PlayStationer

English

Etymology

From PlayStation +‎ -er.

Noun

PlayStationer (plural PlayStationers)

1. One who plays on the PlayStation video game console.
   • 1997 May, PlayStation Plus, volume 2, number 8, page 94:

     Reviewing this as a player of the PlayStation version of Final Doom is a little unfair as it is clearly aimed at the PC player. […] But whereas this book outlines 64 levels of murder and demonic mayhem, only eighteen of them have any relevance to PlayStationers.

   • 1998 July 2, “Virtually Shearer”, in Marylebone & Paddington Mercury, page 46:

     Each night until the final on July 12, the best PlayStationers will progress towards the video game final with PlayStations and World Cup 98 games as prizes to the virtual version of Alan Shearer.

   • 1999 March 26, Peter Baillee, “We’ll all hear you scream in the creepy Silent Hill: It’s hell on Earth, and it’s not for the faint of heart”, in The Daily News, Halifax, N.S., page 29:

     This one’s a buyer. Split the cost with a fellow PlayStationer […]

   • 1999 April, Richard Easton, “Letters”, in Play, number 47, page 099:

     I am an enthusiastic PlayStationer with one major problem. My PlayStation is dead!

   • 1999 July 18, Joel Easley, “Sony’s loss is PlayStationers’ fun-and-gain”, in The Tennessean, volume 95, number 199, Nashville, Tenn., page 3F:

     Sony’s loss is PlayStationers’ fun-and-gain / With $30 emulator, games can be played on PC

   • 2004 February 24, Nuala Macklin, “Children feel strain of digital age; More and more, children are letting their fingers do the talking by texting, playing computer games or working on PCs. Nuala Macklin looks at the dangers of “Nintendo Thumb””, in Irish Times, page 51:

     Anecdotal evidence suggests what perhaps may be a novel idea for texters and “Playstationers”:^[sic] try traditional forms of communication more; […] make the odd phone call. Give thumbs an occasional break.

   • 2004 December, GameAxis, number 16, page 43:

     FOR THE PLAYSTATIONER / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

   • 2014 April, Prime Time, number 09, page 37:

     And we can’t wait: between putting our Vita games on the TV, streaming from the PS4 and potentially dishing up a roster of TV streaming apps, the Vita TV is a must-have piece of kit for any PlayStationer’s living room.

   • 2015 Christmas, PlayStation Official Magazine - UK, number 117, page 014:

     Bow down to your new master, PlayStationers. The purple tentacle is having another crack at taking over the planet, and this time, he’ll be doing it in HD-o-vision.

   • 2016 January 24, Tom Lamont, “King Krule: ‘We’re two halves of a puzzle’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2016:

     Archy, a great PlayStationer, has messily filled a page with cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto.

   • 2019 April 17, Nathan Lawrence, “Top 10: Every main Rainbow Six game ranked”, in Red Bull‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 May 2023:

     While Lone Wolf proved a trial by fire for PlayStationers, Xbox’s Team Green players loved Rainbow Six 3 (a rebranded console port of PC’s Raven Shield) so much that Ubisoft primed and tossed out a sort-of-sequel in 2004.

   • 2019 December 22, Chloe Prince, “Watch Somebody Rip Out Their Own Heart In This New Cyberpunk Game Trailer”, in TheGamer‎^[3], archived from the original on 11 May 2023:

     But we do know that the game will be available to play on all major platforms, so whether you're a PlayStationer or a PCer you will be able to kick some anime-y cyberpunk butt in no time.

   • 2020 December 8, Jordan Gerblick, “Cyberpunk 2077 is "a different game" after console update, says CDPR dev”, in GamesRadar+‎^[4], archived from the original on 8 December 2020:

     Heads up, PlayStationers: Cyberpunk 2077 download size is over 100GB on PS4 and PS5.