New ad celebrates 18 years of PlayStation

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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The ad intersperses game play and real life with fanciful images from a long history of gaming

FOR THE GAMERS. Sony takes us through 18 years of PlayStation. Screen shot from YouTube video

MANILA, Philippines – It’s been 18 years since Sony made the PlayStation brand a household name.

The original PlayStation was released in Japan in December of 1994, and in North America and Europe in September of 1995. The Playstation brand name has since become a favorite among gamers.

With 3 home consoles under its belt and the PlayStation 4 set for release in November, Sony thought to remind people of how the PlayStation brand grew with most game-loving adults today.

A new advertisement posted on the Sony PlayStation YouTube account reminisces about the past 18 years with the tale of one young man and his friends as seen from the console he plays.

As gaming website DualShockers notes, the video represented tweets and messages from fans that used the hashtag #PlayStationMemories, interspersing game play and real life with fanciful images from a long history of gaming.

The video ends with a glimpse of the future, with the unnamed gamer, now older, turning on his PS4 and enjoying a game with his best friend, reminding viewers that Sony’s PlayStation is for the gamers out there, no matter their age. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.