Nike and Paul George joined hands with Sony to launch a basketball shoe
Recently, Nike, Sony, and American basketball player Paul George, with the assistance of PlayStation 5 designer Yujin Morisawa, launched a basketball shoe full of PlayStation 5 style: PG 5. Although it is not a joint product with obvious signs at a glance, the shoes themselves are full of various PlayStation 5 elements.
According to Sony’s official statement, “The colors of the shoe are heavily inspired by the industrial design of the PS5 with references on the sock liner and outsoles.” The surface of the shoe is filled with dark patterns including PlayStation’s iconic circles, squares, crosses, and triangles. There is Paul George’s PG logo on the tongue of the shoe on the left, and the PlayStation logo on the tongue of the shoe on the right.
This is not the first product with a similar design. As early as two years ago, Nike and Sony launched a joint PlayStation basketball shoe PG 2.5, which refers to the color scheme of the first-generation PlayStation game console. Earlier, the two parties also cooperated to launch PG 2, which was inspired by the PlayStation 4 game console.
According to information on Nike’s official website, PG 5 basketball shoes will be available in “specified regions” on May 14th, while in North America it will be on May 27th and will be priced at $120. Nike did not disclose how many pairs of this co-branded basketball shoe will be released.
