1988- The start of the Playstation era. Sony embarked on a deal with Nintendo to develop a CD-ROM drive for the Super NES. Using the same Super Disc technology as the proposed SNES drive, Sony began development on what was to eventually become the PlayStation. (Initially called the Super Disc)
1991- The commercial release of the multimedia machine in the form of Philips' CD-I, which had been developed by both Philips and Sony until mounting conflicts resulted in the two company parting ways.
1991- The Playstation was announced officially by Sony. Instead of working with Sony, as origionally planned, Nintendo is instead working with Philips.
1992-The software licensing for the proposed 32-bit machines was awarded to Nintendo, with Sony receiving only minimal licensing royalties. The first Play Station never made it out of the factories. Apparently, about 200 were produced, and some software even made it to development.
1993- Sony revealed the PS-X, or PlayStation-X. (solely released in japan)
1994- On December 3, 1994, the PlayStation was finally released in Japan, one week after the Sega Saturn. Initial Cost: $387
1995- By mid-1995, Sony had set its sights firmly on the United States
1995- United State's first real look at the PlayStation.
1995- The PlayStation launched in the United States on September 9, 1995 to instant success. Over 100,000 units were already presold at launch, and 17 games were available.
1994- The playstation is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan.
1999 - The Playstation 2, or the PS2, is a video game console that is successor of the Playstation and predecessor of the Playstation 3.
2000- Playstation 2 is a Sony’s super-popular console video game center that was
released in Japan on March 4, 2000.
2002- The video game market became very competitive. on May 14, 2002 Sony lowered the price of the PlayStation 2 by one-third the price to $199.
2004 - As of May 18, 2004, Sony shipped 100 million PlayStation consoles throughout the whole world.
2008 - On July 28, 2008, the PlayStation 3 was introduced. The system was only on the market for 10 months and sold at least 500000 copies, meeting the Greatest Hits criteria.
2010- On December 17, 2010 The official Iphone app for PlayStation was released.
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