You might not have heard of Ken Kutaragi but you probably have heard of the Sony PlayStation. If you love gaming, press pause and thank Kutaragi. He started developing the beloved Playstation in 1990, and it was unveiled the following year. It became the first video game console to sell over 100 million units.
And as ThoughtCo. reported, “The original PlayStation was designed as a multi-media and multi-purpose entertainment unit. Besides being able to play Super Nintendo games, the PlayStation could play audio CDs and could read CDs with computer and video information.” Fast forward to today and Sony says it has 97 million monthly active Playstation users.
The 90s really shaped the digital era, didn’t it? And it’s hard to imagine where we’d be today if we removed that chunk of history. Even so, we forgive you if you miss the day before social media, mobile phones and google.
Or if you’d rather trip back in time, into your local video store after calling them using an old fashioned dialing telephone. What were your favorite memories of the 1990s and what don’t you miss? Let us know in the comments.
