Sony is celebrating their 15th Anniversary today

It’s the 15th year anniversary of Sony’s Playstation today, and SCEA is celebrating it with a bang.

Over the next several months Sony will be offering fans the following :

• Free downloadable PS3 & PSP static themes available for download on the PlayStationStore starting today
• Weekly discounts on select PS One titles within the PlayStation 15th anniversary collection page, available in all SCEA territories on PS3, PSP & Media Go Storefronts. In addition to a 50 percent sale on Super Rub A Dub (Super Rub A Dub offer good from Thursday, September 9, 2010 – through Monday, September 20, 2010).
• A PlayStation Home commemorative Original PlayStation (PS One) ornament for personal spaces available starting today.

“When you look in the rear-view mirror at what was happening in 1995 you see that the video game industry was an entirely different animal,” said SCEA CEO Jack Tretton. “Cartridges were still the preferred medium, and the market was a modest $2.6 billion in sales revenue annually. Many critics thought that a disc-based console with a lot of horse power would shoot over the heads of consumers, but our users proved them wrong. Now, we are seeing a convergence of video games and home entertainment, and a market that is a robust $20 billion in revenue. In the next 15 years and beyond, PlayStation will continue to bring new and more immersive experiences, like stereoscopic 3D, augmented reality as well as genre-defying gameplay into consumer living rooms.”

First introduced on December 3, 1994 in Japan and consisting of a total of three consoles, a media center, an online service, a line of controllers and a handheld as well as multiple magazines, the entire Playstation brand has evolved much since it’s initial release in 1995 and has spawned fifth, sixth, and seventh generations of video gaming.

The brand has sold over 377 million consoles across its product portfolio, and more than 2 billion software units worldwide. In the US alone, it has generated over $63 billion in revenue, which is equivalent to 40 percent of the overall videogame market share in the country to date.

With more to come in the form of 3D gaming and Move Support, the Playstation brand becomes stronger with each passing day. Gamersmint wishes a very happy anniversary to them.