Platform archive · PlayStation
PlayStation
After a broken partnership with Nintendo, Sony entered the market alone. Developer-friendly tools, inexpensive CD production, and a wide-ranging library helped PlayStation redefine the center of the industry.
Hardware launch era1995
Physical games3,558
Documented packages4,848
Hardware variants7
PlayStationLaunch information
The platform’s opening chapter
- Hardware era
- 1995
- Launch region
- North America
- Primary physical format
- CD-ROM
- First documented physical release
- 1994 · exact day not documented
- Latest documented physical release
- February 18, 2023
- Special editions and variants
- 1,469
Hardware collector index
Colors, revisions, and special editions
Launch · Japan
SCPH-1000 — Japan
Regional model · Worldwide
Original gray PlayStation
Regional model · Asia
Video CD SCPH-5903
Special edition · Japan
10 Million Model — Midnight Blue
Revision · Worldwide
PS one — white
Revision · Japan
SCPH-3000 — Japan
Special edition · Japan / North America / Europe
Net Yaroze — black
Best-known releases
Platform-defining collector highlights
Complete physical checklist