Two decades of gaming as Sony celebrate birth of PlayStation

Twenty years ago, this month, a small grey box made its debut in Japan — and changed the entertainment landscape forever.

In December 1994, Sony’s PlayStation gave birth to the global gaming phenomenon, paving the way for an era of revolutionary 3D graphics, engrossing gameplay, and complex virtual worlds.

Gran Turismo, Tekken, Final Fantasy, and Crash Bandicoot took the world by storm and helped build Sony’s multibillion-dollar franchise in the process. Titles such as Tomb Raider and Resident Evil were so popular they were later made into films.