Sony PlayStation 4 Sales Top 2.1 Million

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQayHGVl2luaBFaglDJPyCcDpISHxkkNnnk04QuvdM1o__VoDOEpJMmXTmubInVuPgLe0CDi9nuApT4sM2MWmQZWNQIurnLbzUYz5dEB4iKzNFPoT55G4YabvW4RqT0b3hpdRSP_QpoksL/s1600/ps4-vs-xbox-one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQayHGVl2luaBFaglDJPyCcDpISHxkkNnnk04QuvdM1o__VoDOEpJMmXTmubInVuPgLe0CDi9nuApT4sM2MWmQZWNQIurnLbzUYz5dEB4iKzNFPoT55G4YabvW4RqT0b3hpdRSP_QpoksL/s1600/ps4-vs-xbox-one.jpg" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Sony PlayStation 4</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sony Corp. sold more than 2.1 million PlayStation 4 game consoles globally since its release last month as Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai seeks to revive the company’s consumer electronics business. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">About 700,000 units were sold in Europe and Australasia as of Dec. 1 after the console went on sale in those markets on Nov. 29, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement today. Sony sold more than 1 million PS4s in the first 24 hours of its release in North America on Nov. 15. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hirai, who surprised investors in October with a second-quarter loss, is trying to turn around the company with holiday console sales after cutting forecasts for televisions, cameras and computers. Sony is trying to differentiate its PS4 gaming machine -- which sells for $399 in the U.S. compared with $499 for <span class="ticker_wrap"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name">Microsoft </span></span></span>’s Xbox One -- by offering a wider selection of popular and eclectic titles. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">“A lower price than Microsoft’s Xbox One is probably helping boost sales of the PS4,” Keita Wakabayashi, an analyst at Mito Securities Co. in Tokyo said by phone. “PS4 sales will certainly help Sony.” </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sony is confident it can meet analysts sales estimates of 3 million units by year-end and its own target of 5 million units by March, Jack Tretton, president and chief executive officer of the company’s U.S. computer entertainment division, said Nov. 11. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sony’s previous version of the console, the PS3, sold 197,000 consoles in the first month after it was released in the U.S. on Nov. 17, 2006, NPD Group, which tracked sales of video games and consoles, said at the time. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Source : <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-12-03/sony-playstation-4-sales-top-2-dot-1-million-as-hirai-seeks-revival">Businessweek </a></i></span></span><br />

Sony PlayStation 4 Sales Top 2.1 Million

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Sony 2 Million Global PlayStation 4 Sales

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidx6-aoM0XFjUiyxlyj4mQETzhElQtJfpEgRb6QHwDYbRps0G2LJ61bv56r2aqOxk-X5fxPybeSOMs6ZI1AeIj201HPqUDhthga4LSZS_cgZPFGbAfT4VT6Vxr3t-Onw5vB8Ium-EPFALl/s1600/388697-sony-playstation-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidx6-aoM0XFjUiyxlyj4mQETzhElQtJfpEgRb6QHwDYbRps0G2LJ61bv56r2aqOxk-X5fxPybeSOMs6ZI1AeIj201HPqUDhthga4LSZS_cgZPFGbAfT4VT6Vxr3t-Onw5vB8Ium-EPFALl/s400/388697-sony-playstation-4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sony 2 Million Global PlayStation 4 Sales<br /><br /></span></i><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3b3b3c; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two weeks after announcing record initial sales of its new PlayStation 4, the company today revealed a milestone 2.1 million consoles sold worldwide.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3b3b3c; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"It's an impressive and record-setting accomplishment for our company and for our industry, and we couldn't have done it without you," Andrew House, president and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, wrote in <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/12/03/ps4-global-sales-update/" style="border: 0px; color: #007ba1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a blog post</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3b3b3c; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Unveiled in February, the PS4 launched in the U.S. on Nov. 15, and more than <a class="" data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2427255,00.asp" style="border: 0px; color: #007ba1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 million gamers</a> picked up a console in the first 24 hours.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3b3b3c; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"The best part: the PS4 journey has just begun," House said today. "In addition to an incredible lineup of PS4 games from the best developers in the world, we will continue to introduce valuable new features and services to PS4 in the months and years ahead."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3b3b3c; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Source : <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2427873,00.asp">PCMag</a></span></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

