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The PlayStation is a series of video game consoles created and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment with consoles in the fifth to eighth generations. The brand was first introduced on December 3, 1994 in Japan with the launch of the original PlayStation console. It now consists of a total of three core home consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines.
The first console in the series, the PlayStation, was the first video game console to ship 100 million units, 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. Its successor, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. It is the best-selling home console to date, having reached over 150 million units sold as of January 31, 2011.Sony’s latest console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006 has sold over 75 million consoles worldwide (IDC March 2013 estimate: “78 million”).
