PlayStation Classic to hit stores this December, games list announced

Released 23 years ago, selling 102.49 million consoles, & consisting of over 2,500 games worldwide.

After seeing Nintendo rake in the profits by releasing miniature retro consoles of the NES Classic & SNES Classic, Sony has decided to make a minature blast-from-the-past console of their own:

The PlayStation Classic.

Launching in stores at $129.99 on December 3 ($99.99USD), this will be the most expensive “Classic” series console — featuring 20 preloaded PSOne games.

Announced games:

• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Cool Boarders 2
• Destruction Derby
• Final Fantasy VII
• Grand Theft Auto
• Intelligent Qube
• Jumping Flash!
• Metal Gear Solid
• Mr. Driller
• Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
• Rayman
• Resident Evil Director’s Cut
• Revelations: Persona
• Ridge Racer Type 4
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Syphon Filter
• Tekken 3
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
• Twisted Metal
• Wild Arms

The console is reported to be 45% smaller than the original PlayStation, will come with two non-Dual Shock replica USB controllers, as well a virtual memory card to save your games, & has an HDMI port for video.

More info: Sony PlayStation Classic