{"id":17234,"date":"2025-12-06T04:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17234"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:47:38","slug":"how-sonys-playstation-changed-gaming-and-entertainment-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17234","title":{"rendered":"How Sony\u2019s PlayStation changed gaming and entertainment forever"},"content":{"rendered":"


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When Kendrick Lamar began his Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year, he picked a stage design likely familiar to most tuning in: a square, triangle, cross and circle.<\/p>\n

The Grammy-winning rapper \u2013 in front of more than 133 million people \u2013 chose to perform on a massive, industrialised grid of flashing lights resembling a giant PlayStation controller.<\/p>\n

It was a nice surprise present for Sony\u2019s PlayStation<\/span>, which this year is celebrating its 30th anniversary in North America and Europe. Lamar\u2019s nod to the console \u2013 which Sony had nothing to do with \u2013 was another sign of how far the brand has penetrated the culture, in ways big and small.<\/div>\n
From big-budget Hollywood fare like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider<\/em> starring Angelina Jolie, to Juice Wrld\u2019s video for \u201cHear Me Calling\u201d, to The Last of Us<\/em><\/span> on HBO Max, the PlayStation experience has leapt far past the console. Chandler Bing played a PlayStation 1 on Friends<\/em>, and Shaun of the Dead<\/em>\u2019s title character fired at PlayStation zombies in the cult movie.<\/div>\n
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Kendrick Lamar performs on a grid of lights resembling a button on a PlayStation controller during the Super Bowl halftime show on February 9, 2025. Photo: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe made gaming cool. When we came out, we were a little edgy, we were different, but it was really about being disruptive,\u201d says Eric Lempel, senior vice-president of business and product at Sony Interactive Entertainment. \u201cWe feel we are a premier entertainment brand, not just a gaming brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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