The Forgotten Physical PlayStation Store & Sony's $85 Million Dollar Flop

In 1999 Sony opened a Physical PlayStation Store as part of their $85 million dollar flop, the Sony Metreon. This is the story behind the store that held the launches of the PS2, PSP, and PS3 and how it failed.t

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"PS1 Scene" (https://skfb.ly/6WCnV) by Fiona Galloway is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....
"DVD/Game Case" (https://skfb.ly/oDp69) by Raphael Frei is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....
"ps2 Console" (https://skfb.ly/orYKC) by Jeffrey fan 2000 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....
"Sony PSP" (https://skfb.ly/6CXrr) by Ilya Ostrovsky is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....
"Sony Playstation 3" (https://skfb.ly/oQ8Qz) by Vasily is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b....

Footage:
Playstation Underground Archive, gothgirlxx96, Distant Roads, Courtney P.K., TwistedGamingTV, Chris Christensen, Luke Rocheleau, gp2a128

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