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The original PlayStation was released in 1994. And we’ve been ignoring family ever since.

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Sony entered the console market in 1994 and rapidly shifted gaming toward 3D graphics and CD-based storage. It also helped make gaming a mainstream teen-and-adult hobby, not just a kids’ toy aisle thing.

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