PlayStation 25th anniversary issue

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge, Photography by Richard Parry On December 3rd, 1994, Sony entered the video game industry — and it hasn’t been the same since.
Twenty-five years ago, the original PlayStation ushered in the era of 3D gaming on a home console. Over that period, the company has consistently changed things up with new advancements, whether that’s the DVD storage of the PS2 or the influential twin-stick design of the DualShock controller. It’s hard to