Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look

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Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look

Limited Edition console design takes PS5 back to the early days of PlayStation.

As we continue our celebrations leading up to the 30th anniversary of the first PlayStation console launch, we have a special treat to reveal today that brings the past together with the present.

Introducing our PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection to celebrate this wonderful milestone.

Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look

The new limited edition designs pay homage to 30 wonderful years of gaming, a journey made possible by the passion and support of our fans and talented game developers. Reminiscent of the very first PlayStation console to launch on December 3, 1994, this limited edition offering utilizes the original PlayStation color design and integrates it into the latest line of PS5 hardware products.

The PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection will be sold in highly limited supply in the following options:

  • PlayStation 5 Pro Console – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition BundIe
    • Includes the limited edition PS5 Pro console with 2TB SSD, Wi-Fi 7 in territories supporting this standard, and matching limited edition accessories – DualSense wireless controller, DualSense Edge wireless controller, DualSense Charging Station, and a Console Cover for a Disc Drive (Disc Drive sold separately).
    • It also includes a Vertical Stand and special collector’s Items:

  • Original PlayStation controller-style cable connector housing
  • Four PlayStation Shapes cable ties
  • PlayStation sticker
  • Limited Edition PlayStation Poster (1 of 30 possible designs)
  • PlayStation Paperclip

  • PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle 
    • Includes the limited edition PS5 Digital Edition console with 1TD SSD and matching limited edition accessories – DualSense wireless controller and a Console Cover for a Disc Drive (Disc Drive sold separately).
    • It also includes a Vertical Stand and special collector’s Items:

  • Original PlayStation controller-style cable connector housing
  • Four PlayStation Shapes cable ties
  • PlayStation sticker
  • Limited Edition PlayStation Poster (1 of 30 possible designs)
  • PlayStation Paperclip

  • PlayStation Portal Remote Player – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (standalone)

  • DualSense Edge Wireless Controller – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (standalone)

  • DualSense Wireless Controller – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (standalone)

The PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection will be released on November 21. There will be 12,300 units of the PlayStation 5 Pro Console – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle available for customers to purchase, with limited edition numbers etched onto the unit. The number represents the month and date of the first PlayStation console launch. 

We’ve had five fantastic console generations since the launch of our very first PlayStation console. We’re proud of the innovations and experiences we’ve brought to the PlayStation community over the years as we kept up with the latest technology as it advanced. In the early days, the number of pixels was around 300-thousand, and now it is more than 8 million pixels for 4K on screen. Additionally, stereo sound evolved into surround sound – and now we are using 3D audio. The game controller has also evolved, starting with buttons, then came the analog stick and later vibration – and now we have haptics and even adaptive triggers. Everything we’ve done is to ensure PlayStation is the best place to play. We believe the beginning of our journey is an important part of our history at Sony Interactive Entertainment, which is why we are honoring this moment by bringing the original PlayStation design theme into the latest products for PS5 to commemorate the last 30 years. As we look ahead to the future, we will continue to innovate as technology evolves, so you can enjoy each memorable moment in your continued journey with PlayStation.

Please be sure to check in with us regularly on our 30th anniversary webpage as we’ll have more fun celebration activities as we head towards our 30th anniversary. 

We’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone for being a PlayStation fan over the last 30 years. There are plenty of great experiences to come and we look forward to the next 30 and beyond!

Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look

PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection Purchase Information  

In regions where direct.playstation.com* is available, players with a PlayStation Network account can pre-order the following PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection products exclusively from PlayStation starting September 26.  In regions where direct.playstation.com isn’t available, pre-orders begin starting September 26 at participating retailers. 

  • PlayStation 5 Pro Console – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle   
  • PlayStation Portal Remote Player – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (standalone) 
  • DualSense Edge Wireless Controller – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (standalone)  

In regions where direct.playstation.com is available, players with a PlayStation Network account can pre-order the following PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection products directly from PlayStation starting September 26, and from additional participating retailers as noted below.  

  • PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle  
    • Pre-orders at participating retailers begin October 10   
  • DualSense Wireless Controller – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition (standalone)
    • Pre-orders at participating retailers begin September 26.  

