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Gamers in China think the PlayStation 5 looks weird (but they’ll buy it anyway)
Console gaming is growing in China, but gamers say the look of the PS5 isn’t as important as the games it will have
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While most gamers watched Sony’s PlayStation 5 unveiling in the afternoon or evening, in China the event was broadcast at 4am. But that didn’t stop the country’s gamers. Chinese social media is flooded with opinions and memes about Sony’s latest home console.
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The PlayStation 5’s most eye-catching feature is undoubtedly the look of the console itself, and gamers in China are divided on whether it looks good or not. Those who like it say it looks high-tech and futuristic, while others shared memes poking fun at its resemblance to other home appliances.
One Weibo user posted screenshots showing that Baidu’s image search tool recognizes the PS5… as a fancy toilet. Twitter memes likening the PS5 to air purifiers, electric fans and Wi-Fi routers were also widely circulated on Chinese social media.
“The black Wi-Fi router is broken and it’s time to buy a new one,” one Weibo user joked. That’s a reference to a viral South Korean animated sketch, where a man attempted to “replace” his home Wi-Fi router with a PS4, telling his wife that the PS4 is a new router called Plash Speed.
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Chinese netizens also jumped on memes mocking the PS5’s resemblance to a popped collar.
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