You’ll need skills at a different kind of game to get your hands on these video game plushies.
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Playful PlayStation team celebrates local Ryogoku culture and takes a PS5 to Kanda Shrine for a traditional autumn event.
Official pop-up shop opens as part of PlayStation’s 30th anniversary celebration, and its fukubukuro is a tremendous value.
Celebrate your love for Sony’s flagship home console with these cute (and cheap!) accessories.
Gifting a Valentine’s Day PlayStation 5 instead of chocolates in the classroom after school might not go so smoothly.
Almost two years after the system launched, this is not the price revision we were hoping for.
Even before you can buy a PlayStation 5, Sony draws a deadline for fixing certain PlayStation 4s.
Turn your room into a Sony shrine with cute button-shaped lights and all manner of controller-shaped appliances!
A two-fifths-scale inside look at what made Sony’s original video game system work brings back some full-size reminders of something we should never forget.
An exciting, fresh development for the PlayStation line, but also the end of an era for a controller many were fond of.
Fashionable pieces feature the console’s logo, iconic controller button designs, and prints from flagship Sony games.
Some see it as backwards or upside-down, but others remember it as the AC grip.
Mind-blowing wedding goals include a personalised video game and RPG character sketches for each guest.
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