To be clear: the phrase “More powerful than God” to describe the original PlayStation console was never a legit piece of editorial in Edge, but that didn’t stop Sony’s marketing team printing it with heatproof ink onto many thousands of sheets of perforated card and distributing them at 1995’s Glastonbury Festival, where they could be torn up and used as roaches. We’ve included this notorious episode in our 30 Years Of PlayStation calendar because the story of Sony’s platform has always been about more than the hardware and games. The standout quality of early releases such as Ridge Racer, along with widespread support from an industry fed up with producing games on cartridges, was critical, but the decision to address an older audience in innovative (and sometimes controversial) ways helped to lay the foundations for a videogame industry that could push beyond exhausted stereotypes and ultimately step into a new era.