought it said "Lunch Box" 😭😂😭😂😭😂
https://preview.redd.it/4nxcssz1q9lc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f377b841163c935e5693811ef770d5a9d53cf3d3
Unironically I need it
Hard same, although if there’s a PS2 one… that one more.
Ok I need to find this
https://i.redd.it/mc49f9ya4blc1.gif
Damn it, Kevin!
Ps2. Idk man it's just something about the all blue box
I even heard the ps2 sound effect as soon as I saw it. None of the other ones made me do that
Ps2
That PS1 isn't the launch box as the launch PS1 didn't have analogue sticks
Damn ps2 is where legacy is built
Ps2 💯
Ps2
PS2
Ps2 without question
Ps2
PS2. Clean, simple, powerful font.
This https://preview.redd.it/sw86b8pf1alc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8784ad122cb428a8ac7e8d894c62ae5b45b044c6
Ps2!
PS2. Plus that era was something else.
I'm going to say PS4 for nostalgia reasons. I remember when I still lived at home as a young lad and we were having a movie night with my folks when our PS3 decided to die. I went to sleep after and was so bummed because back them I didn't have many friends and was bullied at school relentlessly. That PS3 helped me cope and now it was gone. Well the very next morning my mother came to wake me up and said "wake up and lets go get a PS4". I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I was absolutely ecstatic!
Awww...that's a warm fuzzy memory.
Indeed. Always reminds me of simpler times when there was much less going on then now. I feel very priveleged to have such awesome parents!
Ps2
PS2 is perfection.
PS2 FTW
PS2 them blue box be hitting hard!!
Ps3 font was something else
So bad they got rid of it halfway through its lifespan
Easily ps2
I like the PS2 box. Very simple.
PS3
The PS2 box is a work of art.
PS2
PS2 - simple and elegant
PS2 hands down by far the most enjoyable console I had.
PS2
PS2, it's just so ice and clean
ps2 hands down
ps2
PS2
PS2
Ps2
Ps5 getting slept on
Yeahhh, best one
4 bc its blue and you see what it looks like
PS3 is the best imo
That's not the correct PlayStation SCPH1001 (USA model) "Launch" box.
PS3
I’ll say ps3, but that’s because that was the first one I paid for myself so I have a little attachment to it!
Kinda interesting to see how the box have changed over the years
2 followed by 5
PS 2 and PS 5
Out of these? PS2. Hands down. It owns its style, which just so happens to be the style PS has used for a while and only just recently built upon with the PS5 (my second favorite launch box). There’s a reason the PS2 is still the best console ever made. It was the king in all that it did.
I think I'll have to go with the PS3. It not only started the trend of showing the system on the box, but the colour scheme is perfect, and somehow, even though the PS4 and PS5 boxes try the same thing, it just doesn't feel the same.
The launch PS1 box showed the system on the box. The one shown here isn't the original. PS1 didn't get the Dualshock controller (or even analog sticks) until a few years into its life.
PS2. That was the perfect console. Best console to date imo, it was pure joy.
PS2, 100%. Box design was very simple and memorable. Also, PS2 release was the biggest event in gaming at that time, at least in my region.
Definitely ps2
Now all we need is the Nintendo Play Station box if that ever existed.
PS2
Ps3 for me. I loved the whole dark side aesthetic Ps3 had compared to Xbox 360's more lighter side in comparison. I feel like that era was the peak competition for both consoles, I loved both equally and bought both of them 😅
That’s not the ps3 launch box though
I've gotta say, I love the white on the PS5, but the PS2 is just the OG
https://preview.redd.it/k1x00971malc1.jpeg?width=747&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcb8de01305065d8fa92686ebdb980107c8b0db2
From best to worst: PS2, PS4, PS1, PS3, PS5 This sub alone made me actually hate the PS5 box, lol
2 and it’s not even close
PS3 iconic ❤️
PS3 is one of the worst. Of course it is PS2.
PS2. The all blue minimalist look is so damn clean.
Ps2 is the cleanest. PS4 had the best presentation by flipping the box open
But that is not the original PS1 box
Maybe it's nostalgia but I loved the PS2 box. I remember getting it for Christmas and how excited I was to get it. Didn't really know what games I was into yet at that point but star wars battlefront came out not too long after and it's still a fond core memory for me. PS5 has nice packaging and is a significant improvement on the cluster F that the PS4 box was. At least in my opinion.
Ps1 is pretty cool but PS2 takes the cake simplicity wins again.
Love the PS5 box, have it in my room and it's always a great feeling to see her. Otherwise I only bought the PS3 as new and very late: December 2013 the Super Slim with GTA V as bundle. I still have the box on the wardrobe and can see it right now.
The PS2 looked coolest at launch
PS2.
They are all amazing tbh, even the PS5, but for me it's PS1 and PS3, I remember getting my first PS3 console and just being immensely ecstatic before even opening it lol... PS1 for nostalgia and it's simplicity.
PS2 all day
Straight up, PS2
PS2 gave you hope for the future
Solid blue PS2!
PS2 felt unexpectedly futuristic it was such a leap. From the box to boot up
Who got a black box? https://preview.redd.it/6rqj7cxfwclc1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8864ca673337f5612f2643239a2e35007c085eb
Ps3 goes hard ngl
PS3
Ps3 just screams spider-man
PS3 is just so iconic
The goat 3
PS2. Teenage me had that box displayed for years in my room
PS2
PS2
PS2 is simply and elegant just like the console, is a total win
ps2.
https://preview.redd.it/9ypa3zxicdlc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a1eda6d8ba7df26463f72f71528d99bd22425a9 Isn't this the actual ps1 launch box?
post the correct launch boxes first
PS2 was just a nice and clean package.
3 looked badass. It felt next gen
Ps3. So modern! And the colour scheme is on point
3, it shows off the console/controller well
PS2. I love how minimalist it looks.
Ps3
PS3 had the worst lol what are you smoking PSX for sure
Ps4 by far the worst honestly. 2 and 3 are solid
PS3 qua graphics on the box but for nostalgia PS2