Celebrate the milestone by winning a PS4 20th Anniversary Edition!
Hello PlayStation Blog! Today we are celebrating 20 years to the day since the launch of the original PlayStation in Europe. Duly, this means there is plenty of reminiscing (and cake!) here in the office this morning!
If you didn’t manage to get your hands on one, then here’s another (albeit final!) chance to do so. We have created a super gaming quiz to test your knowledge of the past 20 years of PlayStation gaming. We have 20 PS4 20th Anniversary Editions to give away, with runners-up claiming a Dualshock 4 20th Anniversary Controller.
Enter here and, as always, please read the terms and conditions. Good luck!
And that’s not all that’s happening today.
We’ve created a special PlayStation Music playlist of our favourite gaming tracks from the past 20 years, with 21 tracks from 1995 to 2015. From Chemical Brothers’ Chemical Beats featured in future-racing classic WipeOut, to LittleBigPlanet’s The Orb of Dreamers, there should be something for everyone.
Click on the album cover below for a quick link to the playlist via the web player, or alternatively check it out via Spotify on PlayStation Music through your PS4.
Over on the PlayStation Forums, have your say on the games you think defined each generation. Head over there now to complete the survey. The results will be posted next month.
Speaking of lively debate, which is your favourite PlayStation character? Here are 20 of our top picks. The first PlayStation game I owned was Speed Freaks, I still lovingly remember Tabatha and her temper tantrums!
Finally, let’s take a look back at where it all began with the original PlayStation console. We’d love to hear your favourite memories – please do comment below!
Thanks for all of your support over the past 20 years – here’s to many more!
Still excluding many, many European countries. No wonder Sony is having a bad time.
In what way are they having a “bad time”?
@tired-hippo They’re closing businesses and stores all over the world. PS4 is one of their few good products and by not allowing many people to participate in these contests, they’re aggravating the players about the console too. If they keep this up (and there’s no sign that they won’t), Sony will be history in no more than 15 years.
Sony are going to go under because they don’t open contests to everyone?
What about the brand of Playstation, Sonys audio division, the catalogue of patents they own in optics and other technologies? Also I have over £100 in my playstation wallet. That should keep em going for a bit
@Harrisown Yes, I’m sure that your £100 is what’s keeping their heads above right now. I was wondering who the hero is :)
It’s not about this particular contest opennes, but about Sony’s attitude. If they can’t market to as many people as they can, if they can’t excite as many customers as they can, then they’re not trying hard enough for their products to prosper. In the end, they need customers, and if Sony pushes them away, then this is what will cause their demise. Just think about why are they giving out a PS4 console for free and whether they’re really achieving what they want to achieve.
@Harrisown
Haha, love it!
I have at least a fiver too so that should help!
@haltsir
It’s no Sony’s attitude but the rules in your country that make them not have a European contest there.
Sure it sucks but there is nothing they can do about it.
haltsir
You do know that sometimes when some countries are excluded from certain international activities such as contests then there may be some legal issues. Some countries have too many and complicated laws in that matter. Or generally stupid laws that will hurt it all for everybody else.
And no this is not a bad attitude from Sony. No they will not have a bad time because of this, face reality.
Uhm…. you guys do realize that the sony consumer devices is not where sony makes its money… right?
Many non-sony brands use sony semi conductors.
Sony also gets big money from its movies and music labels.
These are not going away anytime soon, and where they really rake in the money.
Even that being said, i think they still doing well in the consumer devices, and even if they closing anything down, i would hardly think its even remotely related to the T’s&C’s of a competition… something they don’t even need to offer, but they do.
Guys, I known that sometimes there are legal issues, but this cannot be the case. I’ve participated in many giveaways, from all over the world, and when they include Europe – they mean all of Europe. Actually I can’t remember the last time anyone, except for Sony, excluded so many countries from a contest such as this. I assure you, the laws are not the problem. Even more so, there are many laws that are synchronised with common European Union laws, which are applied in every EU member. So again – it’s not the laws, it’s Sony.
Don’t try to focus on this particular giveaway, but on what is says about Sony’s attitude in general.
And yes, Sony has many other businesses, but as I said before, one by one they’re closing down. They’re not doing that great in movies either. They semiconductors are seeing a big competition from other Asian manufacturers, so that’s not lasting too. Their last big win was Blu-Ray and it might be the last one (hopefully not).
… just halt, sir.
Sorry, had to say that. *runs away*