update:




psv
Banner Saga
Bastion - Vita and PS4.
Broken Age
Day of the Tentacle
Geometry Wars 3
Grim Fandango Remastered - Jan 27th
Octodad
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Shovel Knight - exclusive Kratos battle
Suikoden 1+2
Super Time Force Ultra - Shuhei Yoshida playable
TowerFall Ascension - + expansion pack.

ps3
Yakuza 5 - help from Sony.
Suikoden 1+2

ps4
Bastion - Vita and PS4.
Batman: Arkham Knight - PS exclusive Nightmare pack.
Bloodborne - randomly generated dungeon option.
Broken Age
Day of the Tentacle
Destiny DLC - exclusive PS content.
Drawn to Death - drawing aesthetic arena shooter
Edith Finch
Fat Princess Adventures
Final Fantasy 7 - PC release exclusive to PS4.
Gang Beasts
Grim Fandango Remastered - Jan 27th
Kill strain - 5v2v5 F2P top down shooter.
Kill Floor 2 - console debut on PS4
MLB 15 - first show teaser
No Man's Sky
Orcs Must Die Unchained
Persona 5 - PS3 and PS4
Shovel Knight - exclusive Kratos battle
Street Fighter 4 Ultra - coming to PS4 from Sony.
Street Fighter 5 - PS4 exclusive, cross-play with PC.
Super Time Force Ultra - Shuhei Yoshida playable
Tearaway Unfolded
The Forest - console debut on PS4.
The Order 1886
Uncharted 4 gameplay demo
Until Dawn
Wattam - from director of Katamari Damacy

other
EA - NFS vita, Mirrors Edge ps3, Garden Warfare ps4 free for weekend.


This thread is not just about what happens at the event but rather what the event is for: celebrating 20 years of Playstation.

So this is really more about your own PS experiences throughout the years. Which platform did you start off? What games defined your PS gaming? What do you hope to see next from PS?

keep it fun guys, really interested to hear your stories.

Alright, so I remember when I got the first PS. before then my family had had an NES and SEGA Genesis (I think it was). I never knew what a PS was until I went to a friends house and got to play on one. I was absolutely taken into it and wanted one as a gift. At the time, it did not occur to me that these consoles were made by different companies - I thought they were all the same and I didn't realise at the time that each game had to be individually collected. Well, I knew, but I did not think about it. My first PS game I ever owned was Crash Bandicoot 3. And wow, I loved that game so much. I also got an NBA game at the same time , which of course was a lot of fun with my brother (a basketball fan).

That is how I started with PS: Crash and basketball.

I also recall how I got into the FF series. My friend and I used to rent games every once and a while and he convinced me to rent FF7. Put it in and I could not believe it: what was this rubbish?????

Seriously, I thought this game sucked so much that I said I was returning it for something else. Went back, and the woman said that we had the game for just over an hr so we could not exchange it. I was annoyed... but hey I had the game. Went back and played it. No idea what happened, but that is how I fell in love with one of my fav series and fav games of all time. Feels like so long ago now haha.

My first memory was when they launched teh PSOne with the Sega Saturn. I had both a SNES and MegaDrive at that point. I remember my buddy and I were about 16 or so and we went to Eastgate as someone rented a store there and you could play on either machine for something like R20 an hour. First game I played on it was Tomb Raider and when that damn T Rex game around that corner it was freaking epic.

I started off renting the PSOne, with a copy of Crash Bandicoot (1) every now and then. I loved it so much that I saved up for quite a while.

I actually remember buying my PS1 (original model). It was a Reggies promo where the first 5 people at the shop got it at a discount. I was the first one there, about 3 hours before they opened.

For a while I had no games (all my money went into buying the console), so I just played CDs on it. Does anyone else remember the cool patterns on the CD player?

Eventually I had enough money to buy Spyro 2. I loved it! Unfortunately, I didn't buy a memory card... A couple years later I had quite a nice collection. Spyro, Digimon World, Metal Gear Solid. There were some great games for PS1

The PS2 I bought quite late in it's lifetime, and never had too many games (and also bought a memory card AFTER buying games. Silly me). I did have EyeToy though, and teenage me loved that

Then my PS2 started breaking (laser issues), so my dad got me a PSP for my birthday. I bought an SD card for it straight away haha! Had some amazing games for that thing: Tales of Eternia, Ratchet and Clank Size Matters, Tales of the World...