Sony 2 Million Global PlayStation 4 Sales

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Sony today unveiled a smaller version of the Xperia Z smartphone

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrxT9d3e9gE7z_Wh-2_Pym1QTfiv3cxZ9pkN8O7DMy_7Os8KbxkLTsKpP_fmqsfrb0JrthHyVN4z83HEysoJh494eX02ZOHH7GiUoFJnY2l1bx1ocgqBgAj9ZWcSWEa_xARfvvH-xNh0O/s1600/sony-xperia-zr-announced_1368489917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrxT9d3e9gE7z_Wh-2_Pym1QTfiv3cxZ9pkN8O7DMy_7Os8KbxkLTsKpP_fmqsfrb0JrthHyVN4z83HEysoJh494eX02ZOHH7GiUoFJnY2l1bx1ocgqBgAj9ZWcSWEa_xARfvvH-xNh0O/s320/sony-xperia-zr-announced_1368489917.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sony has announced yet another water- and dust-proof Android smartphone. The Xperia ZR has a 4.55-inch Reality display but share many of the features as the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. If we just focus at the hardware specifications, the Xperia ZR looks like a Xperia T with a waterproof housing. They have the same 4.55-inch Reality display with a 720 x 1280 HD resolution. But Xperia ZR is a little larger something that must be caused by the extra water and dust sealing. Xperia ZR has the same quick 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor which we also find in Xperia Z.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sony Xperia ZR has got a slightly better water protection than Xperia Z. The IP-Code is now IP55/58 which means that the phone can be immersed in depth deeper than 1 meter. Sony has tested the phone down to 1.5 meter for 30 minutes.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">The external buttons seems familiar. We have got the power key and the volume keys. One thing we missed with the Xperia Z was the lack of a dedicated camera shutter key. It is nice to see that Sony has added one on the Xperia ZR.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">You will not find a docking station included in the sales package, but a new Charging Dock DK28 should be yours for an extra 50 Euro. We would recommend anyone choosing the Xperia ZR to buy this dock. The water protection has its price. The protective covers must be removed each time you want to use headsets via the 3.5 audio plug or the USB or MHL cable. This hassle is gone if you are using the Charging Dock</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sony Xperia ZR will, like its bigger brother Xperia Z, run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" height="373" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.esato.com/gfx/news/img/sony-xperia-zr-colour-variants.jpg?w=610" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sony Xperia ZR highlights</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Size: 131.3 x 67.3 x 10.5 mm</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Weight: 138 gram</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Networks:<ul style="border: 0px; list-style: disc outside; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">C5502: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">C5503: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSPA 850/900/2100, LTE Band 1,3,5,7,8,20</li></ul></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. MDM9215M + APQ8064</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4.55-inch Reality TFT display. 1280 x 720 pixels HD resolution</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wi-Fi a/b/g/n. Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bluetooth 4.0</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">13.1 megapixel camera with pulse LED flash. Dedicated camera shutter key</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">VGA front camera</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1080p Full HD video capture</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 GB RAM</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8 GB internal storage. Expandable with additional 32 GB using a microSD card</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">aGPS and GLONASS</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DLNA</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NFC</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ANT+</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">USB 2.0</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IPX5 and IPX8 IP-Code (waterproof)</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IP5X (dust proof)</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Android 4.1 Jelly Bean</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2300 mAh battery</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Standby time: 470 hours (GSM)</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 50px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Talk time: 11 hours</li></ul>

