>>11853008
I mean, pretty much everything... it was relatively cheap, easy to programm for and pump out software, things like the Memory Card were brilliant moves money wise, the OG controller was recognizeable and the DualShock was essentially perfect, it came out early on the generation against a Saturn that dropped the ball almost everywhere, the CDs made it have an upper edge on Nintendo, especially with things like Square moving 100% to Sony from that point onwards, they made a ton of great new IPs for essentially every genre you could want... they barely made any mistakes with the PlayStation, which is why it sold over 100m units.

>>11795002
Here's some of my PS1 favorites:

>Crash Bandicoot
>Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
>Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
>Crash Team Racing
>Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Lab?
>Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers/Quack Attack
>Dragon Ball: Ultimate Battle 22
>Gran Turismo 2
>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
>Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise
>Need For Speed II
>Need For Speed: High Stakes
>Scooby-Doo: Cyber Chase
>Spider-Man
>Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
>SpongeBob: SuperSponge
>Tarzan
>The Emperor's New Groove
>The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure
>The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
>Tigger's Honey Hunt
>Winning Eleven 2000
>Winning Eleven 2002
>Winning Eleven 3: Final Ver.
>Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

I hope this helps and that you can have a great time, OP!