Sony marks PlayStation 30th with 400-page book and regional sneakers

Sony is marking the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation’s arrival in the United Kingdom with a largeformat photography book and a regionally limited sneaker collaboration, the company announced as the milestone passed this month. PlayStation The First 30 Years is a 400 page visual history of the brand due in spring 2026, and Sony is partnering with Reebok on three PS1inspired sneaker designs that will be released in October 2025.

Sony said on the PlayStation Blog that the book will showcase neverbeforeseen prototypes, concept sketches and design models that shaped hardware development at Sony Interactive Entertainment. The book will include images of consoles, controllers and early mockups, along with contributions from longtime PlayStation engineers and designers including Ken Kutaragi, Teiyu Goto and Yujin Morisawa. The project has been curated by Michael C. Place and designed by Nicole Motby of Studio.Build. Preorders are open through the publisher ReadOnly Memory.

Publisher listings and promotional materials indicate Sony will offer standard and deluxe editions; the deluxe edition is a limited run of 1,994 copies, a reference to the year the original PlayStation first...