Fast forward a bit: I bought myself a PS3 when the first slim model came out. This was also when second-hand games were easily available, so I built up quite a collection. I'm actually still using that PS3 now

I also got a Vita for my 21st. I love that thing, especially the PS1 and PSP collection available for it. Unfortunately it's kinda turned into a PS4 Remote Play device now, due to the lack of exclusives.

Speaking of the PS4, I got one earlier this year. I'm loving it A great mix of stunning AAA games, and couch co-op indies.

Anyway, this turned out to be a bit of a long post. Suffice it to say, I Playstation.

My older brother had a PSOne first. I used to go visit him just to play. Back then chipping consoles was the rage and as a wee young lad I had no idea what the law was behind it so I reveled in all the affordable games and etc. The first game I ever rented tho, was Final Fantasy IX - I literally had to go visit him to play it and then return it the next day.

When I finally got my very own PSOne, it was chipped and the first game I purchased was FFIX, after that came FFVIII and then finally FFVII - I actually owned FFVII on PC (b-day gift) but back then my PC was not compatible so I never even got to play it until the PSOne.

First game I rented and played on my PS2 was Final Fantasy X - a game I would have to dream about for many months...seeing it on shelves but unable to play it until I got the PS2.
Final Fantasy has pretty much been apart of my life since I started gaming and its all thanks to my mom (Went with fam to get me a bday gift, brother chose Need for Speed, my mom picked up that copy of FFVII on PC and knew straight away this was for me)

PS3 was my first big purchase when I was about 22 and I fell in love.

Next year I plan to get a PS4, as I am eagerly waiting for FFXV or KH3 - which ever comes first! But the bug keeps trying to bite me and I don't know how much longer I can Doom it away...

I never had a Sega or Nintendo console, I only had a old school Gameboy & those cheap ass golden dragon consoles!
I knew about the Playstation, & my buddy was getting one so he could play Gran Turismo 2!
So I used my hard earned money from working at the CNA after school, to get one & Gran Turismo 2 as well!
My next game was Resi 3, & from then on I was a PS fan!!!

Then PS2 came out, I was reading my gaming mags & GTA3 was a MUST buy for me!! I enjoyed GTA2 on PS1, but this was something special!
So sold my Playstation & all my games to get my PS2 & GTA3!!!!! PS2 was also my first dvd player!!
I eventually upgraded to the Slim model, which for me is the best gaming console ever!!!

Then PS3, & I got the Phat 60GB model bundle with Motor Storm & Resistance! PS3 was also my first Blu Ray!
That lasted a whole 4 months, got it swopped out! That one lasted a whole year & a half! Got it repaired, & that lasted 2 months, so sold it & got the Slim 120GB! & that Slim is going on 5 years now!!!

Got my PS4 about a year after launch, the bundle with TLoU!

I also had the Slim PSP model, nice little machine! But was wasted on me, only ever had about 5 games on it!

Got my PS1 on December 25th 1995, best Christmas ever My Uncle brought Ministry of Sound to South Africa and through it had some Sony sponsorship so he use to get every PS game ever and always brought over at least 10-15 titles every time he came to visit, so I had loads and loads of games to play all the time which was great, everything from Lucky Luke to Pandemonium to Metal Gear Solid to Resident Evil. I don't think I ever purchased a single PS game while I had one, the good times.

First game I ever put into the console and played was Wipeout. Most defining games of that period was Metal Gear solid, Resident Evil 2, Street Fighter Alpha, Gran Turismo 2 and Crash Bandicoot 3.

In December 2002 I went overseas and they had a Silver PS2 bundle which came with an extra controller, memory card and 3 games, Gran Turismo 3, Dragonball Z Budokai and Devil May Cry, the bundle was £125 and was pretty much all my pocket money but damn did I enjoy that console, brought it back here and it is still working today. Most memorable games from that console where Devil May Cry 3, Onimusha Dawn of Dreams, God of War 2, Resident Evil 4 and the list just goes on. Easily the greatest console ever made.

September 2007 I bought the PS3 after seeing both Heavenly Sword and Ninja Gaiden Sigma on the shelves the following month I got to play Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction and Uncharted. From the get go I enjoyed the console and had loads to play, Devil May Cry released in February and I destroyed that game never left the console for some time.

