PlayStation Controller Keychains Play Startup Sounds

Bandai Namco announced its gachapon capsule machines in Japan will feature PlayStation controller keychains based on the PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 models. They will appear in Japan in May 2025. It will cost 500円 (~$3.44) per try. Each one will also play a console startup sound from the generation it represents.

How it works is that each keychain’s center controller button can be pressed to play a sound. Exact sizes weren’t mentioned. However, a ball bead chain is attached to the center of each replica. Only the five options are shown. They each also only are based on the default designs for the controllers, which means only a grey PS1, black PS2, PS3, and PS4, and a white PS5 one appear.

Here are how all five of them look:

While these PlayStation controller gachapon keychains are only available in Bandai Namco’s gacha machines in Japan right now, we could see them in the US capsule machines in the future too. The March 2025 update for the US and Canadian locations noted that the PlayStation Personal Marker Charm collection would appear. At the end of April 2025, I can attest to seeing the items, which involved PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 controllers, the PSP, the Vita, the PlayStation Portal, and Astro Bot, in machines.

This is one of many lines that appeared in 2025. For example, Grapht announced a PlayStation anniversary collection.

The PlayStation PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 controller keychains that play startup sounds will appear in Bandai Namco gachapon machines in Japan starting in May 2025. It’s unknown when we might see them in capsule machines worldwide.