Inside The First PlayStation Demo

How Sony Brought Japanese Developers on Board

The invitations went out quietly. Every major player in Japan’s games industry was there.

Inside Sony’s Gotenyama headquarters, an auditorium filled with the people who would decide the future of Sony’s first console.

Backstage, Ken Kutaragi listened to the low hum of conversation. The machines were ready. The demo was ready. But he knew none of it would matter if the next twenty minutes failed to land.

That day would become one of the most important in the history of PlayStation.

And it started with a dinosaur…