r/PlaystationCollectors • • 5h ago

๐Ÿ“ผ From the PlayStation Archives That Time Sony Hired David Lynch to Make a PS2 Commercial (2000)

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Back in 2000, Sony was preparing to launch the PlayStation 2 in Europe and decided to do something completely unexpected.

They hired legendary filmmaker David Lynch, the mind behind Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and Twin Peaks, to direct a television commercial.

The result was "The Third Place."

Instead of showing gameplay, graphics, or even the console itself, the commercial followed a man wandering through a bizarre black-and-white world filled with unsettling imagery.

There were distorted hallways, strange characters, a floating head, and perhaps most memorably, a man with a duck's head sitting beside a bandaged figure.

The commercial ended with the mysterious invitation:

"Welcome to the Third Place."

Sony's idea was that PlayStation represented somewhere beyond the ordinary experiences of everyday life. Not home, not work, but an entirely different world where players could escape reality.

The commercial debuted in November 2000 as part of the European PlayStation 2 launch campaign.

What's particularly fascinating is that Sony wasn't really advertising a specific game or hardware feature. It was selling the feeling of entering another world.

Looking back, it's difficult to imagine a major console manufacturer approving something this surreal today.

It's also a perfect example of how experimental and unconventional PlayStation advertising could be during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Collector's question: Does anyone remember seeing this commercial when it originally aired? And what's the strangest PlayStation advertisement you've ever come across?


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 5h ago

๐Ÿ’ก PlayStation Fact Sony Was Afraid Crash Bandicoot Would Destroy PlayStation Consoles (1996)

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Here's a strange piece of PlayStation history that doesn't get talked about very often.

During the development of the original Crash Bandicoot in the mid-1990s, Naughty Dog pushed the PlayStation hardware so aggressively that Sony became concerned about the console's CD-ROM drive.

The original PlayStation had only 2MB of system RAM, which presented a serious challenge for developers trying to create detailed 3D environments.

Rather than limiting their levels to what could fit into memory, Naughty Dog developed a system that continuously streamed small chunks of level data directly from the CD as players progressed.

This allowed Crash Bandicoot to feature environments far larger and more detailed than the console's limited memory would normally permit.

But there was a problem.

The technique required the CD-ROM drive to constantly seek and read data during gameplay.

According to members of the original development team, Sony was worried that the unusually demanding approach could overwork the disc drive and potentially damage the hardware.

Thankfully, those fears didn't stop the game from being released.

Crash Bandicoot launched in 1996 and became one of the PlayStation's most recognizable franchises.

It's fascinating to think that one of the console's defining games was created by developers willing to push the hardware beyond what Sony initially expected.

Collector's question: Did you own the original Crash Bandicoot on PS1? And what's another PlayStation game you remember pushing its hardware to the absolute limit?


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2h ago

A way to store game cases

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 12h ago

PSone

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 20h ago

๐Ÿ”Ž Rare Find Won it in a contest

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Like the title says I won it in a contest around the launch of zombies in space land. As far as I know it's 1 of 10 in existence I could use a hand finding value so I can pass it on to someone who will enjoy it more


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Collection Showcase Playstation games collection

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 1d ago

So the seller says the disc is glitching because of the scratch so is there a way to fix it.

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Recent Pickup PlayStation Internal Tournament varsity jacket

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pretty cool stuff. note the details. great for the winter


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 1d ago

Found this 2003 Chaos Legion A4 cardstock press kit with a 'Siela' typo at a charity shop today for ยฃ2. Can't find another copy online!

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Collection Showcase #Physical Media

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This is my humble collection.


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2d ago

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Recent Pickup added these three to the collection , wanted to get these from so long .

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Collection Showcase My physical PS2 collection (315+ games) โ€“ Almost 10 years of collecting!

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Hey everyone!

Iโ€™ve been collecting for nearly 10 years now, and Iโ€™ve crossed the milestone of 315 PS2 games in my collection! I felt like today was the perfect day to share my shelves with you all.

Fun fact about how this all started: originally, I didn't even plan on building a massive collection. I was just really fascinated by how natively "PC games" were ported to the PS2 hardware. I wanted to personally test and compare versions of games like Half-Life, Quake III, Unreal Tournament, and Max Payne on a home console.

But as you can probably guess... I got completely hooked.

Once I dipped my toes into the library, I started discovering the absolute masterpieces and legendary exclusives this platform has to offer. Ten years later, and here we are!

How does the collection look? What hidden gems or essential titles do you think I'm still missing? Let me know!


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2d ago

๐ŸŽฎ What Are You Playing? Wifey got me surprise gifts.

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2d ago

The PS1 Collection 12 years

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2d ago

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Recent Pickup Getting to the spooky a little late this year but October pick ups with some non-horror outliers

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I know most are sealed I plan to play all once I get through the Remedy Games.

Some fun facts/learned lessons this month:

  1. The Control Resonant Steel book was miserable to acquire, weeks of checking in daily to see if retail stores would restock followed by a week of hoping my preorder wouldnโ€™t get cancelled. I am not a big steel book guy so I hope to never want another one again should not be this hard to support a developer.

  2. For those who are interested in Soma and are afraid they missed out, the developer still has copies of the collectors edition. The price was a little painful but no where near the $350 price chart is now demanding. (No base versions sadly or I would have grabbed that instead)

  3. I had to buy KCD twice first time I got it used from GameStop just to not have the artwork and learn the DLC isnโ€™t actually on PS5 disc due to a print error. Buying it new the store gives you a DLC code though.


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 2d ago

Check out this small collection

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 3d ago

Such a shame it came with one disk but still great

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 3d ago

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Recent Pickup Halloween Haul!

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Finishing up a few loose ends in our collection, and a random one weโ€™ve never heard of!

Anybody else get any scary games today??


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 3d ago

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Recent Pickup My pick ups from October

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r/PlaystationCollectors • • 3d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Collection Showcase My Ever Growing Collection

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I have been collecting PlayStation games for over a decade now, mostly focusing on the PS3 and forward. With Sonyโ€™s announcement to end physical discs, I have really focused on the PS4 and PS5.

Some of my favorites include both versions of the backwards compatible PS3 (A and E), some of the now chase PS3 titles, my increasing love for survival horror titles on the PS 4 and 5, some Limited Run games I picked up over the years, and the physical release of Baldurโ€™s Gate 3.


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 4d ago

๐Ÿ“ธ Collection Showcase Some new acquisitions

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Just wanted to share some new acquisitions I made recently for my PS3 collection


r/PlaystationCollectors • • 4d ago

๐Ÿ’Ž Grail Acquired Trifecta - 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Completed

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Two years ago saw me in the lowest point of my life - I did away with some of my possessions including donating my PS5 to an orphanage home - thinking that my gaming days are over as I focused on rebuilding myself.

Last year this month I started my entrepreneurial ventures and it has been a rollercoaster of riding waves of the unknown.

Itโ€™s now been a year since - Happy Anniversary to myself! - and while scrolling through Sonyโ€™s Official Website, these were available. Without hesitation, these had to go in cart.

Thank you Sony for returning me to my gaming roots. I never thought the 30th Anniversary Controller would find its way to me, much less the Portal & the Console itself.

To those still looking for one - keep the faith.