One gamer has discovered a bag of officially licensedPlayStation-branded pasta from Italy, each piece of which is shaped like the four iconic sacred symbols. This pasta is quite the novelty, to say the least, and it’s surely going to go down as one of the weirder bits of merchandising inPlayStationhistory.
Every now and then, the three console manufacturers like to surprise their fans by unveiling something completely out of the ordinary, like food-related merchandise. Microsoft, for instance, just released a toaster shaped like an Xbox Series S thatpairs perfectly with the Series X mini fridgethey launched back in 2021. Though Nintendo itself has yet to release any food-related merchandise so far, The Pokemon Company, on the other hand, has started selling Slowpoke-themed food products in Japan. Even Valve has joined in on this food-themed trend, too, by giving away a turkey fryer to one lucky individual who bought a Steam Deck, though that one may have been an accident. And now, it seems like PlayStation fans are getting their own food products pertaining to their favorite console brands as well.
A user on Reddit, who goes by the name Musicus, has shared a photo on the r/PlayStation subreddit of what appears to be official PlayStation-themed pasta. Though the poster doesn’t share any details on the food itself, they do mention that they got ahold of this bag of pasta thanks to a friend who gave it to them after a trip from Italy. Unfortunately, the packaging of the bag itself doesn’t provide any specifics on the type of pasta this is. Regardless though, given theiconic PlayStation logosall over this packaging, it’s safe to say that this pasta is the product of a marketing campaign from the gaming giant.
Further research reveals that this strange, sacred symbol-shaped pasta is the result of arecent PlayStation collaborationbetween Sony and Italian pasta manufacturer Garofalo. The collaboration in question, aptly referred to as ‘Play Your Pasta,’ was officially announced back in June 2023, meaning that this PlayStation pasta has been on the market for several months at this point. However, it’s no wonder that many fans weren’t even aware that it existed, given that the Garofalo brand isn’t exactly a household name in countries like the United States. Nonetheless, PlayStation fans interested in the product will still have a chance to buy it for themselves if they live near a store that carries Garofalo pasta.
PlayStation fans have had a lot to enjoy recently, with the releases ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth,Helldivers2,Rise of the Ronin, and the upcomingStellar Blade. The discovery of this PlayStation pasta, though, might just take the cake as one of the sillier bits of PlayStation news from 2024 so far. Like the Xbox Oreos and theGenshin Impact and Pizza Hut collaborationsbefore it, thePlayStationpasta will probably go down as a funny little side note in the gaming history books.
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