Sony Celebrates PlayStation 20th Birthday With PS4 PS1-Edition

It’s been 20 years since the launch of the original PlayStation, which released in Japan on 3rd December, 1994; And Sony is celebrating with a limited-time PS1-style PlayStation 4 bundle.

“20 years is a long time! In 1994, many outsiders thought that Sony was slightly crazy to launch the original PlayStation into an incredibly competitive gaming market,” said Shuhei Yoshida, Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios. “Who could blame them? Sony was (and is!) famous for engineering great electronics, audio equipment and many other consumer devices. But game consoles?!”

The 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 sports the same “Original Grey” finish as the original PlayStation and packaged in a commemorative box, PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition will be priced at €499 and limited to 12,300 units worldwide, reflecting the launch date of the original PlayStation.

Given this very limited production run, the 20th Anniversary Edition will not be available via traditional retail channels. Sony will share more information soon on how you can get your hands on one of these highly collectable consoles.