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[Content of book] PlayStation celebrates its 30th anniversary in December 2024. The first PlayStation was enthusiastically received by game fans around the world, achieved sales of over one trillion yen just seven years after its launch. In 2019, it became the first stationary video game console with the Guinness World Record of 500 million units. Being part of the launch of the PlayStation business, I was then involved in the conception, development, introduction, and operation of following generations of PlayStation, up to the basic system conception of PlayStation 4. This is the story of the 16 years I was involved with PlayStation, beginning with the startup phase of the company. [From Preface in the book] Launched in Japan in December 1994, PlayStation will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year in 2024. Recently, I have been hearing from former colleagues who started and ran the PlayStation business at Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE, now Sony Interactive Entertainment) that they want to preserve the history of PlayStation, a rare success in the history of Japanese industry in the Heisei era (1989-2019). The first PlayStation, which was launched in Japan in 1994 and enthusiastically received by game fans around the world, achieved sales of over one trillion yen just seven years after its launch. In 2019, it became the first stationary video game console to reach the Guinness World Record of 500 million units. I was fortunate enough to be part of the launch of the original PlayStation business. I was then involved in the conception, development, introduction, and operation of following generations of PlayStation, up to the basic system conception of PlayStation 4. As one of the few who have experienced this, I thought I would leave some of this great achievement behind and share with you the story of the 16 years I was involved with PlayStation, beginning with the startup phase of the co