playstationCollecting PlayStation from Jewel Cases to Blu-rayFlip a PlayStation disc over and look at the colour. If the underside is black, you're holding one of the era's best details: Sony pressed PS1 discs on black-tinted polycarbonate, and that quirk is still the quickest authenticity check in the hobby. Bootlegs burned to silver CD-Rs give themselves away instantly.
It's also lesson one in PlayStation collecting: the details carry the value. Five generations sit under one logo — the 1994 original, the record-breaking PS2, the PS3, plus the PSP and
