PlayStation Quiz

PlayStation Quiz — Practice Questions

1. PlayStation was originally developed as an add-on accessory for which Nintendo console?
2. The original PlayStation launched in Japan in December 1994. What medium did it use for games — a first for Sony consoles?
3. The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of all time. Approximately how many units did it sell?
4. The original DualShock controller — which became the template for PlayStation controllers for 25 years — introduced which two key features?
5. Metal Gear Solid (1998) — one of the original PlayStation's most celebrated games — featured which iconic villain confrontation that famously broke the fourth wall?
6. The PS3 launched in 2006 and was instrumental in winning a major technology format war. What was the format?
7. Sony's PlayStation Network was hacked in April 2011 in one of the biggest consumer data breaches in history. Approximately how many accounts were compromised?
8. Naughty Dog is one of Sony's most acclaimed first-party studios. They created The Last of Us and which other celebrated PlayStation exclusive series?
9. God of War, PlayStation's acclaimed action series, follows a Spartan warrior named Kratos. The 2018 reboot shifted the setting from Greek to which mythology?
10. PlayStation Plus was launched in 2010. What was its headline feature that distinguished it from the free PlayStation Network?
11. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) is a PlayStation exclusive set in a post-apocalyptic world. What is unusual about the game's enemies?
12. The PS5's DualSense controller introduced 'adaptive triggers' — what does this feature do?
13. The original Crash Bandicoot trilogy — developed by Naughty Dog — was an exclusive platformer series for which PlayStation console?
14. The PlayStation Portable (PSP) launched in 2005 was Sony's first handheld console. What distinguished it physically from the Nintendo DS?
15. The PS4 exclusive 'The Last of Us' (2013) was set in a post-apocalyptic world. What caused humanity's collapse?
16. Ken Kutaragi — known as the 'Father of PlayStation' — was inspired to create the original PlayStation after encountering which Nintendo product in his home?
17. Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) for PS4 was a landmark exclusive. Approximately how many copies did it sell in its first three days?
18. Bloodborne (2015) — a notoriously difficult gothic action RPG exclusive to PS4 — was developed by which Japanese studio also known for the Dark Souls series?
19. PlayStation's mascot in the PS1 era — used extensively in advertising — was which character?
20. The PS5 launched in November 2020 alongside a more affordable digital-only version. What was the most discussed feature of the PS5's physical design?