PlayStation

The Close Up® fan shop has everything a gamer's heart desires. The focus of this product group is on Sony's popular PlayStation console. These accessories will beautify your gaming room and make gaming an experience.
Cool lamps provide soft light during play. You can't miss mugs and glasses with PlayStation designs. With a strong coffee or energy drink, they'll keep you awake for a new mission and adventure. Coasters prevent nasty stains and are a cool decoration for your Instagram photos (#gamestagram). Even outside your own four walls, you can show like-minded people that you belong to the gaming community with stylish T-shirts, bags, and hats.

Know-it-all with Close Up – Facts and Fun Facts about Sony's PlayStation:

• The PlayStation was not solely Sony's idea. Initially, there was a partnership with Nintendo. Nintendo, however, pulled out and then partnered with Philips. The PS1 was actually intended as a "Nintendo CS Add-on."
• The PlayStation console was the first console to sell over 100 million units.
• The PS3 was not very lucrative for Sony. The development of the game console was very expensive. Sony lost 3 billion dollars.
• The buttons on the controller had a specific purpose. The triangle represented a person's point of view. The square symbolized a map. The circle and the X stood for "yes" and "no." Originally, games were to be controlled with these simple commands.
• Sony released a special version of the PlayStation, the "Net Yaroze," which allowed the owner to develop their own games on the computer.
• The first internally developed game for the PlayStation was a racing game. The first PlayStation ran better upside down.
• In Oxfordshire, a man officially changed his name to "Mr. Playstation 2" in 2002.