According to the former prisoner of PlayStation Studios (previously called Sie Worldwide Studios), Suhay Yosida, the origin of the name PlayStation is associated with PC.
Yoshida spoke in an interview By Maxx MaxxAlthough the Sony console initially appeared during the unsuccessful cooperation with Nintendo, the idea of its name belonged to the so -called PlayStation, Ken Kutaraga.
I remember that the idea of the name PlayStation belongs to Ken Kutaragi himself. He called it so because people often use PC and call it the workstation. And the PlayStation, unlike the PC, the “workstation”, was precisely a device designed for games, and not for work.
SHUHEI YOSHIDA emphasized that not everyone at first agreed with this name.
The Americans did not like it. I remember the Americans said: “Well, PlayStation sounds very childish.” And yet, given the legacy of PlayStation and its continuing success, it is possible to say with full confidence that at one time Kutaragi made the right choice, regardless of all opposite opinions. More than thirty years have passed since that day, and PlayStation is as strong as before.
