PlayStation Thanks Fans for 30 Years With Emotional Retrospective

PlayStation showed off an emotionally charged retrospective video that thanked fans for their devotion to the brand. The original PlayStation system was released on December 3, 1994, in Japan, and the brand has been going strong ever since. Although it’s been a quieter year for PlayStation, with fewer surprises for its most popular games like The Last of Us franchise, players are hoping that The Game Awards 2024 show leads to more big news.

PlayStation fans have been excited about the brand’s 30th anniversary for some time. In addition to being hyped about potential new releases, fans have been offered the chance to grab 30th-anniversary PlayStation merchandise, such as special edition PlayStation 5 systems that feature the original console’s color palette, as well as DualSense controllers and other accessories.

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PlayStation published a 30th-anniversary video, addressing its community with heartfelt thanks to gamers for 30 years of play. The video is a montage set to Dream A Lot’s slowed-down and emotionally weighty cover of “Dreams” by The Cranberries, featuring some of the greatest hits across PlayStation systems. PlayStation’s current biggest sellers are some of the most heavily featured, including the most recent God of War, Horizon, and The Last of Us games. Many of the clips shown include thematically resonant wording that emphasizes the core of what the games on screen are about.

PlayStation Drops an Emotional Retrospective

Other titles with equally devoted followings show up in PlayStation’s anniversary video, such as Final Fantasy 7, starting with its original release and then splicing the frame to reveal Cloud Strife’s current-gen glow-up. A similar comparison is made with Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider series. Along with MLB and FIFA games, Ratchet and Clank, Crash Bandicoot, Infamous, and Sly Cooper also make the cut. This video suggests that PlayStation is paying strong attention to its roots.

After also featuring the Dark Souls series during the 30th-anniversary video, it ends with a clip of Bloodborne while “persistence” is used as the final descriptor word. Many fans have taken this as a bittersweet moment, not just for PlayStation, but for Bloodborne specifically. Fans have been asking for a Bloodborne remaster since the arrival of the PlayStation 5, and seeing Bloodborne acknowledged in a video that looks into PlayStation’s history is exciting for many, even without any new developments for the game. Many PlayStation fans have echoed a similar overall sentiment that even if the franchises they love don’t see any new updates, it was nice to see PlayStation convey thanks to its fans and the catalog that they’ve loved for 30 years.

PlayStation 5

Sony’s PlayStation 5 is part of the ninth console generation and debuted with a launch lineup that included Demon’s Souls and Astro’s Playroom. The console comes with a Blu-ray disc, although a digital-only edition is also available for a cheaper price.