In the 10 years since Sony launched its first games console gaming has become a multi-billion pound entertainment and leisure business.

Game icon Lara Croft drew in many PlayStation fans
Gaming has ensconced itself in popular culture, and this is in no small part due to Sony's first PlayStation console, which went on sale in Japan on 3 December 1994.
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