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PlayStation

British

/ ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən /

noun

a video games console

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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

Legos, a Nintendo Game Boy and figurine sit on top of a Sony Playstation 4 console.

From Los Angeles Times

Valve recently announced it was also releasing a new console rival to Nintendo, XBox and PlayStation in the Steam Machine, designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV.

From BBC

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