Thirty years of PlayStation: How Nintendo's snub created a gaming giant


Despite the poor outlook outlined by critics, around 100,000 Sony consoles were sold on the first day alone. After six months, 2 million units had been sold. On September 9, 1995, sales began in the United States, followed by Europe on September 29. — Image by freepik

TOKYO: At launch, 30 years ago, things initially didn't look very good for the first Sony PlayStation.

Critics listed various reasons as to why the Japanese electronics company's new games console would not hold up against those of Sega and Nintendo.

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