I stand by the theory that a person is at their most impressionable during their teenage years. I was 13 when I first picked up a PlayStation controller and the next few years spent gaming on PS1 were to have a profound effect on my ideas about gaming as well as cement this great hobby as a permanent fixture and fixation in my life.

2010 marked the 15th anniversary of the PlayStation brand. In celebration of this event I thought I’d put together an informative retrospective covering the major milestones achieved during this period of time. Not only do I want to delve deeper into the history of PlayStation, but also to connect these facts to my memories of growing up alongside the PlayStation family of consoles. The evolution from PS1 to PS2 to PS3 over 15 years ties up nicely with the defining periods of my life - I was at high school during the peak of PS1, at university during the period when PS2 was dominant, and out in the working world by the time PS3 hit the scene.

Continue reading El33tonline’s Editorial: 15 Years of PlayStation: a Retrospective.