*Regions where direct.playstation.com is available: U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria.  

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  • Hi, how to avail for the unit or even the accessory such as the dual sense controller.

  • preorder link please

  • ….Just give me the cover plates instead of a bundled system and I’ll cop the controller.

    Lot of “celebrating” but…What are we really getting?

    Stand sold separately but we get some pretty cable ties.

    Community involves asking questions and looking to improve…

    This here just seems out of tune. Especially when they could drop of bundle for those thar already own a PS5 since all they are selling is aethetics.

  • I despise the white box on the bundle. I want that classic black box 😔

  • How can we celebrate if you’re not making enough quantities for everyone that wants this to buy it :/ ? it will probably be sold out by scalpers and bots before we can make a move.

  • Yet more pointless hardware. How about some “new” games to go along with the hardware? Man Sony has been striking out consistently. Concord reportedly cost $400mil, PC ports flopping left and right, and still no new game announcements, but they are celebrating what exacly?

  • I can’t wait! I need this.

  • Happy 30th Anniversary PlayStation!

    Having celebrate over the years for gaming since PlayStation, Even the I’m going to buy the PS5 Pro later on this year for prepares.

  • So cool, but I just want some stickers… Happy Anniversary PlayStation. Thanks for the good games and memories…

  • Ah man, you guys should have shown these last week ! I definitely want the Duelsense Edge SE controller. Now the two systems, hmmm … I’ll need to marinate over that some more .

  • Can someone let Sony Malaysia confirm if we are getting any of the bundles, my cash is ready, and so is the disc drive?

  • Guestimate on that PS5 Pro 30th anniversary edition will cost?

  • Sony PlayStation ¿Where is the ps plus free for a weekend?

  • Instead of a dual sense edge I would rather have the Portal with the pro bundle.

  • It’s so sad you limit the bundle to 12300 units only, makes no sense to me, and it’s not even available in my country because I live in No-way they sellin it here.. I’m one that cares what my console looks like, I have a og PS5 with dbrand darkplates 2.0 in translucent purple with a matching controller, but I would love to have a PS1 inspired PS5 to, why no plates for the one’s rocking the OG?

    And the only way to get the controller carging-station in other than white is through this bundle.. why? You could have sold that separately, and made headsets in PS1 grey to..

    The PS5 Pro bundle should have been 3000000 units, world wide, so everybody could have celebrated the 30th anniversary the way they want, I’m sure it would have sold out, and people would have been happy.. not just scalpers selling it on eBay for 3000+ USD..

  • That Pro limited edition bundle will at the very least be £1k but that would literally at a retail combined price, but knowing Sony these days, this bundle will cost about the same as a RTX 4090

  • the biggest gift you can give us is to fire Hermen Hulst and shut down Nixxes

  • Does anyone have any idea at which time the pre orders will open? (I live in the Netherlands and would like to know if they will open in the midnight for me)

  • This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥, NEED THOSE 🎮!!!!!!!!!

  • 12,300 units? well i have lost all hope

  • 12,300? there goes all hope i had to get one

  • Does anyone know if they will be sending invites to preorder the pro edition exclusive

  • Ah. Remind us of the time when PlayStation had unique and fresh content, by wearing its skin. Instead of providing unique and fresh content for the future.

    That’s not creepy nor unsettling at all.

  • can i buy whatever i want in that bundle individually like buy it separately? or do i have to buy the bundle altogether?

  • Dear Sony,

    If you truly care and passionate about providing the real gamers the chance to get this 30th anniversary bundle, please set a prerequisite that only gamers who have their PSN ID created more than 10 years to have the pre-order access. Save us from the scalpers! If not, we know very well that scalpers will get most of it.

    Happy 30th anniversary.

    Playstation fan for the past 25 years

  • Honestly I’m looking at the PS5 pro and it’s one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen this year. The colour as well as the unique subtle design has me memorised. Sony I understand that this is only going to be available via your website and I really want one and you can bet I will try my best to go online on the 26th and secure one but I have to ask how will you prevent the scraplers from using there Bots by beating the rest of us and unfairly securing dozens of what will be a very limited number of the console? I’m also based here in the UK, how many units will be available to us guys and at what time locally or internationally can we expect this to be released because we all know it’s going to sell out within seconds!

