Sony is getting ready to celebrate 30 years of PlayStation with an array of special events and content starting later this month. The original PlayStation console was released in Japan on December 3, 1994, and would make it to other territories like North America, Europe, and Australia throughout the following year. The console helped to usher in a new era of 3D console gaming alongside the Nintendo 64 and spawned a plethora of now-iconic franchises like Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken, and Gran Turismo.
Four console generations later, PlayStation remains one of the big three gaming platforms along with Nintendo and Xbox, with the PlayStation 5 quickly becoming the fastest-selling system in the brand’s long history following its release in 2020. 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the original PlayStation’s Japanese launch, and first-party Sony developer Team Asobi is celebrating this milestone with the upcoming Astro Bot. Set to launch on the PS5 later this week, Astro Bot features cameos from numerous PlayStation characters and gameplay that harkens back to the mascot-based PlayStation platformers of old.
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