Ladies and gentlemen of the gaming community, PlayStation has just turned 30 today. That's right. It has been 30 years since PlayStation was first established in 1994. It has been an insane road for the beloved brand. Let's jump right in.
Hello, everybody. I am back with a post to give us big news for the community. You would know that the game industry is known developing and publishing games by manufacturers, starting with Nintendo to Xbox. They have become a factor of the game industry. But I like to talk about the only brand that is turning 30 on this post, and that's PlayStation.
So this brand is turning 30 today and they have a huge library of their games, being kings of the game industry on their time in their PS1 and PS2 era. However, as soon as the PS4 came out, things took a turn for the brand. The older games were fizzled out other than the ones on PS Now.
All developers that worked with PlayStation are also a part of this, except one developer, Firewalk Studios. They were developers of the flopped short lived FPS game called Concord. They will not make it because the studio was shut down after the developers couldn't explore options to better reach more players. That means Concord will always be forgotten because of it. It went under that Firewalk is gonna miss the celebration because their game flopped by having its bland cast of characters and maps, the $40 pricing on a hero shooter game and slow-paced gameplay. However, it will remain on Secret Level despite that.
These first and third party games have become gems of PlayStation that they are cherishable. We love these games and been holding them to our hearts for so long. If you have been losing track, the first PlayStation has great games. Then the PS2 followed suit and it is backwards compatible to every PS1 game. When the PS3 came out, some models can play PS1 games while some others can play PS2 games. Its digital storefront has a lot of PS1 games, but has a small library of PS2 games.
The one thing on how the classic titles were fizzled out after the release of the PS4 is due to the shift to the modern era. That's why Sony came up with a service, PlayStation Now. That service was terrible because of its limited selection of PS2 games and the lack of PS1 games. It's worth noting that the PS3's architecture is hard to work for, which is why the PS4 lacked backwards compatibility while the PS5 is only backwards compatible to both current and future PS4 games.
These two factors are how none of PlayStation's previous anniversaries in the 20s turned out to be exciting, and playing remasters of games originally released on the classic trio of consoles is just bullcrap that it is not nearly enough to make the previous milestone celebrations even more exciting since they work on modern consoles. But Ty the Tasmanian Tiger would be an exception because the game and its sequel retain their charming environment despite them remastered.
But PlayStation 30th Anniversary will be even more exciting because of one thing that revived retro gaming back in 2022. That is PlayStation Plus Premium. Now, why is it that this service is making PlayStation 30th Anniversary even more exciting? Well, besides a bigger selection of classic games and adding new classics monthly, there are three reasons.
The first reason is straight up an early look at the lineup for this month's retro games. This month's lineup has Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. There are sequels in the original trilogy that became fan favorites due to the innovation and the Mickey, Donald and Goofy-style trio introduced in them and the next existing PS2 game to have all of the bells and whistles while the PS Now version would still be available and they're all in my wish list. None of the previous anniversaries in the 20s came even close to how even more exciting this celebration became.
Second reason, a padding that we're having with Sony is that they plan to announce a lineup of new classics on each special event. This year's Days of Play announced Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Tomb Raider: Legends. September's State of Play announced Dino Crisis and Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. And PlayStation 30th Anniversary announced sequels in the original Sly Cooper trilogy and the PS Plus Premium release of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. To my knowledge, there hasn't been a new PS2 game so long since the launch of the new PS Plus, so they had to release a lot more PS2 games, including the ones in the lineup coming this month to make things up.
Also, the catalog of PS1, PS2 and PSP games is continuing to grow because of the special events, so they have divided it into three separate catalogs. One for PS1 games, one for PS2 games and one for PSP games in time for the brand's 30th year milestone. However, there are some flaws in them. They have remakes, remasters and PlayStation Plus Extra-eligible games on there and they are not reflecting the current library of classics. I feel like that they need to be updated to have latest classics and remove games that are part of PS Plus Extra, remakes and remasters for clarity because having them on the Classics Catalog makes it confusing and remakes and remasters work on powerful consoles.
Thirdly, playing PSP games on the big screen for the first time marked history, and it's largely applied to playing GB and GBA games on the big screen on with Nintendo Switch Online. Now, if I am correct, Sony is working a new PS5 portable console that is gonna compete with Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2, Valve's Steam Deck and the new handheld console Xbox is planning. This is the first time Sony is finally returning to the handheld market since the PSVita launched in Japan back in 2011 until it was discontinued back in early 2019 in Japan before the PS5 was released, but remains available in North America. This means the new PS Plus is likely to be continued on the new handheld, especially when they want to play their games from their childhood on the go.
Reasons above, PlayStation Plus Premium is how PlayStation 30th Anniversary is gonna be even more exciting because of its ever growing selection of classics and the early look at the lineup. Just so you know, if PS Now still existed in any way, shape or form, the celebration of the brand's 30th year milestone would never be even more hype. But that will never be the case because since PS Plus Premium is in order, it will continue to receive more classic games, meaning if and when the brand's later Anniversaries come, we will see new classics get announced on them.
And I know you are asking what about the sequels in the Jak and Daxter trilogy and its racing game. Well, they exist, but they are the PS Now versions of them. Since the PS Plus Premium version of the first game is coming, the sequels and the racing game will follow up.
The PS5 got a free update that gives us the option to switch between the PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 themes under PlayStation 30th Anniversary in Settings and when you boot the PS5, you'll re-experience the PS1 startup screen every time. It only lasts during the celebration. If I want to choose between the themes, it's gonna be the PS1 and PS2 themes.
One last thing to point out. We fans of PlayStation have enjoyed the tradition we all adore. It has been a wonderful product for 30 years. What I'm trying to say is that PlayStation will change you. You could be a part of this massive community. Let's look at the brighter future and not let go of the past together as friends and family.
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