One lucky employee of an electronic waste disposal facility recently stumbled on a pair of old PlayStation debugging stations that someone discarded in the garbage. Their find serves as a throwback to the days of the second- and third-generation PlayStation hardware. Unlike PlayStation dev kits, which are meant to support game development, Sony's debugging stations are primarily aimed at quality assurance processes. Although debugging is an inherent part of game development, these two types of non-consumer consoles differ in terms of capabilities. E.g., dev kits normally come with more memory, the ability to connect to PCs, and dedicated debugging ports. Meanwhile, debugging stations offer features that are much more in line with retail consoles, since the whole point of them is to mimic a consumer experience, but they have some limitations lifted to allow for easier testing.
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