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PlayStation is a gaming brand that consists of four home video game consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. It is created and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment since December 3, 1994, with the launch of the original PlayStation console in Japan.[1]
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The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units, 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.
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The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console to date, having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28, 2012.
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The first handheld game console in the PlayStation series (called the PlayStation Portable or PSP), sold a total of 80 million units worldwide by November 2013.
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Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013.
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Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale, becoming the fastest selling console in history.
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playstation 4 pro was made public on September 7, 2016 and launched worldwide on November 10, 2016.