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A Decade of Playstation

Posted on Monday, 6 December 2004 by Speed, source: Fragland
December 3, 1994. That was the day the original Sony Playstation was released in Japan.
The BBC has taken a look at what a full decade of Playstation has done for gaming
Gaming has ensconced itself in popular culture, and this is in no small part due to Sony's first PlayStation console, which went on sale in Japan on 3 December 1994.

It had its own early pin-up in the form of Lara Croft, and it spawned a term for those who grew up in this popular culture.

"We are the 'PlayStation generation'. We make beats on whatever we can," claimed London rapper Dizzee Rascal after accepting the 2003 Mercury Prize.
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