Man buys every PlayStation including some forgotten products that are just bizarre

Linus Tech Tips set out to buy every PlayStation ever made.

Not just the five main generations – literally every version, variant, and weird footnote Sony ever launched.

What started as a fun collector flex turned into something else entirely.

Because when you actually try to hunt them all down, you realize how strange Sony’s console history really is.

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He actually bought them all

The idea was simple enough: buy every PlayStation ever made, power them on, and play something on each. 

For Linus, a lifelong PC gamer, this was a chance to finally explore Sony’s legacy firsthand.

The basics were easy. 

The team snagged the usual suspects: PS1 through PS5, including the Slims and Pros. They fired up Parappa, Medal of Honor, Horizon Forbidden West. So far, so normal.

Then the weird stuff started showing up. Like the Net Yaroze – a matte black PS1 dev kit sold via mail order in the ‘90s. 

It had no region lock, ran unsigned code, and looked like a stealth mod. Linus had never even heard of it.

Next came the PSX – a Japan-only media hub with a full PS2 inside, a DVR, and a hard drive so encrypted, the whole console dies when it fails.

Then there was the Bravia KDL-22PX300 – a low-spec 720p Sony TV that just happens to have a full PlayStation 2 hidden in the stand. 

Not an accessory. Not detachable. Fully integrated, like it was normal. 

And the timing? Even weirder. It came out in 2010 – four years after the PS3 launched. 

Imagine trying to sell a PS2 as ‘next-gen’ in the age of Blu-ray.

The PlayStation TV might’ve been the most bizarre: a screenless Vita that only really worked after you hacked it.

Along the way, Linus tested every controller, dealt with dead batteries, overheating systems, broken disc drives, and ancient UI systems. 

The PS3’s “yellow light of death” was also a recurring error –  a fatal hardware failure caused by cracked solder or overheating that bricks the entire system. 

When all was said and done, most of the machines roared to life without much protest. A few needed patience, spare parts, or some gentle persuasion. And one – the PSX – had flatlined completely.

What a collection like this says about Sony and the PlayStation legacy

What this experiment in buying every PlayStation ever made really revealed wasn’t just hardware quirks. It was a portrait of Sony as a company that never stopped throwing wild ideas at the wall.

Some stuck. 

The PS2 became a living room staple thanks to its DVD drive. The PS4 nailed performance with PC-style architecture. The PS5’s SSD and DualSense controller genuinely feel next-gen.

But some ideas flopped hard. 

The PSX was way too ahead of its time. The PlayStation TV was underpowered and poorly marketed. And the PS3? So expensive and hot at launch, it nearly cooked itself into irrelevance.

Yet all of that – the brilliance and the failure – is what makes PlayStation what it is. Risky. Relentless. Often unexpected.

Linus didn’t just collect consoles. He uncovered how Sony thinks. 

And whether that meant motion controls, hidden DVD players, or a PS2 shoved inside a TV, one thing was always clear: PlayStation never played it safe. And we know we’re glad they didn’t.

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