Last week saw the launch of the highly anticipated PlayStation 4 across North America. Lets take a step back and look at the tech that made it all possible – ‘A Technology Timeline of the PlayStation’. http://bit.ly/1fihiC1

1. A TECHNO LOGY
TIMELINE OF THE
P L AY S TAT I O N
NEW SONY CONSOLE
ANNOUNCED
1993
PLAYSTATION RELEASED
IN JAPAN
1994
PLAYSTATION RELEASED
ACROSS EUROPE
1995
FIRST 1,000,000 UNITS
SOLD IN JAPAN
1995
350,000 UNITS SOLD
ACROSS EUROPE
1995
50,000,000 UNITS SOLD
WORLDWIDE
1998
DUAL SHOCK
CONTROLLER LAUNCHED
1998
TOP 3 BEST SELLING
PLAYSTATION GAMES
First console to sell
100,000,000 units
worldwide
Adopted the CD instead
of more common
Cartridge games
GRAN TURISMO
GRAN TURISMO 2
FINAL FANTASY VII
10.85 MILLION COPIES
9.97 MILLION COPIES
9.72 MILLION COPIES
PS2 RELEASED ACROSS
THE WORLD
1,680,000 UNITS SOLD
IN EUROPE ALONE
17.33 MILLION COPIES
14.89 MILLION COPIES
PS3 ANNOUNCED
2006
PS3 RELEASED IN JAPAN
AND AMERICA
2006
PS3 RELEASED ACROSS
EUROPE
2010
75,000,000 UNITS SOLD
2013
TOP 3 BEST SELLING
PLAYSTATION 2 GAMES
2007
PLAYSTATION MOVE IS
RELEASED
11.73 MILLION COPIES
2005
2005
PLAYSTATION STORE IS
LAUNCHED ONLINE
GRAN TURISMO 4
2005
PORTABLE PLAYSTATION
(PSP) IS RELEASED
GRAN TURISMO 3:
A-SPEC
2004
10 YEARS OF PLAYSTATION
GRAND THEFT AUTO:
SAN ANDREAS
2003
SLIMLINE MODEL
RELEASED
1 out of every 5 homes
across Europe owned a
PlayStation or PS2
2002
NETWORK ADAPTER FOR
ONLINE GAMING
Fastest console to sell
100,000,000 units
5 years and 9 months
2000
TOP 3 BEST SELLING
PLAYSTATION 3 GAMES
First PlayStation to have
Blu-ray and Motion
Sensing Technology
Updated Wireless
Controller with 6 axis
of tracked movement
GRAND THEFT
AUTO V
CALL OF DUTY:
MODERN WARFARE 3
CALL OF DUTY:
BLACK OPS
13.51 MILLION COPIES
12.51 MILLION COPIES
11.89 MILLION COPIES
Stream live gameplay
or record, edit and
upload videos
Smartphones/tablets
can enhance gameplay
as second screens
No restrictions on the
use of pre-owned or
shared games
New shape controller
with Mono Speaker,
Touch Pad & Light Bar
http://www.historyofplaystation.com/main_en_GB.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation
http://us.playstation.com/corporate/about/theplaystationstory/
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/256469/features/the-playstation-console-a-brief-history/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/picture-galleries/9776067/PlayStation-Sonys-gaming-highs-and-lows.html
http://www.vgchartz.com/platform
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