Sony Interactive Entertainment's hold on the console gaming market all began with the original PlayStation. This now classic system brings to mind classics like and the series, and they remain some of the best-known releases to date. These days, PlayStation is a familiar name, with the PS5 being a leading system in the video game community. Back in the mid-1990s, however, PlayStation needed to fight for a place in the market against the big names of Nintendo and SEGA.