PSX was the codename for the PS1, and what the internet community latched on to, especially after the PS2 came out and there needed to be clarity on which they were referring to.

One of the early PSX PC emulators decided to name themselves PCSX as an amalgamation of PC and PSX.

PCSX2's team wanted to make a PS2 emulator on par with/inspired by (and maybe forked off of?) the PS1 emulator and decided to continue the naming convention.

And now we have the dislexia-unfriendly PCSX2 name.

[–] yuri@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago

ah dammit, that’s actually compelling reasoning! lmao

[–] okmko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Y'all remember the PSX emu Bleem! ? You could buy it commercially as a physical disk from the shelves of a store? I have no idea how they got away with it but that seems unthinkable these days.

I feel like, based on the interface, they just took PCSX, swapped the splash screen, and somehow distributed it commercially, along with even running TV ads. They must've been sued into oblivion by Sony.

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Personally, I wasn't allowed to own a computer until well after Bleem! went out of business (from running out of money for legal defence against sony).

That being said, looking at wikipedia, Bleem! started first, so PCSX was the one that stole the look and feel of Bleem!

[–] okmko@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Wow that's news to me.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then it should PCPSX or PSXPC, but the PCSX trips me up so hard. I hate it so much

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Maybe, but it is meant as a portmanteau, and not just two abbreviations stuck together.

Like... if the National Aeronautics and Space Administration made a big light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation device, and decided to call it the NASER instead of NASALASER.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

PC sex too. That's how I read it.

[–] okmko@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I didn't even know people read it. My eyes just glazed over the letters like it's a picture lol.