PlayStationer
nounEtymology From PlayStation + -er.
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One who plays on the PlayStation video game console.
- 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.1997 May, PlayStation Plus, volume 2, number 8, page 94:
- 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.1998 July 2, “Virtually Shearer”, in Marylebone & Paddington Mercury, page 46:
4 more examples
- This one’s a buyer. Split the cost with a fellow PlayStationer […]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:
- I am an enthusiastic PlayStationer with one major problem. My PlayStation is dead!1999 April, Richard Easton, “Letters”, in Play, number 47, page 099:
- Sony’s loss is PlayStationers’ fun-and-gain / With $30 emulator, games can be played on PC1999 July 18, Joel Easley, “Sony’s loss is PlayStationers’ fun-and-gain”, in The Tennessean, volume 95, number 199, Nashville, Tenn., page 3F:
- 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 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: