Media

Magazines

The PlayStation brand has a wide series of magazines, from across different continents, covering PlayStation related articles and stories. Many of these magazines work closely with Sony and thus often come with demo discs for PlayStation games, for example, the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine gave out demo discs for Final Fantasy VIII.^[124] Currently there are three magazines still in circulation namely PlayStation: The Official Magazine,^[125] PlayStation Official Magazine,^[126] Official PlayStation Magazine (Australia).^[127] However, over the years, many PlayStation magazines have spawned while a few have also become defunct, these includes the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine,^[128] Official UK PlayStation Magazine,^[129] Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine.^[130]