Sony has over 1 million preorders for PlayStation 4 - Indian Express

Reuters : Cologne (Germany), Wed Aug 21 2013, 09:09 hrs Sony has priced the PlayStation 4, its first new console in seven years, $100 lower than the new Xbox One by Microsoft at $399. Sony has had more than 1 million preorders worldwide for its new PlayStation 4 console, the head of its SCE computer entertainment division said on Tuesday. SCE Chief Executive Andrew House added that the console will be available from November 15 in North America and will hit stores in Europe from November 29. "The response we have received is nothing short of incredible," he said at a news conference on the sidelines of Gamescom, Europe's biggest videogames fair. He added the console will be available in 32 countries worldwide during the holiday season. Microsoft Corp has said it will start selling its latest console at some point in November, intensifying competition ahead of the year-end holidays and gift-giving season. Sony has priced the PlayStation 4, its first new console in seven years, $100 lower than the new Xbox One by Microsoft at $399. Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One in May, its first new gaming console in eight years, marking its strongest push so far to dominate consumers' living rooms with an array of exclusive media content. Microsoft Europe's Vice President of Interactive Entertainment Chris Lewis said on Tuesday preorders for the Xbox One were "unprecedented" but declined to give more details. Sony said it would also cut the retail price for its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita devices to $199 in the United States and 199 euros in Europe. Previously the Vita was 249 euros and the PlayStation 3 was 229 euros. ALSO READ Google raises 5-fold reward for reporting bugs to USD 5,000 Samsung Electronics beats Apple Inc., Nokia as smartphone market in India grew by 14.7 pct LinkedIn to welcome school students in a move to attract young membership Amazon.com website goes down for US, Canadian users Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG295_rMbe_Yp5TtvPtiJX5EuVvNA&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sony-has-over-1-million-preorders-for-playstation-4/1157982/

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