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PlayStation

British  
/ ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən /

noun

  1. a video games console

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Valve's first shot at the hardware was released in 2015, but it failed to break into a market dominated by Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Someone who was great fun to be around but also very calm - unless he was playing on the PlayStation.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

So before his outing, he presented a PlayStation controller to assistant pitching coach Rob Marcello as a token of his open-mindedness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Recently, the studio acquired the “Peanuts” comic in a $457-million deal, reupped the “Reading Rainbow” for a YouTube audience and is working on PlayStation adaptations for video games like “Helldivers” and “God of War.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“I found it lying on a curb in my neighborhood a couple years ago,” he said of the couch as he worked on setting up my PlayStation 2 on top of his footlocker.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green