![A customer plays a video game on a Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. PlayStation 4 (PS4) video game console at a Bic Camera Inc. electronics store in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Sony Corp., its credit rating cut to junk by Moody's Investors Service as Japan's biggest television maker struggles to capture consumer demand for smartphones and tablet computers, released the PS4 console in Japan today. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BOEGZDVQAUJK2Z3UBG5TFCGFRE.jpg?smart=true&auth=5d1a9979ed76603dfa5dd1e43cb3883148ffa41e378429192738a5a0f30effeb&width=400&height=225)
The new PS5 reveal event date is Thursday, June 11. Bloomberg
The new PS5 reveal event date is Thursday, June 11. Bloomberg
From the PS1 to the PS5: how the PlayStation has evolved since 1994
As gamers wait for the newest Sony console, we take a look back over its 26 year evolution