1980 being Harry Potter's Birthyear (short)

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No: HPFGUIDX 39581

Hana wrote:

> Maybe it's just me, but my first instinct is that JKR simply 
>forgot  what year Playstation came out.  I know that ~I~ personally 
>wouldn't have been able to tell the date for certain other than mid 
>90s.

It's not just you.  

JKR didn't have a child old enough to play with a Playstation, and 
judging from the MegaMutilation III comment, she doesn't think much 
of them (though maybe that's just Harry's opinion, or his sour grapes 
for that matter).  I think it's very likely that she just didn't know 
what year they came out--though I love the research that shows that a 
kid who demanded the very newest in entertainment, e.g. Dudley, might 
have had one in time for her to be accurate.

Amy Z

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