  • *Ps5 pro Anniversary edition*

  • “The new limited edition designs pay homage to 30 wonderful years of gaming, a journey made possible by the passion and support of our fans…”

    “The PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection will be sold in highly limited supply…”

    Not that many fans, then, eh? Seriously though, I’ve been gaming with PlayStation since ’97, but I don’t want to celebrate the 30th anniversary with the nervous anticipation followed by heavy disappointment of not getting one of these lovely limited edition pro’s.

    I’ll celebrate the 30th anniversary in my own way, one that’s meaningful to me, and respectful of my great many treasured memories. Thank you Sony for them at least.

  • هل راح يصدر الجهاز في المملكة العربية السعودية عند تجار التجزئة؟

  • Gonna be expensive as hell but I’m gonna try to get the controller and just wanna say that the Original PlayStation controller-style cable connector housing was simply a genius idea…y’all should sell that separately or bundled with a controller only,it’s too cool to be locked in a system bundle.

  • What are the participating retailers in Australia?

  • Who are your participating retailers in Ireland? Kindly let us know so we can per order via them.

  • Email me a pre-preorder like with the PS5 yeah??? Sold!

  • Need to make a disk drive version. Alot of players buy physical. We like to own our game in our hands. In case of moment like account hack or wrongful bans we still own our games.

  • Happy 30th Anniversary! I feel so happy to been part of the journey and family since 1997

  • Any one born after 1994 should be exempt from being able to buy one. Us OG’s should be the only ones allowed to buy one 😉

  • I can’t believe it’s been 30 years since the jaws of 16-bit gamers hit the floor when seeing Ridge Racer in action!

    I hope Sony organise the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro launch properly, perhaps send invites to those with the oldest PSN accounts, and then open it up to newer accounts (+1 year) after each day passes – distributing the super limited stock to those who’ve invested in the brand from the start. I think it’s fair as the PS1 nostalgia hits harder with those who signed up for PSN back in 2006/2007.

  • Hi,

    What time does it start ??

  • Dear Sony,

    Please send me an invite for the PS5 Pro. As a loyal family member of the playstation for 30 yrs, and hopefully over 30 plus more years to come I am excited to play on the most powerful home console to date, the PS5 Pro. I don’t want to miss out on securing one at launch due to selling out.

    Thank you Mr. Mark Cerny and team for continuing to architect great hardware. Thank you Mr. Hiroki Totoki, Mr. Hideaki Nishino, and Mr. Hermen all of you at SIE, and for he past, present, and future of great video gaming.

  • this remember me how hard I work when I was 10 years old to buy my first PS1 Happy 30 Anniversary is been awesome 30 years for Sony gaming Technology

  • I wanna try that anniversary of the PlayStation 530 anniversary

  • send me the new PlayStation five Pro with a 30 anniversary

  • I’m really looking for the pro 30th anniversary edition with the edge controller. Usually I’m not lucky to own one. That happened also with the PS4 pro 5 million edition was released 😭

  • I’m so excited for this to ship. I hope to pick up the Pro, and an Edge controller <3

  • Anybody knows what time the pre-orders start?

  • Dear Sony, PlayStation. I was there when you launched. And despite the past few years I’m still here. But I have big concerns about the current scalper situation arising around the pre order launch of the pro and anniversary editions. I’ve pretty much begged and borrowed for the past year getting ready for this moment. Only to be disheartened by scalper’s statement that they can purchase 80% of the pre order stock in 1 second through AI bots. What contingencies have you in place to stop the scalpers and allow the fans to actually make the purchases? And when will you announce the pricing of the 30th editions, as there’s a lot of speculation flying round on the net, and when exactly does the preorders go live? 26/9/24 @ 00:00? Is that in America? Europe? Japan time zone?

  • Who needs a disk drive when you don’t have any games?

  • My money is ready, for that 30th edition Pro 5!

  • How can i pre-order? and when?…

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