PlayStation 20th Anniversary

The PlayStation 20th Anniversary was an event held on December 3, 2014 during the PlayStation Awards. As the name suggests, it acted as the celebration of the 20 years of the Sony PlayStation system franchise's existence.

Relation to the Metal Gear series
Aside from Metal Gear being one of the flagship games on the system, Series creator/director Hideo Kojima and Character Artist Yoji Shinkawa attended the event. In addition, two games from the Metal Gear franchise, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes won awards during the ceremony, with Ground Zeroes winning the Gold Prize (an impressive feat especially given its problem with sales) and User's Choice, and Metal Gear Solid 3 winning the 20th Anniversary User's Choice award. Besides these awards, the 20 most voted games also included Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, although none of them made the top 5.