PlayStation is a gaming brand that cosists of four home video game consoles , as well as a media center , an online service , a line of controllers , two hand helds and a phone , as well as multiple magazines . It Is created and owned by Sony interactive entertainment since December 3, 1994 , with the launch of the original PlayStation console in Japan . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch . It’s successor , the PlayStation 2 , was realeased in 2000