Without a historical pet like Nintendo, the PlayStation was launched on September 29, 1995 in Europe with only twelve games, including a good part developed by third -party editors.
However, throughout the decades, the brand has gathered far beyond sports or large -budget games of the main editors, who have imposed franchises that have marked the story.
Ridge Racer (Bandai Namco)
Even before Gran Tourism, this is the franchise Crest corridor which marks the launch of the first playstation. The Namco Bandai franchise is undeniably linked to the history of PlayStation, because it has allowed some of its consoles to have solid car games (certainly in the arcade game) when they are thrown.
The first PlayStation is not the only one that has been entitled to this little gift from Bandai Namco, since we also remember the impressive (for time) Ridge Racer PSPbut also Ridge Racer 7 in PS3. Since then, the franchise has fallen into the abyss, Gameloft took over the genre with Asphalt.
Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
Planned for a while for Nintendo, Final Fantasy VII It is above all the first important game of Japanese role -play game. With his scenes in synthetic images and his XXL budget, but also his deep story that he aged and his charismatic characters, the title was for many the first game of his life as a player.
Thirty years later, Final Fantasy VII It is considered a license in its own right, and in addition to finishing more than finishing all the platforms, Square Enix ended up offering a new trilogy -shaped version (the first two episodes were launched in PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox Series and Switch 2). It was also taken to the cinema, in manga, not forgetting the many derived products.
Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
Rockstar and PlayStation, is a story that works. The study behind the juicy saga GTA He has always developed his games in PlayStation, although GTA 4 He signed the end of this fruitful collaboration when it was also announced in Xbox 360.
But, with its more than 215 million copies sold since its launch in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V It is, without a doubt, the title used by PlayStation 3, 4 and even 5 more machines.
The last of us (Naughty dog)
Naughty Dog will have waited for PlayStation 3’s last breath to offer what is still one of the greatest video games in history today. With his staging of Hollywood, his endearing characters and his impressive graphics, managed to mark the story.
A few years later, he first proposed in Remaster on PS4, before finally arriving at PS5 in an edition that assumed the graphic advances of The last of us 2 – Winner of the game price of the year. The series was a certain success in season 1 in HBO.
God of War (Santa Monica Studios)
If the whole saga deserves to be spoken, it is definitely the “reset” delivered in PlayStation 4 that passed God of war In another dimension. We leave ancient Greece to navigate Nordic mythology in an impressive game with an impressive scale and the graphics never seen on the consoles of the living room.
Your suite, RagnarokIt may be less striking, but it is still a reference point in the PlayStation catalog. A series is also planned on Amazon.
Metal Gear Solid (Konami)
As Grand Theft Auto either Final FantasyAnother Japanese license is closely linked to PlayStation. The spy franchise Metal gear It will be launched on all manufacturer’s platforms, even on a laptop. Directed with a master’s hand by Hideo Kojima, this collaboration will work so much that a license with Sony will give birth, Death party.
The episode of cult, Metal Gear Solid 3He had the right to a remake called Delta, at the end of August 2025. The last masterpiece made by Kojima remains for many Metal Gear Solid 4 With his inspiration of Hollywood with long and many scenes.
Horizon: Zero Dawn (guerrilla games)
After Killzone, Studio Guerrilla Games signs with Horizon: zero dawn Its first great real production, all, in a world open to the successful atmosphere, sinking ourselves on the surface of a land where machines have taken their independence.
Your suite, West prohibitedHe comes to improve the exercise, and if his Lego spin-off did not have the success he could have expected, the franchise managed to unite the players, to the point that a series is developing in Netflix.
Gran Tourism (Digital Polyphony)
She marked the history of PlayStation of her first episode, it is not for anything that the franchise Gran Tourism Today the last reference is considered for lovers of the simulation of car racing games.
Polyphony Digital leaves nothing to chance, either for sounds, driving and accessible models. With Gran Turismo 7The study has embarked on an epic of “services” with a new content regularly available.
Uncharted 4 (Naughty Dog)
In addition to a very passable movie with Tom Holland, the saga UNEXPLORED He allowed Naughty Dog to affirm his style and writing. With Uncharted 4The staging exposed in the first three episodes is experiencing a real leap forward.
The game remains one of the most beautiful of its generation, and more with its remaster, with a spin -off, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Everything offers an epic conclusion to a saga that has not aged. It’s weird.
Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games)
If Insomniac Games is better known for giving birth Ratchet & ClankThe study set out to develop its own vision of Spider-Man. The man of the spider, whose license possesses Sony, had the right to its excess adaptation in PlayStation 4.
The result was so good that sales exceeded 20 million copies. Since then, a suite has been proposed, as well as a spin-off focused on thousands Morales. In 2026, Glutton He will take charge.
Many other games would have deserved to be in this ranking, either Rayman 1who did the apogee of the PlayStation launch, but also the franchise BullyNot forgetting Transmitted by blood AND Tsushima’s ghost. In thirty years of existence, the PlayStation has gone from the console of third -party editors with Super Productions. A great leap forward composed of a triumphant success and memorable failures, box office successes and small titles, shortly thirty hating the life of a player …
Source: BFM TV
