Playstation Year Released
As a fifth generation console the playstation primarily competed with the nintendo 64 and the sega saturn.
Playstation year released. The brand is produced by sony interactive entertainment a division of sony with the first console releasing as the playstation in japan released in december 1994 and worldwide the following year. By the end of 2013 the ps4 was launched in more european asian and south american countries. Within a decade playstation became the first games console in history to sell over 100 million units worldwide. Ridge racer namco 1994.
The console was released on november 15 2013 in the united states and canada followed by further releases on november 29 2013. The ps4 released in japan at 39 980 on february 22 2014. The original console in the series was the first console of any type to ship over 100 million units doing so in under a decade. 1994 japan 1995 america europe the game changing playstation sported a sleek design and cd format meaning games were bigger 3d capable and with superior sound to what came before it.
The leak states that preorders for playstation 5 being on september 9 and that the reasoning behind sony choosing this date is because the entire strategy of releasing playstation 5 is based on. It s the start of a new console generation the previous playstation was released seven years ago and the ps5 hype is already through the roof. Sony launched its playstation brand back in 1994 and since then the company has released four major consoles all of which have received refreshed designs.