

The PlayStation 3 Platinum range box art replaces the black background of the PlayStation 3 logo on the left with a yellow background, and has the original box art shrunk slightly, with a grey border, and a yellow rectangle on top of it, with 'Platinum' The Best of PlayStation 3 written in black. The platinum band can also be seen on the manual. There is also a red orb located at the bottom of the original game cover with the words Platinum The Best of PlayStation 2 and Platinum The Best of PSP (PlayStation Portable) on it. They have a black border, and silver outlines around the shrunk original game cover. The PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable platinum games feature a new layout. The PlayStation logo is repeated twice on the front case, once on the platinum border, and once on the original game's case. In the PlayStation 2 old platinum games it is also common for the silver band to act as a border and to contain the game's original cover, which is shrunk to fill about 75% of the platinum cover. This band runs along the top of the case's front. Platinum Range titles were recognisable by a platinum/silver coloured band on the game's casing. Similar budget ranges from Sony include the Greatest Hits and The Best labels for the North American and Japanese markets, respectively. It was launched in January 1997 as the Platinum range but was later renamed for PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Official Platinum and Essentials banners used on PlayStation game covers.Įssentials is the Sony PlayStation budget range in the PAL region, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa. For Greatest Hits budget ranges, see Greatest Hits.

This article is about the Sony PlayStation budget range.
