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is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consist 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.

Key facts

Brand.name
PlayStation
Brand.logo
PlayStation logo and wordmark.svg
Brand.logo_class
skin-invert
Brand.logo_caption
Logo used since 2008
Brand.currentowner
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Brand.origin
Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Brand.tagline
"Play has no limits."
Brand.markets
Worldwide

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Offizielle PlayStation®-Website: Konsolen, Spiele, Zubehör und mehr

Entdecke die neue Generation von PlayStation 4- und PS5-Konsolen – erlebe immersives Gaming mit Tausenden Spiele-Hits aus allen Genres, die die Regeln für das, was eine PlayStation-Konsole kann, neu schreiben.

playstation.com

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Encyclopedic overview

80 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Origins
  • Formation of Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Home consoles
  • PlayStation
  • PS One
  • PlayStation 2
  • Slimline model
  • PlayStation 3
  • Slim model
  • Super Slim model
  • PlayStation 4
  • Slim model
  • Pro model
  • PlayStation 5
  • Slim model
  • Pro model
  • Comparison
  • Future consoles
  • Handheld systems
  • PlayStation Portable
  • PSP-2000 and PSP-3000 models
  • PSP Go model
  • PSP Street
  • PlayStation Vita
  • PlayStation Portal
  • Controllers
  • Early PlayStation controllers
  • DualShock, Sixaxis and DualSense
  • PlayStation Move
  • Other hardware
  • PocketStation
  • LCD Screen for PSone
  • PSX (2003)
  • Television sets
  • PlayTV
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
  • Sony Tablets
  • PlayStation TV
  • PlayStation VR
  • PlayStation Classic
  • Image gallery
  • Games
  • First party games
  • Re-releases
  • PlayStation Indies
  • Online services
  • PlayStation 2 online service
  • PlayStation Network
  • PlayStation Store
  • Life with PlayStation
  • PlayStation Plus
  • PlayStation Blog
  • PlayStation App
  • PlayStation Mobile
  • PlayStation Now
  • Online social networking services
  • PlayStation Home
  • Room for PlayStation Portable
  • Others
  • Software
  • XrossMediaBar
  • LiveArea
  • Linux operating systems
  • Linux for PlayStation 2
  • Linux for PlayStation 3
  • Media
  • Magazines
  • PlayStation Underground
  • Marketing
  • Slogans
  • Notable advertising campaigns
  • It Only Does Everything
  • Netherlands Ceramic White PSP Commercials
  • All I want for Xmas is a PSP
  • Sponsorship
  • Reception
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consist 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 brainchild of Sony executive Ken Kutaragi, 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. 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. 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.

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