Sony today unveiled a smaller version of the Xperia Z smartphone

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Sony's PlayStation 4 sells 1 million in a day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir79CCD09X8rrlTeB_eLP3old8Xrvy-flMfAr81d-S-m23lxSgKKM5BtNRIZTYFfkAf9JCUzzDH9FEhyEsJTy_iY3c_AkRCALXU1d_zU_G8_WcOLR16LlV4HG-IY-G6JkTx0AuABnUUeI/s1600/ps4-rhombox-cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir79CCD09X8rrlTeB_eLP3old8Xrvy-flMfAr81d-S-m23lxSgKKM5BtNRIZTYFfkAf9JCUzzDH9FEhyEsJTy_iY3c_AkRCALXU1d_zU_G8_WcOLR16LlV4HG-IY-G6JkTx0AuABnUUeI/s640/ps4-rhombox-cropped.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;">More than one million </span><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-get-a-playstation-4-for-half-price-2013-11-15?siteId=" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #004176; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">PlayStation 4</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;"> units sold within a day of the gaming console going on sale Friday in the U.S. and Canada, Sony </span><span class="quotePeekContainer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span class="quotepeekbase bgQuote up" id="quote1643762602" style="background-color: #c7f9d2; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(111, 207, 133); color: #007c1d; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.82em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 3px 1px; position: relative;"><a class="plainsymbol" href="http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/SNE" style="border: 0px; color: #007c1d; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">SNE</a> <span class="data bgPercentChange symbol" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">+2.65%</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;"></span><span class="quotePeekContainer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span class="quotepeekbase bgQuote up" id="quote1363002584" style="background-color: #c7f9d2; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(111, 207, 133); color: #007c1d; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.82em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 3px 1px; position: relative;">JP:6758 <span class="data bgPercentChange symbol" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">+0.87%</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;"> has said. "Sales remain very strong in North America, and we expect continued enthusiasm as we launch the PlayStation 4 in Europe and Latin America on Nov. 29," Andrew House, head of Sony's computer entertainment division, said in a statement on Sunday. The launch of the PS4, Sony's first new games system in seven years, was met by </span>long lines across the U.S.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;">, and the company has set a target of 5 million sales by March for the device. It faces competition from Microsoft's [msft] upcoming Xbox One, which is scheduled to launch Nov. 22</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.961416244506836px;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sonys-playstation-4-sells-1-million-in-a-day-2013-11-18?siteid=yhoof2">Market Watch</a></span></i></span>

Sony's PlayStation 4 sells 1 million in a day

More than one million  PlayStation 4  units sold within a day of the gaming console going on sale Friday in the U.S. and Canada, Sony  SNE  ...

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Sony's PlayStation 4 goes on sale

<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 21px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">PlayStation 4 went on sale in the United States and Canada early Friday, the first new gaming system in seven years from Sony, which desperately needs a hit.</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The new system, which sells for $399, won't be on shelves by itself for long. <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Microsoft's</span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(<span class="inlink_chart" style="background-image: url(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/img/5.0/buttons/assorted_icons.gif); background-position: -200px -160px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px 19px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">MSFT</span>, Fortune 500)</span> rival Xbox One goes on sale in one week, although it will cost $100 more. Both companies are counting on strong sales through the holiday shopping season.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shoppers lined up outside many stores across the country for a special midnight debut of the system, hoping to grab up one of the limited supply. Analysts expect the demand for the system to outstrip supply through Christmas. Sony's forecast is that it will sell 5 million of the PlayStation 4's by the end of March.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inStoryHeading" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 6px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Related: Console smackdown - comparing PlayStation 4 to Xbox One</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The gaming console comes with greater connectivity to social media networks, apps to link to online streaming video services and a catalog of 20 games, which is set to expand up to 30 games by the end of the year. But the Xbox One will come with more initial games and apps to some popular streaming services missing from PlayStation 4, including HBO Go and Watch ESPN.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the 80 million customers who bought a PlayStation 3 will not be able to play the games they own on the new console.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inStoryHeading" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 6px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Related: The top 10 PS4 launch games</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The debut comes two weeks after Sony disappointed investors by posting anunexpected loss for the most recent quarter and warning that profits for the year would be 40% lower than forecast just three months ago. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Via: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/15/technology/sony-playstation-4/index.html">CNN</a></i></span></div>

Sony's PlayStation 4 goes on sale

PlayStation 4 went on sale in the United States and Canada early Friday, the first new gaming system in seven years from Sony, which despera...

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