PlayStation

British

/ ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən /

noun

a video games console

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Nintendo won that competition in the end, while Sega saw itself edged out of the market by Sony’s PlayStation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation brands each have a dedicated following of players connected through Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, just like Blizzard did with battle.net.

From The Wall Street Journal

The award-winning fantasy game series Baldur's Gate is being turned into a TV series - and it's being made by the man behind HBO's PlayStation adaptation The Last of Us.

From BBC

And the Switch is now behind only Sony's PlayStation 2 in the overall gaming charts, which sold more than 160 million units in the years following its launch in 2000.

From BBC

U.S. market-research firm Circana said in January that Switch 2 was the bestselling game console in the U.S. by both volume and value in December and in 2025, beating its main competitor, Sony Group’s PlayStation 5.

From The Wall Street Journal

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