Why is the PS1 called PSX?

Episode 50 - From Play Station to PSX - The history behind the name.
A look at Sony's entry into the video game market and the origin of the PlayStation and PSX name. What does PSX mean? It's time to answer the question.

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-Mike from Space Asylum for making a cameo appearance.
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-Ethan Johnson - Script peer review (Thanks Ethan, I really appreciate it.)
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Sources:
(1) NYT - Eben Shapiro 03rd June 1991
(2) Longview News Journal 02nd June 1991
(3) LA Times 04th Jun 1991
(4) Console Wars: Blake Harris
(5) Billings Gazette 14 Oct 1992
(6)https://www.interactive.org/special_awards/details.asp?idSpecialAwards=13
(7)https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html
http://playstationmuseum.com/history/
(8)Next Generation Dec 1996
(9) Edge Mag issue 11
(10)http://www.mweb.co.za/games/view/tabid/4210/Article/16875/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-PlayStation.aspx
(11)https://youtu.be/0T4xvM3Abp4
(12)MSX Doc
https://youtu.be/nLjtW-FwWM0
(13)Boston Globe 13th Jan 1985
(14) InfoWorld 4th Feb 1985
(15)Japanese business magazine 1997 Exact source unknown.
(16)http://web.archive.org/web/20120817210220/https://www.edge-online.com/features/making-playstation/?page=5
(17)http://katsu.watanabe.name/doc/sonynews/model.html
(18)http://www.tollari.org/news.phpaaaaa
(19)https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1007/psx.htm
(20)https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/28/history-of-the-playstation
https://web.archive.org/web/20120516003333/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-playstation
(21)https://archive.org/details/19830128SonyDeal/page/n49
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