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====PS One==== [[File:Sony-PSone-Console-wScreen-Open-FL.jpg|thumb|The PS One "combo pack" with 5-inch LCD screen attachment|alt=A photo of a PS One console against a pure white background with a 5-inch LCD screen attachment placed on top.]] {{main|PlayStation models#PS One}} On 7 July 2000, Sony released the PS One (stylised as "PS one" or "PSone"),<ref name="SCEE 2000—Key Facts and Figures">{{cite web |url=http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=98&NewsAreaID=22 |title= SCEE 2000—Key Facts and Figures |publisher=[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]|location=[[Tokyo]]|access-date=25 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919215408/http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=98&NewsAreaID=22 |archive-date=19 September 2007}}</ref> a smaller, redesigned version of the original PlayStation.<ref name="SCEE 2000—Key Facts and Figures"/><ref name="PSOne" /> It was the highest-selling console through the end of the year, outselling all other consoles—including the PlayStation 2.<ref name="PSOne">{{cite web |title= Sony PS One sales rocket as PS Two famine continues |publisher=Situation Publishing|last= Smith |first= Tony |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/06/sony_ps_one_sales_rocket/ |date= 6 June 2000 |access-date= 22 August 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090522232118/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/06/sony_ps_one_sales_rocket/ |archive-date= 22 May 2009 |url-status= live|website=[[The Register]]|location=[[London]]}}</ref> In 2002, Sony released a {{Convert|5|in|adj=on}} [[Liquid crystal display|LCD]] screen add-on for the PS One, referred to as the "Combo pack". It also included a [[Automobile auxiliary power outlet|car cigarette lighter]] adaptor adding an extra layer of portability.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bramwell |first1=Tom |title=PSone LCD sighted |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_45748 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226140344/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_45748 |archive-date=26 December 2020 |location=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] |language=en |date=5 April 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Becker |first1=David |title=Sony offers LCD for PSOne |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/sony-offers-lcd-for-psone/ |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226141227/https://www.cnet.com/news/sony-offers-lcd-for-psone/ |archive-date=26 December 2020 |language=en |date=2 January 2002}}</ref> Production of the LCD "Combo Pack" ceased in 2004, when the popularity of the PlayStation began to wane in markets outside Japan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fahey |first1=Rob |title=Sony to stop PSone LCD manufacture |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-to-stop-psone-lcd-manufacture |website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226141731/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-to-stop-psone-lcd-manufacture |archive-date=26 December 2020 |location=[[Brighton]] |language=en |date=7 July 2004}}</ref> A total of 28.15 million PS One units had been sold by the time it was discontinued in March 2006.<ref name="shipments"/><ref name="stops"/>
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