One year down: How do the PlayStations stack up?

With nothing else to do, we began talking about our undying love for the PlayStation 3, but the PS2 and PS1 kept creeping into the conversation until we started to compare the three systems. And now that the PlayStation 3 has just turned a year old, what better time to look back at how it stacks up against the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation than the present?

So sit down, grab a hot cup of cocoa and be prepared to be wowed, because some of our findings may surprise you.

Of course, the most common way gamers look at a console’s success is how many units it’s shipped or sold. While most people know the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 are the largest-selling home consoles ever with more than 100 million units sold each, did you know that, in its first year, the PS3 nearly doubled the sales of the original PlayStation?