The PlayStation 2 design of the platinum games had a 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. The PlayStation design used the same logo that was introduced in early 1997 for all PAL region game cases, the differences being the colouring and that it indicates itself as Platinum. Platinum Range titles were recognisable by a platinum/silver coloured band on the game's casing, both the front and the spine. 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, South-Asia and Africa.
