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| Owner | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Country | Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Introduced | December 3, 1994 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Tagline | "Play has no limits." |
| Website | playstation.com |
PlayStation[a] is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists of handhelds, online services, magazines, and other forms of media.
The brand began with the first PlayStation home console released in Japan in 1994 and worldwide the following year, which became the first console of any type to ship over 100 million units, which made PlayStation a globally recognized brand.[1] Since then there have been numerous newer consoles—the most recent being the PlayStation 5 released in 2020—while there have also been a series of handheld consoles and a number of other electronics such as a media center and a smartphone. The main series of controllers utilized by the PlayStation series is the DualShock, a line of vibration-feedback gamepads.[2] SIE also operate numerous online services like PlayStation Network, the PlayStation Store, and the subscription-based PlayStation Plus, which may also offer non-gaming entertainment services; the PlayStation Network has over 103 million active users monthly as of December 2019.[3]
The series also has a strong line-up of first-party games due to PlayStation Studios, a group of many studios owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment that exclusively developed them for PlayStation consoles. In addition, the series features various budget re-releases of games by Sony with different names for each region; these include the Greatest Hits, Platinum, Essentials, and The Best selection of games. It is also known for the four iconic PlayStation face buttons (
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) and has been known for its numerous marketing campaigns, the latest of which being the "Greatness Awaits" and eventually, "Play Has No Limits" commercials in the United States.
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- ^ "PlayStation 2 Breaks Record as the Fastest Computer Entertainment Platform to Reach Cumulative Shipment of 120 Million Units" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Computer Entertainment. November 30, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
- ^ "DualShock 3 Wireless Controller available for PlayStation 3 this summer". Next-Gen.biz. July 1, 2008. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
- ^ "PLAYSTATION NETWORK MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REACHES 103 MILLION". SIE.COM. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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