PlayStation at 30: How Sony’s grey box conquered gaming


PARIS: Japanese electronics giant Sony is set to celebrate 30 years since it launched the PlayStation console, the little grey box that catapulted the firm into the gaming big league.

PlayStation was Sony’s first foray into the world of video games and when it hit the shelves in Japan on Dec 3, 1994, the company needed to sell one million units to cover its costs.

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