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PlayStation

Manufacturer	Sony Computer Entertainment
Product family	PlayStation
Type	Video game console
Generation	Fifth generation era
Retail availability	JP December 3, 1994[1] NA September 9, 1995[2] EU September 29, 1995[3] AUS November 15, 1995[4]
Discontinued	March 23, 2006
Units sold	102 million (as of July 20, 2008)[5]
Units shipped	102.49 million, including 28.15 million PS one units (as of March 31 2005)[6]
Media	CD-ROM
CPU	MIPS R3000A-family R3051 @ 33.8688 MHz
Storage capacity	Memory card
Best-selling game	Gran Turismo, 10.85 million shipped (as of April 30 2008)[7][8]
Successor	PlayStation 2

The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or PSX due to its internal code name PlayStation eXperimental^[9]) is a 32-bit fifth generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994.^[1] The name "PlayStation" is the opposite of the existing word "workstation".

The PlayStation was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation series of console and handheld game devices. which was first created and released in Japan. Successor consoles and upgrades include the Net Yaroze, PS one, PSX, PocketStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3. On March 31, 2005, the PlayStation and PS one reached a combined total of 102.49 million units shipped,^[6] becoming the first video game console to reach the 100 million mark.^[10] As of July 20, 2008, the PlayStation has sold 102 million units.^[5] Sony ceased production of the PlayStation on March 23, 2006, over 11 years after it was first produced.^[11]