Playstation - I just had to check

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 740

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "heidi tandy" wrote:

> In September, 1994, Sony had some prototypes of the PLaystation 
> floating around the UK, and there had been prototypes in Japan for 
> the entire year.
> 
> ... JKR actually did get it wrong, and somehow remembered 
> playstations from Around That Time, and decided to mention them 
> instead of Sega Genesis or the Nintento NES, which were the BIG 
> things in 1994. 

I've thought all along that it wasn't JKR who put in the Sony 
Playstation, but a copy editor who wanted to name a product that 
*modern* children can relate to.