The PlayStation released in Japan on the 3rd of  December 1994, in North America on the 9th of September 1995, in Europe on 29th of September 1995, and in Australia on 15 November 1995.

Sony coated their discs in a black film thinking it would make piracy more difficult. There were several reasons for this. 1 coating discs after burning them in a black transparent film was very difficult to nearly impossible to do outside of a manufacturer/factory. 2 this would let a buyer know immediately if a disc was counterfeit or not. if the back was not black made in the factory, silver; a burned disc.