The highly-anticipated Sony PlayStation 4 will start selling in
Singapore from December this year. Singapore joins Malaysia, Hong
Kong, Taiwan and South Korea as the first five countries in Asia
where the PS4 will be launched.
Sony announced this at an Asian press conference on Wednesday
evening in Tokyo - the eve of the annual Tokyo Games Show - as it
gears up for the looming next-generation video games console wars
against rival Microsoft.
While PS4 video game fans here will get their gaming fix weeks
after their counterparts in North America and as early as days
after those in Europe and Australia, who will get theirs on Nov 29,
they will not have to wait as long as their Xbox One counterparts
who have to wait till next year before Microsoft's rival game
console starts selling in Singapore.
Microsoft's next-gen console - the Xbox One - will start selling in
13 countries in North America, Europe and Oceania - on Nov 22, but
the computing giant has yet to firm up on its launch dates for
Asia, though it indicated earlier in June that late next year was
the timeline video gamers in Asia should be thinking about.
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