86-year-old gamer gifted a PS5 by Sony Shanghai

• Published date: 24 November 2021
• Publication title: Shanghai Daily

Yang Binglin, an 86-year-old gamer from southwest China's Sichuan Province, runs a Bilibili.com channel to share his tips and thoughts on video games.

He plays games mostly on his PlayStation 5, a gaming console produced by Sony. So far, Yang has played through nearly 500 console games, truly a staggering number.

On November 10, Yang uploaded a video in which he received a special gift: a PS5 console with the signatures of Tatsuo Eguchi and Soeda Takehito, president and vice chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai) Inc.

Yang Binglin proudly shows the new PS5 gift with Sony Shanghai executives' signatures.

Beaming with joy, Yang connected the console to his TV immediately and played "Sackboy: A Big Adventure" with his grandson.

This is not actually the first time Yang got a gift from Sony, who also gave Yang a 65-inch TV in September.

Happy gaming time with family.

Yang's Bilibili channel now has 234,000 followers who just watch him playing video games. Many of them are students whose time spent on games is often limited.

One follower left a comment saying that this is the life he wants when he retires. The comment got almost 10,000 likes.

"He will never get Alzheimer's disease!" another commented.

One follower says this is the life he wants after retirement. Many others wish for the same.

Yang said he started to play console games in 1998 and enjoys shooting and adventure games the most. It barely costs him anything, he says. "If I 'die' in a game, I'll just try again."

Yang usually gets up at 6am and does some exercise first, such as playing ping pong. His game-playing time is from 3pm to...