Bought the PS4 on launch last year, enough said.

Great write ups guys

For anyone who is a fan of David Jaffe's work, you can expect to see his new game this coming weekend.


So yeah, the PS2. i recall not getting the PS2 on launch (PSV is the only device I ever have). I didnt have a lot of PS1 games so I wasn't tied to any one series at the time (except maybe FF, had all 3). My first PS2 game was 007: Agent Under Fire. And to this day, I still think its a lot of fun to play. Very arcadey feel but not like CoD. And when I eventually got a multitap a couple years later, my 2 brothers and my friend would spend our whole weekends playing that and Nightfire.

Strangely, PS2 was not only the start of some franchies I began to play ,but also the end. Most notably Soul Calibur. I loved 2 so much. 3 was fun but not as good. And that was it. Never bought another SC ever again. Same for goes 007.

Good days those.

Having been brought up playing Nintendo at other people's houses and ZX Spectrum at my own, my brother and I finally got a Sega Mega Drive with MK1, SoR, RoS. Golden Axe and Sonic 1 for Christmas of 93. When the Playstation came out in late 95 i was not a fan having read up all about Sony's initial deal and fall out with Nintendo etc.

I was far more interested with peripherals for the MD, and once I saw the Playstation games my thoughts were even more cemented. It looked like 3D worlds drawn by a 2 year old in some games as the colours were atrocious. I have never liked the PS1, even to this day,

In 2003 I got a PS2 and loved it almost everyday playing WWE, Tekken Tag, Burnout and many more until i sold it in 08/09 when I got my PS3 (which I still own and play). I must admit that I was also not impressed with the PS3 initially as it was expensive, and I only ever saw the first levels of Resistance and Uncharted (neither of which were impressive).

Since then I have completed Uncharted 1 at least 8 times, and have a PS3 exclusives collection (MGS/Uncharted/Killzone/Infamous etc) on my shelf. I love my PS3.

I got my PS4 half way through this year and currently have these on my shelf:

• Infamous: Second Son
• The Last of Us: Remastered
• Killzone: Shadowfall
• Destiny
• NBA 2K14
• Wolfenstein: The New Order
• Need for Speed: Rivals
• Injustice:Gods Among Us
• Lego Marvel

I my Playstation's and the ton of memories they brought with them, even if it has been a rocky road. I just wish there's be more couch co-op AAA games available a-la Halo/Gears of War for the PS4.

Interesting that you had a dislike for the original PS.


hmm I recall my PSP being the first item I ever imported. That was cool. and I got the PS3 before the newer, emulation-less. units released.

My launch game was... Super Stardust HD...

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it was awesome

On a side note, congrats to PS for turning 20. Bring another 20 more thanks.!

Sinncross said ...

Interesting that you had a dislike for the original PS.

Oh yeah I forgot I had a PSP... I'd say I miss it but my step son lets me play it when he remembers to charge it.

Yeah the original PS had atrocious load times, terrible colour usage (at least in early game releases) and just felt sluggish and unresponsive to me. Strangely I have enjoyed every PS release since.

Siosal said ...

Sinncross said ...

Interesting that you had a dislike for the original PS.

Oh yeah I forgot I had a PSP... I'd say I miss it but my step son lets me play it when he remembers to charge it.

Yeah the original PS had atrocious load times, terrible colour usage (at least in early game releases) and just felt sluggish and unresponsive to me. Strangely I have enjoyed every PS release since.

Well, cant like them all.

As long as you like what is out now

Couldn't afford a ps1 when I was a kid.. but when I got a job I bought a ps2, Final Fantasy9 and a ps1 memory card with my first ever pay. And many MANY great gaming memories ever since.

Looks good

DarkPrince said ...

Looks good

It has the psone startup sounds. lol

it does? cool

For those that don't know the anniversary theme is live on our store.

It will also play the original PS boot up sounds when playing.

Aftee installing the theme go to settings, sound and screen and turn off key tone.

System music must also be on.

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-za/games/themes/playstation-20th-anniversary/cid=EP9000-CUSA01501_00-20THANNITHEME001

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/campaigns/2014/playstation-experience/#sf6161865

Information about PlayStation Experience. Panels, games, ect.

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