Sony and Microsoft to launch PS4 console in November
Andrew House, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, said: 'The response we
have received is nothing short of incredible.' Photograph: Brendan
McDermid/Reuters
Sony has had more than 1m preorders worldwide for its new PlayStation 4 console, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment said on Tuesday.
SCE chief executive Andrew House added that the console will be available from 15 November in North America and will hit stores in Europe from 29 November.
"The response we have received is nothing short of incredible," he said at a news conference at Gamescom, Europe's biggest video games fair.
He said the console will be available in 32 countries worldwide during the holiday season.
Microsoft has said it will start selling its latest console at some point in November, intensifying competition ahead of the year-end holidays.
Sony has priced the PlayStation 4, its first new console in seven years, at $399 (£255), $100 lower than the new Xbox One by Microsoft.
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 (£170) in Europe.
Previously the Vita was €249 and the PlayStation 3 was €229.
SCE chief executive Andrew House added that the console will be available from 15 November in North America and will hit stores in Europe from 29 November.
"The response we have received is nothing short of incredible," he said at a news conference at Gamescom, Europe's biggest video games fair.
He said the console will be available in 32 countries worldwide during the holiday season.
Microsoft has said it will start selling its latest console at some point in November, intensifying competition ahead of the year-end holidays.
Sony has priced the PlayStation 4, its first new console in seven years, at $399 (£255), $100 lower than the new Xbox One by Microsoft.
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 (£170) in Europe.
Previously the Vita was €249 and the PlayStation 3 was €229.
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